On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:27:22 -0700, mike belch-spoke these words:

Dr. John wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 03:56:36 -0700, mike belch-spoke these words:
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But I'd rather set up a phone patch over 2m for any radio-telephone use away from home, if at all.

John

If you set up a phone patch, make darn sure it's protected against
unauthorized long distance calls.
I set one up and never used it. All the calls I wanted to make were to
order pizza or find out if some business had something in stock.
FCC wouldn't have appreciated those calls. Mr. Humbug from this thread
would have had an absolute hissy fit.
Point is, carefully examine the nature of your calls before going to the
hassle of putting up a phone patch.
mike

I'd be calling limited people and emergency agencies, but not businesses. I'd block out 900 numbers
and any number with an area code that isn't 619/858/760 since those are the three San Diego County
area codes. Hopefully I could do that.

John