Needing phone with exceptional reception

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"jt" <jtsoft@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:nIFHd.5763$zr4.4696@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> I'm in need of figuring out which of the SprintPCS phones have exceptional
> reception.
>
> Any recommendations please?

I don't have any specific recommendations, but if you're OK with a more or
less fixed installation (e.g., a vehicle or a job/home site), an external
antenna can provide enough gain that the difference between the most and
least sensitive phones becomes negligible relative to the overall system
gain.

Individual phone vary a fair amount in sensitivity due to normal
manufacturing variations (probably +/-3dB easily), and this variation is not
specified to the public by Sprint (or any other cell phone service
provider). I've always figured this is the primary reason you see many
differing opinions on the sensitivity of the same model phone.

---Joel Kolstad

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jt <jtsoft@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in need of figuring out which of the SprintPCS
> phones have exceptional reception.
>
> Any recommendations please?

The Sanyo RL-4920 is friggin' amazing. It has never let me down unless
I'm underneath LOTS of steel and concrete (such as the basement of the
casino where I work) or when I'm like 10 miles away from the nearest tower
(such as going to the lake). Once a month I do the run between Las Vegas
and LA and there's reception 98% of the way.

In addition, it is durable, has a beautiful screen which is quite scratch
resistant, comes with an extremely handy personal voice recorder (one of
the reasons I bought the phone), has the new "ready-link" (i.e.
walkie-talkie) feature, and has ridiculously long battery life.

> Thanks,
> jt

Kevin M.
"Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles
you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War*
"Contentment... Complacency... Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier

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What kind of external antenna are you referring to? Can you be a
little more specific please?

Lenny

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:55:04 -0800, "Joel Kolstad"
<JKolstad71HatesSpam@Yahoo.Com> wrote:

>"jt" <jtsoft@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:nIFHd.5763$zr4.4696@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> I'm in need of figuring out which of the SprintPCS phones have exceptional
>> reception.
>>
>> Any recommendations please?
>
>I don't have any specific recommendations, but if you're OK with a more or
>less fixed installation (e.g., a vehicle or a job/home site), an external
>antenna can provide enough gain that the difference between the most and
>least sensitive phones becomes negligible relative to the overall system
>gain.
>
>Individual phone vary a fair amount in sensitivity due to normal
>manufacturing variations (probably +/-3dB easily), and this variation is not
>specified to the public by Sprint (or any other cell phone service
>provider). I've always figured this is the primary reason you see many
>differing opinions on the sensitivity of the same model phone.
>
>---Joel Kolstad
>

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:41:58 -0800, "Kevin M."
<youwish@imaspammer.org> wrote:

>jt <jtsoft@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm in need of figuring out which of the SprintPCS
>> phones have exceptional reception.
>>
>> Any recommendations please?
>
>The Sanyo RL-4920 is friggin' amazing. It has never let me down unless
>I'm underneath LOTS of steel and concrete (such as the basement of the
>casino where I work) or when I'm like 10 miles away from the nearest tower
>(such as going to the lake). Once a month I do the run between Las Vegas
>and LA and there's reception 98% of the way.
>
>In addition, it is durable, has a beautiful screen which is quite scratch
>resistant, comes with an extremely handy personal voice recorder (one of
>the reasons I bought the phone), has the new "ready-link" (i.e.
>walkie-talkie) feature, and has ridiculously long battery life.

I'll echo your comments on the RL-4920. It's a great phone with
wonderful reception and a battery that just won't quit.