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OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options

Subject: OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options
From: alex at pennace.org (Alex Pennace)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:40:19 -0500
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 10:51:26AM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> How often has anyone gone to the middle of nowhere and actually
> received a usable analog signal?   It would be interesting to compare
> signal capability on an analog system in the middle of nowhere vs a
> ham radio signal to the nearest repeater, or even simplex.

Quite often, actually. There is an analog-only area not more than five
miles away from where I live. The signal is fairly strong too.

References:
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  - From: mgorse at mgorse.dhs.org (Mike Gorse)
- OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options
  - From: nmeyers at javalinux.net (nmeyers at javalinux.net)
- OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options
  - From: mark at buttery.org (Mark J. Dulcey)
- OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options
  - From: srehrlich at gmail.com (Scott Ehrlich)

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