Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-23 Thread Tim Kridel
each carrier, although I can't remember the amount. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:19 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] High Power electri

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-23 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
$8 a month? WOW! Oh, Dennis.. I like your early warning system LOL Paul On 4/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pat, > > $8.00 a month, what a bargain. My wife has a old analog phone from > 1997 out in the garage. It is larger than current phones, but not as large > a

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-23 Thread vroomski
Pat, $8.00 a month, what a bargain. My wife has a old analog phone from 1997 out in the garage. It is larger than current phones, but not as large as the orginal cell phones. I have a early warning system that tells me when I'm going to receive a phone call on my cell phone. The computer

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
Dennis said: This was back when the cell phones were analog. // Dennis I still use an analog cell phone. I have a contract originated in 1988 that gives me analog cellular service for about $8.00 a month. If I upgrade to digital I lose that contract. So I am holding out a long as I can. I've re

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread vroomski
Back in the mid 90's, I visited a home was at the top of a ridge in El Sobrante, CA. A cell phone company connected their cell antennas to his wooden deck and they did a good job hiding the equipment. He was paid $200.00 a month and received 2 cell phones with unlimited usage. This was back

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
Has anyone else notice a cell antenna on a high power tower? / Dennis, that's been common around here for a few years. I have seen at least a half dozen such installations in the Denver metro area. One in particular is unique because the signal is passed to and from the tower via a 25-foot long

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Bruce Portzer
Stephen Hawkins wrote: > There are cell sites in places you would never think of. > In Lincoln Neb. a cell company had rented a room on the top floor of a > Holiday Inn, on a "forever" basis, and installed a cell site in it. > I heard a story of one wireless operator that rented an apartme

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Tim Kridel
>> In Lincoln Neb. a cell company had rented a room on the top floor of a Holiday Inn, on a "forever" basis, and installed a cell site in it. Steve, I've been in wireless for almost 10 years, and I've never heard of carrier going to that extreme. Interesting! Any other unusual sites you've run

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Eric Floden
many here too on the mainland Vancouver BC ef ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessar

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
All the time around here (Victoria) and the area south of Vancouver, BC...Walt - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:16 pm Subject: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT) > > > > While driving around East Vancouver today, I noticed

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread cafe
> Has anyone else notice a cell antenna on a high power tower? Yes. Victoria B.C. Canada -- Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada www.coffeecrew.com | www.dxer.ca ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/list

Re: [IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread Stephen Hawkins
Dennis, On Sunday 22 April 2007 19:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While driving around East Vancouver today, I noticed a high power > electrical right of way than ran along the street that I was driving on. On > top of one of the many towers was a cell phone antenna site. I have never > seem a c

[IRCA] High Power electrical towers (OT)

2007-04-22 Thread vroomski
While driving around East Vancouver today, I noticed a high power electrical right of way than ran along the street that I was driving on. On top of one of the many towers was a cell phone antenna site. I have never seem a cell site on a high power electrical tower. Around here the cell sit