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From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Phone Signal Propagation Characteristics?
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Date: 10 Jan 91 18:53:50 GMT
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In article <15874@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write:

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

Why not?  My entry is the cell on Tortola in the British Virgin
Islands.  Apparently boats 100 miles away can use it due to the
excellent ground provided by salt water that the fact that Tortola has
a fairly high hill on which the antenna is placed.  Perhaps some cell
with an antenna on a higher hill on another island is even bigger.


Regards,

John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl


[Moderator's Note: When I was visiting in Independence, KS this past
summer I had my Radio Shack CT-301 with me. In most areas of town
there was no cellular service, yet when I went to the second floor of
the home where I was visiting, the phone went out of NO SVC mode into
ROAM mode. Curious, I tried the 0 operator, and ask who she was:
Tulsa, OK -- sixty plus miles to the south!  Returning home on I-55,
Ameritech only guarentees service when you get 'close to' Morris, IL,
the southwestern-most point for Chicago area service. When HOME kicked
in on my unit, a nearby highway sign said we were 70 miles from
Morris. All that on a .6 watt handheld ... see why I don't concern
myself with the exact specifics of the antenna I use? Admittedly, I
had the 'standard' antenna for a handheld, not the little 1/8 wave
loaded stub I installed a month or so ago.  PAT]