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1. 01:24 AM - Re: cell phone antenna (Greg Campbell)
2. 04:15 PM - (Mark Taylor)
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| Subject: | Re: cell phone antenna |
--> Avionics-List message posted by: "Greg Campbell" <GregCampbellUSA@earthlink.net>
I like the headset idea. Thinking outside the box at it's finest!
Not to be a "the glass is half empty" kind of guy, but...
I can almost hear the profanities as the cable slips off
and you watch your cell phone drifting lazily up & out of sight.
(Not to mention the wonder of the person who finds it!)
At least it would give you a great... "and you think you're having a bad day!"
story to tell.
Kind of like the "lawn chair balloonist", the late Larry Walters, who flew back
in 1982.
His 15 minutes of fame is well documented at: http://www.MarkBarry.com/lawnchairman.html
SO... remember to take along your pellet gun before you loft your cell phone!
Plan your flight - fly your plan - then shoot out the balloon as a last resort
;-)
For the truly "life & limb" kind of scenarios - you might want to consider a
"Personal Rescue Beacon", also called a "Personal Locator Beacon"
You can start by reading: http://www.equipped.com/plb_legal.htm
PRB's (aka PLB's) saved over 200 lives in Alaska over a 9 year test period.
They've been using them for more than 12 years in Canada with great success.
They are now legal throughout the United States - average cost is around $600.
They work in areas without cell phone coverage - with much quicker response than
ELT's.
For a lower cost option, an ELT like the Ameri-King AK-450 ($179) with voice transmit
is a good choice as well. Some pilots still monitor 121.5 while cruising along
at high altitudes.
(I once relayed a Mayday call near Crescent City CA - that sure wakes you up!)
With voice transmit you can explain your predicament, and if you leave it on long
enough -
someone will eventually come looking for you after a few days.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/ak450elt.php
My $0.01 ;-)
Greg
--> Avionics-List message posted by: "Richard E. Tasker" <retasker@optonline.net>
Get a headset and make an extension for it then lift the whole phone.
No coax loss, no designing an antenna.
My $0.02.
Dick Tasker
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--> Avionics-List message posted by: "Mark Taylor" <mtaylo17@msn.com>
Yep.. Bluetooth is wonderful!
Mark Taylor
Get a headset and make an extension for it then lift the whole phone.
No coax loss, no designing an antenna.
My $0.02.
Dick Tasker
Denny wrote:
>--> Avionics-List message posted by: "Denny" <dennymortensen@cableone.net>
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>This is not by any means a professional answer but you would also have to
>factor in the signal loss in the coax, especially in 174. The higher the
>frequency the higher the loss per foot, I cant remember what cell phone
>frequency is right now but I know it is way up there so your loss would
>really be high. Sounds like a neat idea but not sure if you can pull it
>off.
>Might be better and a lot easier to get ham license and go 2 meters. Just 2
>cents worth
>Denny
>
>-----Original Message-----
>emergency cell phone antenna elevated by a small helium balloon. The idea
>would be to have it "just in case" I get stranded in the wilderness.
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