Of course you won't believe me, or anyone else. But the cell phone network
was down for the majority of New Orleans. I know people that went there to
repair it.

In fact some hams also helped repair the tower sites. Mostly getting
antennas back in working shape, and getting batteries and/or generators up
and running.

As for why text gets through easier and better than voice. It's just like
CW Markie, and if you understand that mode it would be easier for you to
comprehend text vs voice on a cell system. But I'll try....It is a matter
of bandwidth. Text uses and requires much less than voice does. Thus it
has a much better chance of getting through. Even with marginal conditions
and basically a cell phone user watching his "s meter" and finding a site to
receive it.

Sounds to me the ones that got through knew a little about signal
propagation to me. Gee....do you think they were hams or had a ham nearby?
Just a thought.

Dan/W4NTI

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On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:22:14 -0700, Cmdr Buzz Corey
wrote:

wrote:

Cell phone does indeed show signs of being usable as a true emergency
network

How? The entire cell network was down in NO. The only way to get cell
coverage there was out on some remote point a few people managed to get
to and make a few calls.

not accrdoing to MSNBC while the netwaork was not working for voice it
was working for text according to MSNBC

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