Hi Don and the group This is not telling you to get a smart phone but this idea may help with communication between you and your wife.
My son showed me a personal cell phone relay that uses your internet connection and hooks into the cell phone network. He works for a small company and they had trouble getting normal cell phone service for the people in the building. This worked out well for them. My XYL and I only have flip phones. One day when it was 30 below zero it was nice to call my XYL for help when I ran into a problem walking 2 miles to my volunteer job. We get good service here. 73 Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad > On Sep 11, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > It will be a long time before I buy an iPhone 'anything'. > I spend most of my time at home, and we live in a 'shielded box' (stucco with > wire mesh) where I cannot get a connection - although some spots do provide 1 > bar. Yes, we are in a rural area. > As a result I do not own a Smartphone. I do have a cellphone, but it is of > the 'archaic' flip-phone type. The XYL just an hour ago was in another > building and wanted to talk with me, so she dialed my cellphone - I was in > the basement at my workbench, and my phone did not even ring. My phone is > useful when I am away from home, but it does not provide the capability of > the Smartphones. But do I really need that? I have computer communications > at home where I spend most of my time, and all the 'whizbangs' of Smartphones > are useless to me unless I travel away from home. > > I know that is not true for everyone, but that is the best I can do unless we > get a cell tower with a sufficiently strong signal to penetrate my shielded > house. > > Just my personal situation - and is not valid for everyone. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 9/11/2015 5:31 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: >> >> OTOH -- Whatever you think of Apple's approach, it sure works for them! I >> wonder how long it will be before you buy your iPhone 6s Plus? :-) > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w...@i29.net > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
