Okay, I am new to this concept... But after reading around this is what I Gather; Passive repeater is as simple as two antennas connected by coax, One outside and one inside... not very powerful and best when directly wire connected to the cell phone...
And Active - (Outdoor Antenna)---Coax---Amplifier---Coax---(Indoor Antenna)
From what i gather the amplifier is the key here... but my question is; can you use any amp for this (ie. a Drop amp like used when splitting cable television to boost up the signal strenght so that you dont get snowy reception?) --- I know that seems all too simple... and Cheap to work. But COULD IT WORK? or would the apm have to be specific in some way to each individual frequincy range band?
My ultimate goal here is to find a way to use/modify an amplifier that can be aquired cheaply and one that is non-specific to Cellular Repeaters... reason being, is they have the damn market cornered and cost too damn much