Mt. St. Helens trip coverage report

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I spent Thanksgiving with friends and relatives in Portland, Oregon and
we made a day trip to see Mt. St. Helens in Washington state.

Sprint PCS coverage was solid along I-5 from Portland to exit 49, and
lasted a mile or two east on highway 504. I think I had SPCS coverage
at the MSHNVM Visitor Center in Silver Lake. For about 20 miles east,
past Toutle, WA, my phone analog roamed on US Cellular (SID 1784) and I
was able to make and receive calls. East of there, my phone lost
signal, then picked up USCC for a few miles around milepost 27, then
lost it again for the rest of the way to the Coldwater Ridge Visitors
Center.

Another cell phone in the car was a Siemens S46 on ATTWS. Once we left
I-5, it had no signal anywhere along hwy 504. The S46 has GSM900/1900
and TDMA 800/1900 (no GSM800 and no analog).

The volcano was awesome! You can see the VolcanoCam at
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680 and PRL 10025

 

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Hi Frank. You might remember me as the guy who had battery life problems
with a Samsung SCH-2000 a number of years ago. I've since upgraded to a
longer-lasting Toshiba VM-4050 (which now lasts for several days provided I
don't use it much!). Anyway, we almost crossed paths this past weekend as I
was in St. Helens myself on Sunday. I didn't get any reception for the last
few miles or at the Coldwater VC. However, several months ago I was also at
St. Helens, but on Rt. 99 on the NE side of the mountain, and did get
reception at the last parking lot before the roadblock to Windy Ridge. Given
the potentially explosive nature of the mountain, I suppose that this is one
place where it would be important to have cell service, in case one goes off
the beaten path. Then again, last time I checked you weren't allowed to hike
close to the mountain.

--
Kovie
kovie@earthlink.netizen


"Frank Harris" <frankbhX@XcompuserveX.com> wrote in message
news:coe398$mif$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
>I spent Thanksgiving with friends and relatives in Portland, Oregon and we
>made a day trip to see Mt. St. Helens in Washington state.
>
> Sprint PCS coverage was solid along I-5 from Portland to exit 49, and
> lasted a mile or two east on highway 504. I think I had SPCS coverage at
> the MSHNVM Visitor Center in Silver Lake. For about 20 miles east, past
> Toutle, WA, my phone analog roamed on US Cellular (SID 1784) and I was
> able to make and receive calls. East of there, my phone lost signal, then
> picked up USCC for a few miles around milepost 27, then lost it again for
> the rest of the way to the Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center.
>
> Another cell phone in the car was a Siemens S46 on ATTWS. Once we left
> I-5, it had no signal anywhere along hwy 504. The S46 has GSM900/1900 and
> TDMA 800/1900 (no GSM800 and no analog).
>
> The volcano was awesome! You can see the VolcanoCam at
> http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
>
> --
> Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680 and PRL 10025

 

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Hi, Kovie!
Our day trip to the volcano was on the Friday after T-day. Close...

Kovie wrote:
> Hi Frank. <snip> Anyway, we almost crossed paths this past weekend as I was
in St. Helens myself on Sunday. <snip>

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680

 

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Oh well, as if we would have recognized each other... ;-)

Pretty awesome sight though, you must admit, phone service or no.

--
Kovie
kovie@earthlink.netizen


"Frank Harris" <frankbhX@XcompuserveX.com> wrote in message
news:cotddk$dnv$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
> Hi, Kovie!
> Our day trip to the volcano was on the Friday after T-day. Close...
>
> Kovie wrote:
>> Hi Frank. <snip> Anyway, we almost crossed paths this past weekend as
>> I was
> in St. Helens myself on Sunday. <snip>
>
> --
> Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680