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Jeff Brackenridge, General Manager
1902-A Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75206

QUESTIONS? WE'RE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY - 888-713-1243 or 469-253-9296, THANKS - DAVID JONES

 

WHERE THE ADAPTER ATTACHES TO YOUR PHONE

YOUR ANTENNA ADAPTER ATTACHES DIRECTLY TO YOUR PHONE IN ONE OF THESE PLACES:

FOR MOST PHONES JUST REMOVE THE ROUND RUBBER PLUG ON THE BACK OF THE PHONE, NEAR IT'S ANTENNA, IF IT HAS ONE AND PLUG THE 90 DEGREE END OF THE ADAPTER THERE. IT IS USUALLY A "SNUG" FIT AND BE SURE TO PUSH IT ALL OF THE WAY DOWN.

OTHER PHONES MAY HAVE AN ADAPTER END THAT PLUGS INTO A CHARGER PORT.

SOME PHONES USE AN ADAPTER THAT IS IN THE FORM OF AN "O" RING THAT SLIPS OVER THE PHONE'S ANTENNA - AGAIN, PUSH IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

OTHERS USE A "HOLSTER" TYPE ADAPTER THAT SNAPS OVER THE TOP, OR A "BACK PLATE" TYPE ADAPTER THAT FITS ON THE REAR OF THE PHONE.

WITH THE LAST TWO EXAMPLES, YOU WILL NOT SEE AN INDICATOR INCREASE UNTIL YOU MAKE THE CALL IN SOME EXTREMELY WEAK AREAS, THE ONLY INDICATOR THAT YOU WILL HAVE THAT IT IS WORKING IS THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE CLEAR CALLS WHERE YOU PREVIOUSLY COULDN'T.

We strive to keep a full inventory of adapters. If we do happen to be out of stock it is most likely in route to us because we order regularly.

For picture examples and more detailed explanations, CLICK HERE!

 

30 DAY SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
FOR 7db MAGNETIC ANTENNA ONLY

We are pleased to be able to offer the 7db mag mount BLACKCAT! antenna with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. It is a fine piece of proven technology that simply does what it says it will do. It does it all of the time - period.

The people who wrote the feedback and "case histories" in this item description are just regular people, like you and me, who couldn't get a signal and now, with the BLACKCAT!, they are so happy with their signal, they wrote about it! They - and thousands like them have - proved it works.

If you can get a signal in your yard, or even down the road a bit but can't in your home, it will solve that problem. If you are sick and tired of dropping calls in your vehicle, it will certainly solve that problem, too. But cell phones and towers operate on a "line-of-sight" basis. The antenna has to have a clear path in which to "see" the signal it's going to reach out and grab. If a barrier like a mountain, is blocking the line of sight between your cell phone and the tower, they can't "see" each other. But if that were the case, you couldn't talk in your yard, could you?

This also means that it may work one window, but not in another. You may have to try more than one window. It might have to placed higher up in a window, or it might even have to be placed outside to give you a clear loud signal.

If you are willing to experiment a bit, if the BLACKCAT! doesn't work well in the first place you put it, we feel extremely sure that you will be very happy with it. But we can't guarantee that an antenna will work in one certain place, especially if we have no experience with that location.

The BLACKCAT! magnetic mount antenna was meant to give its best performance mounted on metal. But, it is so powerful that most people get great results just setting it on a window sill.

However, you may need to set it on a piece of metal (except aluminum) like a cookie tin or a flat piece of steel or iron, that you can pick up at the local hardware store.

Some people who have the line of sight blocked when they go inside, may have to mount it outside.

Although it more than doubles our shipping time, we open each antenna and adapter, we connect and then test them. So we know, that you are receiving a good working antenna and adapter.

But as good as it is, it is just an antenna and can't create it's own signals. It, like all antennas, has its limitations.

PLEASE DON'T BUY IT IF YOU EXPECT IT TO:

1. *Go miles and miles to reach a signal.

