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Bill Coleman C&C 39 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Liz Mather Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:33 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List 'My team talks Bluetooth headsets 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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