RV cell phone boosters pull in a weak outdoor signal, boost it and rebroadcast it to a designated area, such as the interior of your RV. It’s important to note that a cell phone signal booster, whether it’s for a building or a vehicle, can’t create a signal — there needs to be an existing signal, however weak, for it to work. The external antenna (mounted to your RV or on a pole) picks up the existing cell phone signal and sends it to the amplifier. The amplifier increases the signal strength and transmits it to the internal antennas, which then broadcast the strengthened signal to your smartphone.