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

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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" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Have you heard of personal communications radios? This sounds like
> what you want and a lot cheaper!!
>
> Tom J

Chull13 <[email protected]> wrote in news:1183577867.830232.38850
@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> If it is all possible for something less than $50,000, would one be
> able to choose between using a tower or direct?
>

In the USA, it's called "Family Radio Service" and it's 14 channels on
UHF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service

Anyone can use them with no license at all:
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind...home&id=family

Their 1/2 watt UHF FM transmitters have a range of about 2 miles limited
by line-of-sight in the terrain. GMRS is a licensed ($75) business band
radio which shares channels with FRS. GMRS = General Mobile Radio
Service. Of course, millions of users wanted more range ignore the
rules, especially mobile users, and get the more powerful GMRS radios,
available everywhere.

Chatterbox may be what you're looking for in a fast-moving environment:
http://www.mwsbike.com/product_list#...ke%20to%20Bike
On GMRS they have a 5 mile range, 2 miles on FRS. They also have an
intercom and are available in Bluetooth, if you like.

None of these radios is attached to any kind of pay-per-view "service"
like cellular. They talk directly to each other, the old fashioned way,
on noise-free UHF-FM.

Really cheaply priced, even the lowest priced models at Wally World have
the same range/capabilities as much more expensive models. I have a pair
of waterproof Standard models I paid $15/each for we use for dock-boat-
beach comms on the sailboat. Marine VHF isn't legal to use ashore, so we
use FRS for boat2boat or boat2beach chatter....drink orders...etc...(c;

Radio has done very well without "carriers" for a hundred years....and
still does.


Larry
--
While in Mexico, I didn't have to press 1 for Spanish.

It just isn't fair.

On Jul 4, 6:14 pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chull13 <[email protected]> wrote in news:1183577867.830232.38850
> @o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>
> > If it is all possible for something less than $50,000, would one be
> > able to choose between using a tower or direct?
>
> In the USA, it's called "Family Radio Service" and it's 14 channels on
> UHF.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service
>
> Anyone can use them with no license at all:http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind...home&id=family
>
> Their 1/2 watt UHF FM transmitters have a range of about 2 miles limited
> by line-of-sight in the terrain. GMRSis a licensed ($75) business band
> radio which shares channels with FRS. GMRS= General Mobile Radio
> Service. Of course, millions of users wanted more range ignore the
> rules, especially mobile users, and get the more powerfulGMRSradios,
> available everywhere.
>
> Chatterbox may be what you're looking for in a fast-moving environment:http://www.mwsbike.com/product_list#...ke%20to%20Bike
> OnGMRSthey have a 5 mile range, 2 miles on FRS. They also have an
> intercom and are available in Bluetooth, if you like.
>
> None of these radios is attached to any kind of pay-per-view "service"
> like cellular. They talk directly to each other, the old fashioned way,
> on noise-free UHF-FM.
>
> Really cheaply priced, even the lowest priced models at Wally World have
> the same range/capabilities as much more expensive models. I have a pair
> of waterproof Standard models I paid $15/each for we use for dock-boat-
> beach comms on the sailboat. Marine VHF isn't legal to use ashore, so we
> use FRS for boat2boat or boat2beach chatter....drink orders...etc...(c;
>

GMRS is *not* a business band. Licenses now cost $85.