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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
It's a shame most autopatches were disconnected from most ham
repeaters. Autopatches were good for getting at least some HOAs off your back for using your ht while portable. When they say something to you about it, just tell them it's your cell phone, then proceed to use the autopatch to call your wife or friend. You're not really lieing. After all, the cell phone companies copied the technology they're using from ham radio. If they ask why they can hear the other side talking also, just tell them it's a speaker cell phone. There's plenty of those around. My cell phone does do it. And now my regular landline phone does it also. |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
I'm also sick of everyone saying "just use a payphone".
There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. And cell phone coverage does not work everywhere. In a fify mile radius, I have only found one pay phone recently. Places that used to have them have either taken them entirely out or have left the booths but taken out the phones. And yes, they used to be there years ago. I've seen them at those places back then. And when you can find a pay phone anymore, they usually don't work anymore. No dial tone. |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
"radioguy" wrote in message ... I'm also sick of everyone saying "just use a payphone". There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. And cell phone coverage does not work everywhere. In a fify mile radius, I have only found one pay phone recently. Places that used to have them have either taken them entirely out or have left the booths but taken out the phones. And yes, they used to be there years ago. I've seen them at those places back then. And when you can find a pay phone anymore, they usually don't work anymore. No dial tone. Most of the pay phones are for sale on ebay.. |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
radioguy wrote:
There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. Here that has led to people putting in private pay phones in their store or restaurant. Some places that have seating or displays outside, such as the corner "minimarket" have them outside. However as soon as they close, the phone goes into the store and is locked up for the night. Of course we don't have the street crime problem the US has. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message ... radioguy wrote: There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. Here that has led to people putting in private pay phones in their store or restaurant. Some places that have seating or displays outside, such as the corner "minimarket" have them outside. However as soon as they close, the phone goes into the store and is locked up for the night. Of course we don't have the street crime problem the US has. Geoff. They have the same thing here in S. Korea. There are Korea Telecom phone booths (none that I have seen use coins, they use something simiar to a credit card), but the vast majority of phone booths here are owned by businesses that set them out with their displays during business hours, and take them in at night. Those DO use coins, but of course since they are always in a spot where they are supervised, there isn't much of a theft problem. |
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Citizens With Cellphones and FRS, GMRS and CB Radios Trump AmateurRadio Operators in a 'Local' Emergency
On Jan 15, 2:54*am, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in ... radioguy wrote: There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. Here that has led to people putting in private pay phones in their store or restaurant. Some places that have seating or displays outside, such as the corner "minimarket" have them outside. However as soon as they close, the phone goes into the store and is locked up for the night. Of course we don't have the street crime problem the US has. Geoff. They have the same thing here in S. Korea. *There are Korea Telecom phone booths (none that I have seen use coins, they use something simiar to a credit card), but the vast majority of phone booths here are owned by businesses that set them out with their displays during business hours, and take them in at night. Those DO use coins, but of course since they are always in a spot where they are supervised, there isn't much of a theft problem. |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
radioguy wrote: There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. Here that has led to people putting in private pay phones in their store or restaurant. Some places that have seating or displays outside, such as the corner "minimarket" have them outside. However as soon as they close, the phone goes into the store and is locked up for the night. Of course we don't have the street crime problem the US has. Geoff. Neither do we. "Street crime" is an urban phenomenon; half of Americans do not live in central cities and their first ring of suburbs. |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
CB is still good.Not many years ago, one night I was listening to some
18 wheeler truck drivers here in Jackson, Mississippi.They were talking on their CB Radios.One of those guys said he had just through talking to a guy in New Zealand. cuhulin |
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why autopatches,ham radio, and CB radios are still good
On Jan 15, 5:49*am, (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote:
radioguy wrote: There are hardly any pay phones around anymore. There used to be lots. Now there's almost none. Sure, the little booths that say "phone" are still there, but the actual phones are not. Here that has led to people putting in private pay phones in their store or restaurant. Some places that have seating or displays outside, such as the corner "minimarket" have them outside. However as soon as they close, the phone goes into the store and is locked up for the night. Of course we don't have the street crime problem the US has. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel *N3OWJ/4X1GM Where I'm at in the U.S., the stores and restaurants have removed their pay phones completely. Or maybe it was the phone company who removed them. However, at least in my area, it was not because of any crime. It's because so many people use cell phones now, the regular phone company doesn't make hardly any profit from pay phones like they used to. |
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