Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA066591734; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:55:35 -0700 Return-Path: <DPBRENN@msg.PacBell.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from gw3.pacbell.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA134491734; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:55:34 -0700 Received: from msgsrv99.srv.pacbell.com by gw3.pacbell.com (5.x/PacBell-04/11/97) id AA06354; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:44:33 -0700 Received: by msgsrv99.srv.pacbell.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52) id <01BC74B1.592101A0@msgsrv99.srv.pacbell.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:44:31 -0700 Message-Id: <c=US%a=_%p=Pacific_Telesis%l=MSGSRV10A-970609154423Z-8086@msgsrv99.srv.pacbell.com-DeleteThis> From: "Brennen, Don P (PB-dpbrenn)" <DPBRENN@msg.PacBell.COM-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Cc: "'Lide, Bill'" <william.lide@ncal.kaiperm.org-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: PCS cell phones (was renters insurance) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:44:23 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I haven't taken my phone out on the water, but I'm usually on it on my
way back across the San Mateo bridge, solid signal, no problems.
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>From: Gr8Jibe@aol.com-DeleteThis[SMTP:Gr8Jibe@aol.com-DeleteThis]
>Sent: Friday, June 06, 1997 11:21 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Re: PCS cell phones (was renters insurance)
>
>In a message dated 97-06-06 15:11:55 EDT, you write:
>
><< Their coverage map claims coverage over water on the bay, and I
> wouldn't doubt it given the good signal at 3rd and Coyote, but I've not
> taken my phone out on the water to check :-) >>
>
>If anyone has tried a PCS phone in the channel, please let me know. I
>wouldn't sail the bay without my cell phone anymore, and I may switch to PCS.
>
>
>You CAN waterproof your cell phone with a $20 radio bag from West Marine,
>inside a waterproof fanny pack from Easy Going, 1385 Shattuck Avenue,
>Berkeley, CA (and Walnut Creek) for $25. I've been sailing with my phone for
>weeks. In addition to the pack's webbing strap around my waist, I attach the
>fanny pack to my harness with a keyring on shock cord, so there is little
>risk of losing the whole pack.
>
>A few drops get into the fanny pack in an afternoon of sailing, but nothing
>penetrates the second barrier. And one can operate the phone inside the
>radio bag in a rescue situation, as long as you open up a flip phone before
>you put it in the radio bag.
>
>I don't go out to the channel without:
>
>1. Helmet
>2. Shock cord from mast track to rig (in case of separated universal or bolt)
>
>3. Phone (or radio)
>
>Bill
>
>
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