Evan wrote:
On Jul 7, 3:19 pm, "Ralph Mowery" wrote:
"Steve B" wrote in message

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"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
They make walkie talkies now that go 25 miles. A good set with charger
will cost you about $50. I like Midland brand. You might get an
additional
Unless you are on a hill or maybe over water there is no way a walkie talkie
will go 25 miles. Not even the high powered ones of 5 watts or so. You
will be lucky to get 2 or 3 miles out of them in the normal flat areas
especially when the plants have lots of leaves on them. .

I have been a ham for over 35 years and have played with them for years.
This is not the $ 50 class, but more like the $ 250 each and up class, but
the price has came down to about half that now.

To get the 25 mile range you must be on tall hills or mountains.


Hmm... To get a 25 mile range you would need an FCC license to
be operating a high power repeater or several lower power remote
sites, either way that is a lot of money for the equipment...

~~ Evan

My vhf repeater at work is on top of a 14 story building on a hill. My
5-watt H-T's can talk to each over pretty much anywhere in a 30 mile
circle. My stone-age system is more dependable than the megabuck 800-mhz
trunked system that all the local public safety agencies are using.

As to OP's problem- I'd just string a wire. Find burial-rated cable,
make a slit with a flat shovel, shove the wire in, and stomp it closed.
If he can't find real Ma Bell wire, the stuff for outdoor lights should
work okay. Only problem will be crossing any paved areas- if you can't
poke a stick of pipe under them, you have to find some way to go around
or over them. Maybe get Ma Bell to install a new number out there, and
then cancel it a month later, and jumper it over to the house line.

The pre-paid cell is probably the most painless solution, if (and it is
a big if), there is coverage inside the shop.

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aem sends...