And most of the SIERRA Nevada too! 73 jeff wk6i On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:18 PM Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote:
> and most of Nevada too. > > 73, > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 12/10/2019 7:12 AM, Joseph Street wrote: > > DZOTA so....most of Canada then. This jives perfectly with my desire > to go hike where nobody else wants to go. I might just get bitten by this > bug along with a few thousand mosquitoes and blackflies. One problem > though, I've never owned a cell phone. I need some other way of knowing > when I'm in a dead zone. Any suggestions? > > > > > > Joe ve3vxo > > > > ________________________________ > > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> > on behalf of Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > > Sent: December 10, 2019 9:46:09 AM > > To: Elecraft Reflector > > Cc: elecraft...@groups.io > > Subject: [Elecraft] DZOTA: Dead Zones On The Air > > > > Have you seen those cell-phone company maps showing how much of the > country they cover? Inevitably, they reveal a patchwork of Dead Zones > (DZs): places where coverage is not just bad...it's non-existent. > > > > In such inhospitable realms, your choices are smoke signals, sat phone, > or ham radio. This smacks of an opportunity. Hence DZOTA. > > > > DZOTA places are often DeZerted. In fact, they are often in dezerts, in > contrast to many of the conspicuous high places typical of SOTA. This may > be a benefit to outdoor radio enthusiasts who, when hiking, prefer level > ground or even a gentle downward slope. And in an emergency, those hikers > might be the only ones around with comms. > > > > Where are the most notorious DZs? I have a few tiny cell network black > holes in my urban neighborhood, thanks to AT&T. But the truly inspiring DZs > are far from civilization, covering tens or hundreds of square miles. > Typically, they're also far from sources of noise. > > > > I have no illusions that DZOTA sites will be officially tracked and > chased anytime soon. Still, the "NO SIGNAL" icon on my phone now has new > meaning. It's a bug you, too, can change to a feature just by keeping a > radio in your vehicle at all times. > > > > In my case, it's the spare KX2 and AX1 under the driver's seat. > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 wk6i.j...@gmail.com > -- Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.j...@gmail.com RTTY op at W7RN Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
