Date:         Mon, 28 Aug 2000 03:08:03 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
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From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: wireless communicationNONVANAGON???
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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.
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