Why do I care about 5.8 GHz phones?
73, de Lou K2LKK


At 08:05 AM 4/5/2006 -0400, 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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