Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: A Couple Tech Questions About Cellular Phones Message-ID: <10148@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 26 Jul 90 06:51:24 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 518, Message 5 of 9 Rob Warnock writes: > | Not true. When your unit is address by the system, a two way audio > | path is indeed enabled, but your transmitter is not turned on until > | you answer the call. > Uh, I think you have it backwards, John. Your transmitter turns on to Sorry, it was the telephony in me that caused an ambiguity. What I meant by "transmitter" was the mouthpiece in the phone. I am aware that the RF transmitter comes on immediately when the mobile is paged, and that is what I meant by "a two way audio path is indeed enabled". John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !