Hi Joe, I'd just google each company's coverage maps.
Wayne N6KR > On Dec 10, 2019, at 7:12 AM, Joseph Street <jstr...@uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > DZOTA so....most of Canada then. This jives perfectly with my desire to go > hike where nobody else wants to go. I might just get bitten by this bug > along with a few thousand mosquitoes and blackflies. One problem though, > I've never owned a cell phone. I need some other way of knowing when I'm in > a dead zone. Any suggestions? > > Joe ve3vxo > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on > behalf of Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > Sent: December 10, 2019 9:46:09 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Cc: elecraft...@groups.io > Subject: [Elecraft] DZOTA: Dead Zones On The Air > > Have you seen those cell-phone company maps showing how much of the country > they cover? Inevitably, they reveal a patchwork of Dead Zones (DZs): places > where coverage is not just bad...it's non-existent. > > In such inhospitable realms, your choices are smoke signals, sat phone, or > ham radio. This smacks of an opportunity. Hence DZOTA. > > DZOTA places are often DeZerted. In fact, they are often in dezerts, in > contrast to many of the conspicuous high places typical of SOTA. This may be > a benefit to outdoor radio enthusiasts who, when hiking, prefer level ground > or even a gentle downward slope. And in an emergency, those hikers might be > the only ones around with comms. > > Where are the most notorious DZs? I have a few tiny cell network black holes > in my urban neighborhood, thanks to AT&T. But the truly inspiring DZs are far > from civilization, covering tens or hundreds of square miles. Typically, > they're also far from sources of noise. > > I have no illusions that DZOTA sites will be officially tracked and chased > anytime soon. Still, the "NO SIGNAL" icon on my phone now has new meaning. > It's a bug you, too, can change to a feature just by keeping a radio in your > vehicle at all times. > > In my case, it's the spare KX2 and AX1 under the driver's seat. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jstr...@uwaterloo.ca ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
