7 Jul
2011
7 Jul
'11
12:05 p.m.
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:05:00 -0400 Jim Wright [email protected] wrote:
When the towers are damaged or the power fails to the cell site, cell phones don't even make good boat anchors.
If the power fails to the cell site, it shouldn't make a difference. They're supposed to have 48 hours of battery backup.
Up here at 58°N most cell sites cover a huge area and have no mains power, so they run on a diesel genny that gets filled up once a week or so.
Gordon MM0YEQ