We have tried the cell phone this past summer without success. Anchorages and locations around here have a great deal of interference and the call can drop mid conversation.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 8, 2014, at 6:07 PM, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > The elevator version of the phone call is: > > Your phone sends a signal to the tower. The signal gets carried to the cell > phone company’s server farm (where the NSA listens to it). The server farm > resends the message to the cell tower nearest the phone you are calling. The > tower sends a signal to the destination cell phone. If you are on the same > boat, the signal probably goes back through the same tower to which your > phone sent its signal. > > For Satphone, substitute “satellite” for the first “tower”. > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill > Coleman > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 3:14 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List 'My team talks Bluetooth headsets > > Well, I understand the need to go through towers, but if you are on the bow > and I am in back, and I call you on your phone, are we not talking to each > other ? > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 <image001.gif> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Steve > Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 3:00 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List 'My team talks Bluetooth headsets > > Cell phones need towers. They can't talk to each other directly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Bill Coleman > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 2:44 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List 'My team talks Bluetooth headsets > > I see everyone using these things on bigger powerboats, but couldn’t you just > use your cell phones with one of those cheap earplugs with mic? Or a gaming > headset? > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 <image001.gif> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek > Dziedzic > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 2:34 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List 'My team talks Bluetooth headsets > > Liz, > > YMWV, I used these throat microphones a while back (3 years ago?). I bet that > the technology has changed (hopefully improved). My Motorola FRS’s had a > tremendous range (I think they must have been illegal); at some point we used > a pair to communicate in very mountainous terrain at over 2 km (to report an > accident and to summon a ski patroller), but you don’t need that. > > If you settle for FRS (or anything similar), beware of cheap imitations. The > more sub-channels and codes you have, the better chance that you won’t be > interfered with by someone else. > > I cannot imagine that you would not be able to find something light, > weatherproof and with the range of 50’ (usually, the actual range is about > half of what is advertised). > > As I suggested before, BT is probably not the best option (because of the > limited range). > > Your problem might be that the gear you want is not the cheapest. > > Motorcycle users use this type of communication all the time, so I would > start there. > > good luck > > Marek > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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