If you have a standard telephone line and you ask for the service to be turned off, many telco companies will leave the line active and able to dial 911. I've got this feature on two or three remote lines.
s. > "larynl2" <lar...@...> wrote: > > In a few days we will be dropping dialtone service to our repeater. However, > there is still a desire to somehow dial 911. > > An archive search of the list yielded no relevant advice on how to use an old > cellphone to do this. We have no internet service in the radio room, but > there *may* be free/open wifi available. We just haven't looked for it yet. > > Of course we could run a dedicated full-duplex link to somewhere with > dialtone, but seems like a ton of work... > > If a cellphone (without purchased service) is a feasible solution, which > one(s) are good to use and don't require microsurgery inside? What other > ways are there? > > Laryn K8TVZ >
