05-20-2009, 05:30 AM
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Originally posted by oink
Around 83 or 84 I knew some ham nuts that had hand helds. I don't know how they did it but they could even make telephone calls on them. I thought it was kinda cool but I didn't understand it. I still have no idea how they made phone calls on them.
They use the transciever to contact a repeater, a stationary unit with a good antenna and high-power transmitter. The repeater makes the phone call via land line.
Gotta be careful what you say, since the whole world could be listening.
Art