The first cell system was built in Chicago in the spring of 1984. Switch equipment was furnished by EFJohnson . In the fall of 1984 Motorola built their first cell system in Washington DC.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Naber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone > > Here's something else to be figure out > > Who invented the cell phone and what was the > original use? And where was the first tower installed? > > > Cell phones are pretty neat in their complexity, yet > they are interesting to follow along and just wonder > how long it took them to get the *seemless* call > handoff figured out. > > With the change of everyone going digital, I wonder > how a guy can get his hands on the analog equipment. > Some of the stuff can be use for building 900MHz ham > repeaters... > > ~Ben, KB9LFZ > > > > > > > > > > Just a little interesting Trivia I read in the Local > > paper, The first > > Motorola cell Phone in 1984 the Dyna Tac Cost > > $3,9995, And weighed 2 > > Pounds and offered just one half hour of talk time > > then down for > > recharging. Now we know Cell phones weigh ounces > > last all day and > > sometimes free. > > > > Don KA9QJG > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > ~Ben, KB9LFZ > > Got your radio on and "listening?" > Then KEY the radio and and make some noise! > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
