Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: portal!cup.portal.com!Allyn@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Telephones on a Bicycle Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 18:30:28 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 11, Issue 210, Message 11 of 10 This is in repsonse to the person who was thinking of using cellular telephones for communications at a bike race. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned ham radio yet. There are amateur radio clubs that specialize in providing communications for public events such as bike races. Using radios, as opposed to cellular telephones, has the advantage that all stations situated on the bike route can hear each other. This isn't practical on a cellular phone. Of course cellular phones have the advantage of being able to make a direct phone call without having to go through an "autopatch". Probably the ideal would be to get a local ham club to provide primary communications and then have a few cellular phones situated at strategic places along the route. Allyn Lai kb6odf allyn@cup.portal.com