I have an older Sprint Unit-designed to be used to replace house wired service, it has an antenna, you plug it into 110vac and then it has an RJ-11 on it which provides dial-tone and ringing to the rest of the wired phones in the house-but it can also be used stand-alone. The one I have has been activated but is no longer in service, I will part with it for $50 plus shipping if someone wants it.
Andy W6AMS From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frederick Bray Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 7:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dropping the Autopatch--Keep 911 There are devices that provide an RJ-11 jack to interface POTS phones with cell phones. This would permit you to just plug your autopatch into the device. A web search will find these. They range from high end multi-line devices to those in the $100 to $200 price range. This is a link that shows some of the lower end items. I am sure that there are more out there and there may be better ones than those shown here. This is just one of the pages I found while searching for "cellular backup for land line". http://www.thehightechstore.com/xlink_bttn.htm
