G.R. Patterson III wrote:
: Note the "band" information in the table on the right. If a phone does not use these
: frequencies, it's not a cell phone.

As an almost total aside, I got my Globalstar GSP-1600 satellite phone today.
This is the same phone handset used by controlvision for their weather data
delivery, though I did not buy it through controlvision and I do not intend
to use the controlvision software. I bought this thing for a (very) remote
data delivery project at work. I have not yet used the thing, but I will pass
along the pirep when I have.

The big limitation seems to be that the antenna has to be perfectly vertical,
with a clear view of the sky. It does not work inside a house, or in a car.
Presumably it could be used in an airplane if the phone were on the
glareshield.
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Aaron Coolidge (N9376J)