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Re: Nextel Walkie Talkie??
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| Joe Altmyer 2005-05-19, 11:52 am |
| "Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote:
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> Anyone know if these things work where there is no cellular service
> available?
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> I have a property in the mountains where there are no signal bars for
> miles and was wondering how I could stay in touch with someone about 20
> miles away.
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> Are there regular walkie talkies with 20+ mile range?
1. You need service for the walkie-talkie to operate.
2. The only way to talk 20 miles is "line of sight" .... in other
words, NOTHING in between the two units. That's why aviation
(airplanes) can talk hundreds of miles with low wattage.
3. You can hook up to a GMRS group and use their repeater
and get extended range. (Possibly 10-50 miles.)
Joe
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| PMR are a good source.You can buy transceivers that encrypt the
transmission.
chris
"Joe Altmyer" <altmyerj@thenet.com> wrote in message
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> "Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote:
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> 1. You need service for the walkie-talkie to operate.
>
> 2. The only way to talk 20 miles is "line of sight" .... in other
> words, NOTHING in between the two units. That's why aviation
> (airplanes) can talk hundreds of miles with low wattage.
>
> 3. You can hook up to a GMRS group and use their repeater
> and get extended range. (Possibly 10-50 miles.)
>
> Joe[/color]
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| Depot Master 2005-05-24, 6:55 am |
| On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:17:00 -0400, Joe Altmyer <altmyerj@thenet.com>
wrote:
quote:
>"Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote:
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>1. You need service for the walkie-talkie to operate.
>
>2. The only way to talk 20 miles is "line of sight" .... in other
>words, NOTHING in between the two units. That's why aviation
>(airplanes) can talk hundreds of miles with low wattage.
>
>3. You can hook up to a GMRS group and use their repeater
>and get extended range. (Possibly 10-50 miles.)
>
>Joe
Yah in hawaii I can go to the top of diamond head and standing in a
certain spot I can (most of the time) hear people in alaska talking
lol using a motorola 5 mile radio. That's amazing.
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| John Eckart 2005-05-30, 10:55 pm |
| "Depot Master" <depot@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message =
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> On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:17:00 -0400, Joe Altmyer <altmyerj@thenet.com>
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> Yah in hawaii I can go to the top of diamond head and standing in a
> certain spot I can (most of the time) hear people in alaska talking
> lol using a motorola 5 mile radio. That's amazing.
It's called Tropospheric Ducting.
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