OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options

[Alex Pennace]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 10:51:26AM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> How often has anyone gone to the middle of nowhere and actually
> received a usable analog signal?   It would be interesting to compare
> signal capability on an analog system in the middle of nowhere vs a
> ham radio signal to the nearest repeater, or even simplex.

Quite often, actually. There is an analog-only area not more than five
miles away from where I live. The signal is fairly strong too.