cordless phones

[Stormin Mormon]

I've heard places like Disneyland are nearly impossible, with too many users. Many of them saying nothing important, and some of those shoutign into the mic to get through.

[Stormin Mormon]

With only 14 channels in the FRS band. I can imagine they clog up pretty quickly at public events.

I've been at gun shows, where a lot of guys were using FRS. Rather politely, too.

[Percival P. Cassidy]

Yes, it costs, but not a whole lot.

From the Best Buy Web site:

'How much does a GMRS license cost? "The FCC grants 5-year renewable licenses for GMRS Systems. The current fee for a new GMRS license is $75."* Note: The amount stated above is the GMRS license fee at the time of the writing of this article. However, we recommend that you check with the FCC at:

to verify current fees.

You can obtain your GMRS license or additional information from the FCC: To purchase your GMRS operator?s license or to obtain more information, you can access the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) online at FCC.gov or by phone at 1-888-CALL-FCC or 1-877-480-3201. Or you may e-mail the FCC for licensing help at: [e-mail]

Your family members may share in the use of your GMRS license: "The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a land-mobile radio service available for short-distance two-way communications to facilitate the activities of an adult individual and his or her immediate family members, including a spouse, children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and in-laws (47 CFR 95.179). Normally, as a GMRS system licensee, you and your family members would communicate among yourselves over the general area of your residence or during recreational group outings, such as camping or hiking."*'

Perce

[Jules Richardson]

Our vtech pieces of shit start to drop calls at around 90 feet (which is about ten feet short of my workshop door from the house, grrr! :-) and get all hissy even 10 feet outside the house walls.

I think I'm going to end up running a pair of underground cat5 cables out to the 'shop - one for voice and one for 'net (although I could do with something in the garage, too; not sure what the limit is on number of phones running off the system).

[gfretwell]

We were in Busch Gardens last month and there wasn't that much activity on FRS, I guess everyone has a cell phone now.

[Steve B]

I saw my license application in my box of new radios. Yeah, right. I'm going to spend $75, or about as much as I pay for the radios, on a license to use walkie talkies to run around the woods riding ATVs and playing paintball?

I don't think so, Tim.

I have yet to see any triangulation trucks or officials in the woods enforcing the laws. But I guess you don't always see or hear those stealth government vehicles, particularly the helicopters.

Steve

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[Mark]

So what do you do when you need to talk to the other station and the channel is occupied, "simply" call the other station on the phone and tell them what channel you are switching to on your walkie talkie????

Mark

[The Daring Dufas]

In which country do you reside? There are any number of long range cordless phones available, some have ranges measured in miles or kilometers. The legality depends on your home country.

TDD

[Ron]

You take walkie talkies to theme parks?

[cj]

my dad lives alone in a rural area with crummy cell service. he wants the ability to call his neighbors in an emergency. i've found a few phones that apparently have the range but are very pricey. i'll try to talk him into a well shielded land line down to the workshed cj

[hallerb]

with the low price of celluar today you could install a outdoor cell antenna with local repeater.

position the antenna right and he would no only have service in workkshop but around the homes outside, and in his home too if he wants.

locally land line service price has gone up while celluar dropped like a rock....

[Sam E]

[snip]

BTW, at one time 900MHz cordless phones were NEW. Most used 54MHz. Also, there was no way to change the channel in case of interference.

[Ron]

Then what is that button for that says "change channel".

[Steve B]

"Ron" wrote

Then what is that button for that says "change channel".

reply: Don't know about yours, but on mine, it was to change the channel in case of interference. ;-)

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[clare]

On a 54mhz phone, or a 900? The first 54 mhz units were single channel - then the fancier units like the Compander Plus from Sanyo went to 25 channel auto switching (spread spectrum)

[Ron]

900 which according to the OP there was no way to change the channel. Not only could you change the channel, but I had a Sony that automatically changed channels every 60 seconds or so for privacy issues.

[Mark Lloyd]

The one I dad in about 1980 definitely did NOT have a change channel button. If there was interference, you had to take it back to the store and exchange it.

[Ron]

You had a 900MHz cordless phone in 1980?

[Ron]

I'm talking to the person that I responded to, Mark Lloyd.

Also, I don't see anything here about a 54MHz cordless phone.

[Steve B]

You had a 900MHz cordless phone in 1980?

reply: Thread drift is a terrible thing. Who are you talking to? I had the old cordless phones that did and did not have channel selectors on them. I even had one that sat on the table and you'd pick up the earpiece and talk into the base. It wasn't cordless, and had only one hardwired line. The interference came from the people on that party line.

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