external cell phone antenna (like CB antenna)

[Special T]

Has anyone used an antenna like this? I know we have to have some truckers or loggers out there there may have used these...I'm thinking about getting one... Its seems like a magnetic cbwhip that plugs into you cell phone.... looking for any input....
http://www.mycellularsolutions.com/

[nontypical176]

I just bought the Wilson model, needed it for work.  Mine doesn't need to be in a holster or nothin, just within a couple feet of the phone.  Its no miracle worker either but it has helped a bunch.  Radio Shack will try to sell it to you for $300 or so, but if you search the net it can be had for $170, wish I could remember the site.  Easy to install yourself.   I'm working in the oil fields out in BFE and thats the one everybody told me to get.  Its a Dual Band Amplifier and its made by Wilson Electronics, no model # on it, but I suggest getting the one that doesn't require you to put your phone in a holster.