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]>
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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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