Verizon wireless - Re: M800 - I got suckered! But Have changed my mind about returning it....

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Re: M800 - I got suckered! But Have changed my mind about returning it....

Larry

2007-03-12, 4:33 am

"User" <user@user.net> wrote in
news:9mTIh.11455$Jl.6282@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> Larry,
>
> I looked through the manual and found a small mention of an optional
> booster for it on page 17. That's the PDF version, may vary from the
> real one. Perhaps that's how you are supposed to get the full power
> output.
>
> Thomas
>
>

Thanks, Thomas. After my initial rage wore off and turned to revenge,
I've decided to keep "The Beast", mostly out of spite and, upon further
inspection, I pulled it out of the case, which is quite easy as it is
only held in place by 4 strips of Velcro Motorola seems to love.

If you remove the metal frame it's all mounted on from the case and turn
it over, you'll see there's only a tiny, metal-encased, control
board/audio power amp/charger in a shielded enclosure. The RF is TOTALLY
generated in the candy bar and is fed to the antenna out the back of the
candy bar to the antenna TNC jack on the frame. I haven't had that
apart, yet, due to the "lawn leaf project" I'm currently taking a break
from as I type this. I have, however, had time to fit my DA4000 3W
800/2W 1900 Mhz bi-directional linear amp into the large space under the
frame...(c; I suppose, by now, you can see the "revenge phase" of my
scam discovery, and my interest in keeping The Beast with this new
development. The Beast allows me to move the DA4000 amplifier from the
one vehicle to the bagphone's case, where an even higher gain, dual-band
antenna will reside outside the bag's stupid cover. The fold-down
antenna has been replaced by a neat jumper cable connecting The Beast to
its 3W amp hidden under the deck of it. The external antenna will also
afford connecting a vehicle external antenna to the phone in ANY vehicle
at 3W, instead of just my service truck where the amp was permanently
mounted and run off the house battery. We WILL be running up to 3 Watts
on ALL modes to extend the RANGE as many of the false advertisements
cached on Google, show.....whether "they" like it or not...(c;

I stumbled upon some Navy RF Radiation Hazard warning stickers someone
gave me and I'm going to put them on The Beast, just for fun...

The "Booster" I stumbled across on the Moto website, as an accessory sold
separately, was my first clue something wasn't right with this phone and
made me wonder about the lack of power specifications until I stumbled
upon the FAQ where they finally revealed it was only a 1/4 watt
transmitter, properly covering their sorry asses if anyone, like me,
should make an issue out of it. "We told you. You just didn't find
it."...typical of Corporate America's legal departments, today.

http://motorola.custhelp.com/cgi-
bin/motorola.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16140&p_created=
1155048326&p_sid=BS5NRiwi&p_lva=16825
& p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9
zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWR
zb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ
9MiZwX3Byb2R
zPTIzLDEyOTImcF9jYXR
zPSZwX3B2PTIuMTI5MiZ
wX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZ
wX3NlYXJjaF90
ZXh0PW91dHB1dA**&p_li=&p_topview=1

or more simply:
http://tinyurl.com/28rdx6

This MASSIVE moto url is the ONLY place I can find the truth about output
power capabilities of the M800. Let's keep the Tiny URL alive to spread
the word more easily...(c;

Larry
--
How much price inflation is caused by illegal
aliens gobbling up goods and services, creating
shortages for the natives? I heard 40%!

User

2007-03-12, 4:33 am

"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98F0B2BD7297
6noonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> "User" <user@user.net> wrote in
> news:9mTIh.11455$Jl.6282@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>
>
> Thanks, Thomas. After my initial rage wore off and turned to revenge,
> I've decided to keep "The Beast", mostly out of spite and, upon further
> inspection, I pulled it out of the case, which is quite easy as it is
> only held in place by 4 strips of Velcro Motorola seems to love.
>
> If you remove the metal frame it's all mounted on from the case and turn
> it over, you'll see there's only a tiny, metal-encased, control
> board/audio power amp/charger in a shielded enclosure. The RF is TOTALLY
> generated in the candy bar and is fed to the antenna out the back of the
> candy bar to the antenna TNC jack on the frame. I haven't had that
> apart, yet, due to the "lawn leaf project" I'm currently taking a break
> from as I type this. I have, however, had time to fit my DA4000 3W
> 800/2W 1900 Mhz bi-directional linear amp into the large space under the
> frame...(c; I suppose, by now, you can see the "revenge phase" of my
> scam discovery, and my interest in keeping The Beast with this new
> development. The Beast allows me to move the DA4000 amplifier from the
> one vehicle to the bagphone's case, where an even higher gain, dual-band
> antenna will reside outside the bag's stupid cover. The fold-down
> antenna has been replaced by a neat jumper cable connecting The Beast to
> its 3W amp hidden under the deck of it. The external antenna will also
> afford connecting a vehicle external antenna to the phone in ANY vehicle
> at 3W, instead of just my service truck where the amp was permanently
> mounted and run off the house battery. We WILL be running up to 3 Watts
> on ALL modes to extend the RANGE as many of the false advertisements
> cached on Google, show.....whether "they" like it or not...(c;
>
> I stumbled upon some Navy RF Radiation Hazard warning stickers someone
> gave me and I'm going to put them on The Beast, just for fun...
>
> The "Booster" I stumbled across on the Moto website, as an accessory sold
> separately, was my first clue something wasn't right with this phone and
> made me wonder about the lack of power specifications until I stumbled
> upon the FAQ where they finally revealed it was only a 1/4 watt
> transmitter, properly covering their sorry asses if anyone, like me,
> should make an issue out of it. "We told you. You just didn't find
> it."...typical of Corporate America's legal departments, today.
>
> http://motorola.custhelp.com/cgi-
> bin/motorola.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16140&p_created=
> 1155048326&p_sid=BS5NRiwi&p_lva=16825
> & p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9
zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWR
zb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ
9MiZwX3Byb2R
> zPTIzLDEyOTImcF9jYXR
zPSZwX3B2PTIuMTI5MiZ
wX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZ
wX3NlYXJjaF90
> ZXh0PW91dHB1dA**&p_li=&p_topview=1
>
> or more simply:
> http://tinyurl.com/28rdx6
>
> This MASSIVE moto url is the ONLY place I can find the truth about output
> power capabilities of the M800. Let's keep the Tiny URL alive to spread
> the word more easily...(c;
>

Larry,

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that there is space for the
amplifier inside the bad. If it is cheap enough, it might be worth my while
to get one.

Thomas

Larry

2007-03-12, 4:33 am

"User" <user@user.net> wrote in
news:ys0Jh.11732$tD2.1667@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> Larry,
>
> Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that there is space for the
> amplifier inside the bad. If it is cheap enough, it might be worth my
> while to get one.
>
> Thomas
>
>

Yeah, I think it will fit but we'll be short on battery. Putting the amp
with a bigger gelcell in the daughter bag under The Beast may be a better
idea. I got lots of candidate gelcells in the 5-10AH range layin around
the shop.

Larry
--
How much price inflation is caused by illegal
aliens gobbling up goods and services, creating
shortages for the natives? I heard 40%!

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