2. Cut through a mountain, hill or forest.

3. Cut through a wood or metal wall.

4. Work on a coffee table in the middle of your den.

*It will reach longer distances if mounted high enough - remember "line of sight".

GOOD NEWS If you lose your signal miles away, or the tower is on the other side of the mountain, please call us at 469-233-1116 and let's discuss one of our more powerful pole mount Yagi antennas, or a PCS panel antenna. We will ask you questions about your site and help you with which antenna, if any, would solve your problem.

WARRANTY: We will refund the purchase price of the Antenna and Phone Connector if we receive it in our office within 30 days of receipt by purchase. Shipping charges are not refundable. We reserve the right to replace the product one time, at out option, prior to issuing a refund. It must, however, be in the ORIGINAL PACKAGE, IN THE SAME CONDISITON AS WHEN IT WAS SHIPPED. THERE CAN BE NO BENDS, BREAKS, SCRATCHES ON THE ANTENNA, BASE, CORD, ADAPTER OR THREADS. THE CORD MUST BE WRAPPED AS WHEN RECEIVED IN THE ORIGINAL TIES AND THE THREAD PROTECTOR MUST BE IN PLACE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REPLACE THE ANTENNA AND ADAPTER ONE TIME BEFORE ISSUING A REFUND, IF IN OUR OPINION THEY WERE DEFECTIVE, INSTEAD OF THERE BEING A LINE-OF-SIGHT OR DISTANCE ISSUE. YOU MUST CALL OUR STORE AT 469-233-1116 TO GET A RETURN ITEM NUMBER BEFORE RETURNING ANY PRODUCT. While we are not looking for ways to get out of a warranty, we know you understand that we cannot sell damaged product. If the product is not returned as described above the purchase price will NOT refunded.

We have been selling the same BLACKCAT! antenna for approximately three years and they have basically been defect free. Therefore, we may choose to send a replacement antenna in the event that is defective, before refunding the purchase price.

NOTE: Antennas that are pole, attic glass or otherwise permanently mounted will have the purchase price refunded only if the product is defective - which is easily determined. Shipping cost is not refundable.

 

IT'S EASY- Pick your antenna from one of our BLACKCAT! eBay Store antennas & BUY IT NOW!
Click ANTENNA ADAPTER LIST to find your adapter
Click on your Adapter Part Number
Pick your adapter among our BLACKCAT! eBay Store adapters & BUY IT NOW!
FINISH CHECKOUT with Andale and be sure to type the make and model of your phone in the checkout message section.
Bam! Finished!

 

How Do Antennas Work

....THEY KNEW YOUR PHONE WOULD WORK BETTER WITH A BLACKCAT! ANTENNA,
SO THEY PUT A PORT ON IT.


ANTENNAS ARE ENGINEERED AND RATED BY THEIR "GAIN"
Antennas are measured by their GAIN, or increase of equivalent power. There is nothing magical or mystical about them - no guesswork involved in their manufacture. They are engineered to receive and transmit at certain "GAINS", over certain frequencies. Analog has it’s own frequency range, PCS operates on another. Commercial radio stations each operate on their very own specific signal - like 98.7 is a station’s specific frequency.

It seems that we have been mislead about the capability of our cell phones for so long and by so many sources, that it is difficult to believe that they will ever be anything more than a bitter-sweet. It is a fact, however, that their operation can be greatly improved, that you can, in most cases, have clear, uninterrupted conversations inside your home, office, barn, car, truck, etc.

Those reporters talking to us on a "SAT" phone from Iraq used a portable antenna to start a process that, by being relayed from antenna to antenna, got to your living room seven seconds later. Properly engineered antennas work.

And the operation, clarity and volume of your cell phone can be greatly improved by using one, also. The right cell phone antenna can get you a signal where you couldn't get one before. That's a fact. It's why the police and the military and HAMM operators use them - that is a fact, too.

COMPARING ANTENNAS
The Unity antenna that you see advertised with the term "Maximum Reception" has a GAIN OF ZERO. That’s right, it has no gain, but it does help just a little bit because it is outside, on your vehicle and your phone is a little more limited when it is inside.

