Re: Direct Cell to Cell communication

Have you heard of personal communications radios? This sounds like
what you want and a lot cheaper!!

Tom J

Chull13 wrote:
> Well _ i'm sure with hacks it is possible, but how much and waht all
> would need to be done to enable
> Direct Cell Phone to Cell Phone communications.
> I live about 5 miles from the nearest Cell Tower - reception is fair
> at best but it works.
> That sugest to me that my Cell Phone has about a 5 mile range.
> Often times whuile snowmobiling we have No recption.
> So, if we could connect directly one cell phone to the other it
> would
> be Tremendously helpful, maybe even a treu life saver!
> Can the phones themselves be hacked?
> Or would one need to buuy./build a translator of sorts?
> I'm rather sure that with the frequencies used it still would be
> mainly line of sight correct?
> If it is all possible for something less than $50,000, would one be
> able to choose between using a tower or direct?
> Thanks

Yes - have been looking at those, and yes, in the end cost many be the
determioning factor.
But, I am a Curious Person, and as the Old Saw Goes: "... Satisfaction
Brought It (The Cat) Back."
It must be possible.
Also, the less things one has to car around the nicer it is.
Recently they are advertisinge the 16 mile range radios - still line
of sight, but as the 5 mile radios give about 1/2 mile, mabe the 16
mile ones will give about 2 miles...?
But, the 16 mile radios are legal as is in Canada where we do ride
once or twice a year. (But this Cell Phone hack might make us 'Persons
of INtrest' too! : )
Thanks for getting back.

On Jul 4, 3:44 pm, "Tom J" <tomn...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Have you heard of personal communications radios? This sounds like
> what you want and a lot cheaper!!
>
> Tom J