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From: bbx!bbx.basis.com!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Phone Signal Propagation Characteristics?
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Date: 7 Jan 91 17:11:16 GMT
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In article <15767@accuvax.nwu.edu> uswnvg!dfpedro@uunet.uu.net (Donn
Pedro) writes:

>In article <15746@accuvax.nwu.edu>, chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) writes:

>:How, then, was I receiving service when I'm sure I was at least 60
>:miles from the nearest cell?

OK - shall we have a "largest cell" contest?  

I wouldn't propose it unless I thought I had a good chance at winning.
In Albuquerque we have a cellular service and a mountain.  Said
mountain is about 5000' above the city, a in view of a lot of the
surrounding area.

I can hit the Albuquerque cell from as far west as Grants (90 mi),
north to Los Alamos (70 mi), south to almost Socorro (about 80 mi),
and east for Santa Rosa (70 mi, but not good coverage).  This is with
good signal quality.

I'm waiting to see what happens when the new service in Santa Fe
goes in this year - will my system decide to roam or will it stay 
in a home cell?  I'll check it out when the new system is up.


Russ Kepler -  Basis Int'l  SNAIL:  5901 Jefferson NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
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