George wrote:
> clifto wrote:
>> And I can still go to the Menard's (big-box lumber etc. store) in
>> Bolingbrook IL, stand in the parking lot and get nothing but analog
>> connection.
>
> Here is a good experiment. The previous phone I had was a trimode.
> Sometimes as you described it would switch to analog mode which would
> lead you to believe it had to. And even worse it would sometimes switch
> when I wasn't making any calls and rapidly discharge the battery.
My v710 has rarely switched into analog mode anywhere, except at that
store in that heavily populated area.
> I disabled analog (on that phone you went into the service menu and
> picked CDMA only) and found I never needed to re-enable it and had no
> issues even in the areas where it would previously flip into analog
> mode.
Tried that while at the store using my old StarTac 7868. No signal.
Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:slrnevbbqg.86.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com:
> The only trick with either of these is that specifying the power as ERP
> or EIRP means you are supposed to reduce the RF output of the phone
> as you improve the antenna, which people interested in running high
> power usually skip.
>
>
I suppose running 3W into the eleven element DB Products beam at 50' at
the beach is a "tad over"...but, who's to quibble....(c;
We'll use lossy cable...yeah, that'll do it....RG-58.
Wilson Cellular warns you may not use an antenna above 5.14 db gain with
their 3W/2W Wilson power amp (booster). It also states that none of
their antennas are over 5.14db gain (probably no matter what the ad hype
says.)
Antenna gain drops, drastically, when you're selling amplifiers for $299
a pop....(c;
(no mention of dbi or dbd, for you RF techies.)
Larry
--
If RF is so dangerous, how can the Army say their new truck-mounted
gigawatt microwave crowd disburser is "safe"?.....
(No fair taking aluminum snow coasters to the political demonstrations
and reflecting it back at the cops.)
In article <kkfec4-05e.ln1@remote.clifto.com>,
clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> What for? Analog will be gone soon so who cares?
> >>
> >> Verizon won't have it any more.
> >
> > I routinely travel in 5 states and have had a digital only phone for
> > over 2 years and have never had issues. At least it the areas I travel
> > (which include a lot of sparsely populated areas) there have been
> > significant system buildouts.
>
> And I can still go to the Menard's (big-box lumber etc. store) in
> Bolingbrook IL, stand in the parking lot and get nothing but analog
> connection. Bolingbrook isn't exactly a small town, nor is it far from
> other towns. As long as there's a place less than twenty miles from home
> (and for that matter, less than 20 miles from downtown Chicago) where I
> can go and not get a digital connection, I'll be suspicious of claims
> that I don't need analog.
I live in the city with the second highest population density in the
country (San Francisco), and even here, there are pockets with no VZW
digital coverage.
I've had the same issue of switching to analog, but I thought maybe the digital lines were used; I switched to Automatic A from B just now to see if that makes any difference. There doesn't seem to be any way to turn analog off, which I was going to try.
"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ocngc4-1ut.ln1@remote.clifto.com...
George wrote:
> clifto wrote:
>> And I can still go to the Menard's (big-box lumber etc. store) in
>> Bolingbrook IL, stand in the parking lot and get nothing but analog
>> connection.
>
> Here is a good experiment. The previous phone I had was a trimode.
> Sometimes as you described it would switch to analog mode which would
> lead you to believe it had to. And even worse it would sometimes switch
> when I wasn't making any calls and rapidly discharge the battery.
My v710 has rarely switched into analog mode anywhere, except at that
store in that heavily populated area.
> I disabled analog (on that phone you went into the service menu and
> picked CDMA only) and found I never needed to re-enable it and had no
> issues even in the areas where it would previously flip into analog
> mode.
Tried that while at the store using my old StarTac 7868. No signal.
Nokia 6235. Look at the Nokia site first. It is a great phone.
none
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:16:37 -0500, "Tommy" <nwppt@bestweb.net> wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a cell phone with verizon so I can have analog also.
>Tri mode ?? LG does not have any I think? . Motorola 325i has but not sure
>it is as good as LG. I do not care if the camera is not as good as long as
>the reception is great. Thanks to all
>
Nokia 6235. Look at the Nokia site first. It is a great phone.
none
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:16:37 -0500, "Tommy" <nwppt@bestweb.net> wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a cell phone with verizon so I can have analog also.
>Tri mode ?? LG does not have any I think? . Motorola 325i has but not sure
>it is as good as LG. I do not care if the camera is not as good as long as
>the reception is great. Thanks to all
>
Tri Mode
Linear Mode
