I could never get as far with my old 49 mhz phone, and
it was upstairs. vhf and uhf are funny where 1 band
will work in some places and another is better in
others. 900 mhz and 440 mhz are short enough that you
can do well if near a window, just the right size.
Could there be some sort of metal based film on you're
windows to block uv light? and you'd think the
screens, which are metal, would actually block those
signals.
--- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That's interesting you mention that.  I bought my
> first 900 MHz phone while
> in college and it was about a month before
> graduating.  The reason I
> replaced it was because my old phone/answering
> machine was getting worn out,
> but when I bought this phone and was in a dorm where
> it is awfull getting a
> signal in or out in some places the phone worked
> great.  I could go outside
> the dorm and down the street and even into one of my
> classroom buildings and
> could get messages and make calls as though I was
> back in my room.  I would
> take the elevator to the 3rd floor of the class
> building I was in, and could
> use my phone with no problem when standing near a
> window.  However, at this
> house I have tried nearly every trick in the book,
> including setting the
> phone in a window up stairs and don't get nearly as
> far as I used to in that
> first floor dorm room.  It also is note worthy that
> when I left the dorm I
> would have to cross the hall and go out a door on
> the other side of the
> hall, and it worked out that way.
> -----




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