In Hurricane Ike most of the cell phone towers were down within 36 to
48 hours when their batteries went dead. I don't know what the cell
phone companies have done since to address this issue. One of our
land lines worked after Hurricane Ike and we could call our
out-of-state relatives and tell them we were OK. Perhaps someone in
our club knows what cell phone companies have done to address this issue.
Incidentally, I used my W32A HT with a telescoping AL800 antenna to
let hams on the FM satellites know what was going on in Houston
immediately following Hurricane Ike. Some of you have seen the
satellite folks demonstrate this simple equipment at club meetings
some years ago and more recently at the Greater Houston Hamfest.
Allen N5AFV
At 09:07 AM 11/25/2016, you wrote:
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The Chauvins are thinking of dropping the land line after more than
50 years. As amateur radio operators tend to be practical people, I
would like to get your opinion of the advisability of this. We have
good cell service both at our home and at our lake property and feel
that the $55 that we send to Ma Bell each month is a waste. We have
no problem with minutes usage on the cell phones. Furthermore,
about 90% of the time, the calls we get on the land line are phone
solicitors or computers (we are getting more and more on the cell
phones also, but C'est la vie). The usual argument against dropping
the land line I hear is "I like to have a hard piece of copper
between me and the outside world." I have said that for years, but
am now backing away from that: Even in the worst of times, usually
text messaging gets through.
One concern I do have is regarding 911. Have they resolved this so
if I use my cell phone, it knows where I am or are there still
problems such as this or others?
So you don't "entertain" the whole reflector, please reply to only
me, and not the whole reflector.
Tnx es 73
de John, K5IZO
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