A 3db GAIN antenna doubles your equivalent power, to 1.2 watts. A 6 db GAIN antenna doubles it again, to 2 watts.

And the 7db GAIN BLACKCAT! Antenna INCREASES YOUR EQUIVALENT SIGNAL STRENGTH BY OVER FIVE TIMES......AN ACTUAL INCREASE OF OVER 556 PER CENT TO THE EQUIVALENT OF 3.14 WATTS! That is stronger than the old bag phone!

The formula continues........a 9db GAIN doubles the equivalent power one more time over the 6 db GAIN antenna but you have to go to an 18 db GAIN antenna to double the equivalent power again, to 8 watts.

But some people give out GAIN examples as dbi’s instead if db’s. Dbi’s equate to about 75% of the GAIN of db’s, so 12 dbi’s equal only 9 db’s. Don’t asked me why, I haven’t gotten that far in the book, yet!

HOME, OFFICE, CAR, TRACTOR, ATV, HUNTING LEASE - - - A TRUE PORTABLE
Inside your home, office and hunting lease, set it right on inside window sill. It may work better in one window than in another, so check it on a few to find the very best spot. If you may also find that it works even better with a piece of iron or steel under it, say 5" X 5". People seldom need to put it outside, or on the roof. And most people never need the steel plate, either. If you are sick and tired of dropping call after call in your vehicle, of being unable to hear on your phone, or of having to yell into it, the 7 db BLACKCAT! will solve your problem,

And if you are sick and tired of dropping call after call, the 7 db BLACKCAT! will solve that problem, too!

With the portable unit, you may never have to put it on top of your vehicle. It works great just sitting in the back seat - just run the cable under the front seat to your phone (it might help to set it on a 5" X 5" steel or iron plate to improve ground, but it’s not necessary).

MORE HELP - THE ROOF AND WALL MOUNT MODEL! But if you need EVEN MORE HELP, the 7 db BLACKCAT! ROOF/WALL MODEL may be just the ticket! THE ROOF MOUNTED MODEL HAS EVEN BETTER RESULTS because the higher an antenna is mounted the better off you are.

AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH SOLUTION!
If you have a tough reception problem, check out our line of Yagi antennas! They look a little like TV antennas, except much tougher built. Of course, the farther you need to go, the higher the dbi’s need to be. Our 14 element, 15 dbi Yagi is a HIGH PERFORMANCE ANTENNA. They can literally send and receive for miles. Not only are they stronger in terms of GAIN, but all of the power is focused in one direction -right at the cell phone tower!

We have them in a wide selection of antennas, coax cables and adapters. Just email us and we will list them on eBay for you.

As you probably know, there is a huge void in information about cell phone reception out there in the market place. It is also true that many "dealers" who sell antennas don’t know much about them.We do our homework and while we are not engineers, we do take your frustration seriously.

It irritates us as much as it does you that so many service providers claim that their signals work perfectly, even if you’re standing on the middle of an alligator infested swamp.

Now you at least know the truth about two things. Your cell phone has limited power and it's time to do yourself a favor and buy a BLACKCAT! Cell Phone Antenna Today!


SHIPPING AND HANDLING

We save you money on shipping and handling charges, too! We charge to ship our BLACKCAT! antenna to you, via USPS Priority Mail, 2-3 Day Guaranteed Delivery. It's shipping weight is 1-1/2 pounds and it's box is 15" x 12" x 3". Many companies charge $7.50 to send a 2 ounce item in a manila envelope, via 5 day ground delivery.

We only charge $13.85 to ship our 5 foot long by 1 foot wide Yagi antenna, in it's own custom shipping box, via USPS Priority Mail, 2-3 Day Guaranteed Delivery.

And that is after we open each item - antennas, extension cables, antenna adapters, splitters, etc. connect all of them together and test them for you before we ship them.

Our mission is to sell you high quality with solid warranties at a reasonable price - after we're sure you are getting the correct product for your needs.

 

SALES TAX

8.25% Sales Tax will be added to items shipped to Texas addresses.


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