On Jul 7, 1:59*pm, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
On Jul 7, 9:52 am, "WW" wrote:
"cj" wrote in message

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greetings, my elderly father spends alot of time at his workshop and barn
that are about 300 feet from the house.he has concerns about calling for
help whilst away from the house so i am looking for a cordless phone that
would cover that kind of range or better.does such a cordless phone exist?
stringing a land line is not really an option.
thanks, cj
Similar problem here. Tried those 2 way radios. Hard to find a channel that
has does not other people on it..So bought a cell Trac Phone from WalMart.
Inexpensive and minutes are low cost. Wife is disabled and I carry this
phone left on when working in the shop or if I leave the house. That way she
calls me with our regular phone. Works great. WW

Yeah, cordless phones have FCC limits on power output and 300 feet is
getting marginal. *The pay per use cellphone is probably a much better
choice. *If your father works in a metal-enclosed building, both the
cellphone and the cordless phone will have problems.

* Net 10 *10 cents a minute, no dollar a day for the 1st use like so
many of them have. *300 minutes for 30 bucks and adds 60 days. *I love
it. *You can get a cheap one at walgreens on sale for 25.99 and it comes
with 300 minutes/60 days. *http://www.net10.com/
* Check it out, *I get by for 15 bucks for a phone a month, using this
and use skype to call out at 2 cents a minute.
* Grandpa will love texting with the grand kids.- Hide quoted text -

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FWIW our 900 megahertz cordless phone works well for several hundred
feet. However in certain places inside neighbour's house across a
fairly busy road. it can get fuzzy or noisy; but moving a few feet
usually takes care of it.

It also works OK in daughter's house some 150 feet behind ours, but
again there are few places within that house where it is weak or
noisy. Probably due to metal air ducts, wiring and metal pipes in the
walls etc. All houses are wood frame construction, although ours also
has Al. foil in the walls! The base unit is located approx. in middle
of the house away from any exterior walls.

A much lower frequency 'baby monitor' does not work as well as the
cordless phone.

Also a review on TV that indicated that a test of some newer 2
gigahertz cordless phones failed at about the same distances as 900
mhz. But those tests were using the handset outside of all houses!

I would tend to opt, based on personal experience for a 900 mhz. unit.
Or a cheap
cell phone. As also a senior; mine carried for emergencies costs
$11.30 per month, taxes included and also including some air time. It
is rarely used!

By proper location of the 900 mhz host unit; maybe placing it in say a
window and unless the parental workshop is inside a metal shed there
is good chance 900 mhz. will work as remote cordless phone from the
house phone line.

Our cordless GE 26921 GE2-R, ATLINKS USA INC. IIRC it cost $25.

We have replaced the handset battery probably once in some eight years
using a cheap dollar store battery. We occasionally allow the battery
to run down to avoid overcharging 'battery memory' effect.

Hope this useful.