On 09/22/96 BRIAN LINGARD wrote FRANK VLAMINGS: "Why?"
BL> Well cellular uses uhf radio waves which are like radar and can
BL> be affected by what are called ducts formed by clourds and stuff.
BL> Also high humidity can attenuate the signals a bit more than dry
BL> air.  Interesting.
BL> Just found a couple of places where my phone is picked up by
BL> frontier cellular in Rochester NY or somewhere and I was still in
BL> Canada and not really neat any u.s. cell sites.
BL> Looks like my cellular company, Bell Cellular and Frontier need
BL> to get a roam-free zone so they don't spend forever removing
BL> roaming charges from bills.
Very interesting to note, as how these Cellular phone "waves" travel
and what effects them. Thanks for that information. I am also further
pursuing this, and I am looking into the car type of Cellular phone,
which have a 3 Watt output. Now I have talked to a Cellular phone
technician, who suggested to look at a bag phone. Never heard of them,
but I forgot to ask him if this is a digital or an analog phone. Then
I could have an external antenna on it, plug it in when I am at home,
and this antenna does have up to a 9-db gain. I need to do more re-
search. Have to do other things right now, so that will have to take a
bit of a back seat...
Again thanks so much for your informative comments. Bye.. :-))
-= Frank Vlamings Wednesday, September 25, 1996 at 11:59 pm in Newark, CA =-
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