Don't you remember 9/11??? Cell phones were useless. Signed, Didn't go home for four days
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Wright Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 6:05 PM To: Bob Bruninga; Amsat-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM satellites
When the towers are damaged or the power fails to the cell site, cell phones don't even make good boat anchors.
Jim WA4IVM
ps: When the media arrive and overload the system, it gets worse!
On 7/6/2011 5:30 PM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
In emergency situation novadays a cell-phone is much much better and reliable.
I think there are a lot of people in Haiti that might disagree?
Bob, Wb4APR
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