If you put a Cell Roof Mount antenna on the metal building that will be
sheilded from the repeater, as well improve reception, or get a Beam antenna
and point it towards the cell site.
Using Good Eng. Pratices is the key.
Mark A. Holman, CRO, AB8RU
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From: "John Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bag Cell Phone rant?
> You are sadly right, and on that day I will depend entirely on mobile
2-way radio for communications.
> I'd rather hear a bit of static any day as opposed to bits of garbled
digital mess.
> It's frustrating to me that cell phones with ring tones, cameras and games
are better sellers than quality audio.
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> They say the old brick phones (like mine) cause cancer. I say the tiny
digital phones cause stress!
> The carriers in my area already look at the analogue channels as
secondary, unimportant lines.
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> John Clark - KI4AWK
> Thomasville, GA
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> > FYI-in a couple of years, carriers will no longer be required to
> > maintain analog channels, so you can bet that the analog channels will
> > go away quite quickly, and the bag phone will no longer work.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Barbour
> > WD8CHL
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