"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message news:Xns9AC66705BA90Fnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> Redigoogle <redicliff@yahoo.com> wrote in news:689f8e7d-25c9-4668-8b8a-
> 15a005d270ef@s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Whatever signal is available at any locations (and it certainly varies
>> in strength judging from the number of bars shown) I presume that
>> individual phone models vary in their ability to "amplify" the signal
>> that is "received" through induction. Am I on the right track?
>>
>>
>
> As you move and see the bars changing, even though the phones are designed
> with a LOT of lag to keep you from seeing it, you are seeing the effects of
> multipath, signals coming from many directions to your phone. When the
> signals coming at you in different paths are in phase, the signal gets much
> stronger. When they are out of phase, they cancel each other. The direct
> signal is usually stronger so it doesn't cancel completely (unless there is
> no direct signal), so you see the bars go from full to 2 to 3 to full to 1
> moving only a few feet SLOWLY. If you move fast, the bar meter, purposely,
> doesn't follow the fading. They don't want you to see too much, especially
> if the news is bad....(c;
>
>

BZZZZT - wrong again - more Larry's multipath BS....

Please research RAKE receiver

Hint: CDMA uses multipath to enhance a signal - the exact opposite
of Larry's BS