[Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone Connection to Repeaters
All, I saw one post about the Telular devices. These are great devices, we have 3 of them on our Mobile Command Post. Depending on the carrier, and device, they are capable of acting as a modem as well as phone. I just did a quick Ebay search for Cellular Terminal and also Telular and found a bunch of them out there from various manufacturers, new and used. Getting a sim card if needed or otherwise activating will likely not be done at the local reseller / mall kiosk. Your best bet is to talk to a commercial or gov't accounts rep with the carrier of your choice. In our case I called our Verizon gov't account rep with the ESN of the devices and selected the plan of choice. We were set up within hours and talking. (no sim card needed on Verizon) A couple police depts. Have installed them as a backup line on their PBX in case of backhoe fade. Bill N9SII
[Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone
Just a little interesting Trivia I read in the Local paper, The first Motorola cell Phone in 1984 the Dyna Tac Cost $3,9995, And weighed 2 Pounds and offered just one half hour of talk time then down for recharging. Now we know Cell phones weigh ounces last all day and sometimes free. Don KA9QJG Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone
Here's something else to be figure out Who invented the cell phone and what was the original use? And where was the first tower installed? Cell phones are pretty neat in their complexity, yet they are interesting to follow along and just wonder how long it took them to get the *seemless* call handoff figured out. With the change of everyone going digital, I wonder how a guy can get his hands on the analog equipment. Some of the stuff can be use for building 900MHz ham repeaters... ~Ben, KB9LFZ Just a little interesting Trivia I read in the Local paper, The first Motorola cell Phone in 1984 the Dyna Tac Cost $3,9995, And weighed 2 Pounds and offered just one half hour of talk time then down for recharging. Now we know Cell phones weigh ounces last all day and sometimes free. Don KA9QJG Yahoo! Groups Links [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ~Ben, KB9LFZ Got your radio on and listening? Then KEY the radio and and make some noise! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone
Benjamin Naber wrote: Here's something else to be figure out Who invented the cell phone and what was the original use? And where was the first tower installed? The subject is OT but..somewhere I have a late 70's ATT Bell Labs Record magazine which featured this new technology. The idea had been around for many years prior but technology wasn't available. Seems like the first test were conducted in the Chicago area. Dex Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone
Dr Martin Cooper. I saw a documentary on him a couple of years back. Here's a bit more on it. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070899.htm Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote: Benjamin Naber wrote: Here's something else to be figure out Who invented the cell phone and what was the original use? And where was the first tower installed? The subject is OT but..somewhere I have a late 70's ATT Bell Labs Record magazine which featured this new technology. The idea had been around for many years prior but technology wasn't available. Seems like the first test were conducted in the Chicago area. Dex Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone
At 03:32 PM 4/9/2005, Benjamin Naber wrote: Here's something else to be figure out Who invented the cell phone and what was the original use? And where was the first tower installed? Cell phones are pretty neat in their complexity, yet they are interesting to follow along and just wonder how long it took them to get the *seemless* call handoff figured out. When did they get that going? :) Actually it's pretty good now, when I don't get dumped. Once, I got a roaming bill that showed me traveling faster than light I think, one second I was in Auburn CA, the next I was in Chico! I tried to explain to the nice lady that this is impossible on the face of it, but she wasn't having any of it. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
