An engineer told me that that attenas are tuned - and that determines how good they are... that it wasn't so much the length....
>From: Frank Miller <fmiller01@sprynet.com> >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:57:01 -0400 > The only thing that effects the ability to >receive is the antenna. Those dinky antennas on most midget cell phones are >barely adequate. When I had a bag phone, the cell phone company gave me a >"rubber duck" antenna which was convenient but pretty crummy for reception >in many areas. They also gave me a magnetic mount antenna to use in the >poor coverage areas, which I promptly lost in the wilderness areas of my >garage because I didn't want anything scratching up my paint. I bought >another antenna which attached to a window via suction cups which worked >great. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. |
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