[Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone Connection to Repeaters

2010-01-24 Thread William E. Janes
All, I saw one post about the Telular devices. These are great devices, we have 3 of them on our Mobile Command Post. Depending on the carrier, and device, they are capable of acting as a modem as well as phone. I just did a quick Ebay search for Cellular Terminal and also Telular and found a

[Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone

2005-04-09 Thread Don
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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone

2005-04-09 Thread Benjamin Naber
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*

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone

2005-04-09 Thread Dexter McIntyre W4DEX
Benjamin Naber wrote: 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? The subject is OT but..somewhere I have a late 70's ATT Bell Labs Record magazine which featured this new technology.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone

2005-04-09 Thread Ronny Julian
Dr Martin Cooper. I saw a documentary on him a couple of years back. Here's a bit more on it. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070899.htm Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote: Benjamin Naber wrote: Here's something else to be figure out Who invented the cell phone and what was

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone

2005-04-09 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 03:32 PM 4/9/2005, Benjamin Naber wrote: 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