All sears can do around here is throw things around breaking them, 
and not want to give your money back though they threw things around 
right in front of you and you want nothing to do with the place when 
you get it home and what you bought doesn't work. Went through that 
with a few stereos a few years ago. Friend of mien went through that 
with a treadmill. I haven't set foot in the place since.

At 08:05 AM 04/05/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Steve & Everyone;
>
>I found the best place in my area to shop for these cordless phones is
>Sears.
>
>The sales people are pretty knowledgeable.
>
>I have gone to other stores and all they know how to do is hit the keys on
>the cash register.
>
>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] new 5.8 GHz phone getting mixed reviews
>
>
> > Jeff,
> >
> > I've never heard of an option like that on any cordless phone, although I
> > believe that some of them will increase power on their own if the
> > reception degrades.  You may also find that some brands have better range
> > than others, and sometimes different models of a particular brand are
> > better than others.  Unfortunately, the models change so quickly that even
> > if you know which ones were good six months ago, it won't help you today.
> > I had very good luck with one model of GE, but when I bought a different
> > model, I couldn't even get 20 foot coverage.  It might help if you tell
> > the sales person that you need a phone with lots of range, but then again,
> > you may still not know until you get it home and try it.  You may find
> > that you have to spend more to get the coverage you need.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Tuesday 4/4/06 19:13 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> >>Hi Everyone, I've had this Uniden Phone for a day now, and have mixed
> >>opinions about it.  The reason I went with 5.8 GHz is because of what I
> >>have
> >>read on here and other places with regard to range.  This afternoon I took
> >>a
> >>walk around the block and didn't notice any real big difference verses my
> >>900 MHz phone and I don't know if it is because the walls in my house are
> >>really thick or what.  Tomorrow I am planning on trying to test it again
> >>with putting the transmitter in the window to see what happens.  When I
> >>shoed the phone to my mother we got a call at dinner, and it was in my
> >>pocket while I was down stairs, and the audio quality wasn't that great,
> >>and
> >>again I think that it is because of the thickness of our walls.  I just
> >>had
> >>my step brother take a quick look in the manual to see if there is any way
> >>of increasing the power, but there doesn't appear to be anything in the
> >>manual, but what I am wondering on other 5.8 GHz phones are there settings
> >>for increasing power from the transmitter?
> >
> >
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