Sounds like a good basis for a lawsuit. Joe M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A friend of mine has a cabin in rural Canada. I connected a bag phone > to a 900Mhz cordless phone using the Motorola interface they used to > sell. He put the bag phone up high in the top floor of the cabin and > takes the cordless phone around with him (even out on the boat). It > works great, but will not as soon as they shut down analog. He has a > heart condition and needs the phone. I don't know what we will do, as > we needed the 3 watt phone and mag mount antenna to get reliable > service. > > 73, Joe, K1ike > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Ronny Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > They used to sell bag phones with an RJ-11 port built in. A > customer of > > mine had a home type answering machine plugged in to his so he > didn't > > have to use our voice mail system. > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] bag phone for repeater 911 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 19:49:22 +0000 > From: Ronny Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > They used to sell bag phones with an RJ-11 port built in. A customer > of > mine had a home type answering machine plugged in to his so he didn't > have to use our voice mail system. > > Benjamin Naber wrote: > > > I'm curious how they got the auto patches to work with > > the cell phones, the wire pin-outs and so on. I do > > suppose it wouldn't be such a daunting task if one > > figured out for the digital phones that have data > > cables with DB-9 connectors. I would like to be > > enlightened from someone out there has done it before > > for the analog phones. > > > > The bag phones actually have a lot of useful parts in > > them, with just a few modifications, they can be > > readily made for 902MHz operation. Before I got > > deployed to waste-land Iraq (you can see many pictures > > of how trashy the cities are) I was working on one > > such myself. Granted they may not be for someone who > > has the money it to just go buy a 900MHz machine > > because of the time involved, but it is fun to work > > with these. > > > > I'm also working on a project to make a full duplex > > and simplex voice operation in the 900MHz amateur > > band. One does learn alot when accomplishing such a > > task. http://www.qsl.net/n9zia <http://www.qsl.net/n9zia> is such a > > site devoted > > to things such as these. Very, very informative. > > > > I've got *several* bag phones and once out of the army > > (12 hour days and you wanna come home and just spend > > the little time with the family) and have a normal > > 10-6 life, I am going to pursue on a large scale > > working on the conversions. I'm happy I brought > > several of my books over here to learn about this neat > > stuff... > > > > ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > ~Ben, KB9LFZ > > > > Got your radio on and "listening?" > > Then KEY the radio and and make some noise! > > > > Keep Amateur Radio Alive - USE IT DAILY!!! > > > >