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I'll toss in my two cents worth. Cell phone coverage is iffy anyway
becuause its radio. A cellphone system is complex enough with the
radio component through in.
I would never ever consider my cell phone reliable.
1)you have to have a tower.
2)you have to have power to the tower. (most towers dont have backup
generators or batteries. Here in NC, whenever we have power outage, the
cingular cell phone serive goes down)
3)you must have a t1 line out of the tower.
The most reliable comunications I have is my 20 meter cw rig. yes
remeber cw?? It is 5 watts and I can run it for days on a battery and
talk all around the world.
in the reliablity range heres how my list of reliable from most to least
1)wired Pots phones
2)Satelite telephones
4)2 meter/70 cm ham rigs
5)hw ham rigs
6)cell phones
So be carefule what you purchase a cell phone for.
Remember, that even in a well covered area there are dead spots, dead
repeaters, etc.
A cell phone is a convience, not a necessity.
Chip
I'll toss in my two cents worth. Cell phone coverage is iffy anyway
becuause its radio. A cellphone system is complex enough with the
radio component through in.
I would never ever consider my cell phone reliable.
1)you have to have a tower.
2)you have to have power to the tower. (most towers dont have backup
generators or batteries. Here in NC, whenever we have power outage, the
cingular cell phone serive goes down)
3)you must have a t1 line out of the tower.
The most reliable comunications I have is my 20 meter cw rig. yes
remeber cw?? It is 5 watts and I can run it for days on a battery and
talk all around the world.
in the reliablity range heres how my list of reliable from most to least
1)wired Pots phones
2)Satelite telephones
4)2 meter/70 cm ham rigs
5)hw ham rigs
6)cell phones
So be carefule what you purchase a cell phone for.
Remember, that even in a well covered area there are dead spots, dead
repeaters, etc.
A cell phone is a convience, not a necessity.
Chip