[CQ-Contest] Hamvention - New Venue, etc.

[Barry]

That's not always true, Ria.

I've had Verizon service for years.  Yesterday, I was skiing at Arapahoe 
Basin, located right on the Continental Divide a little south of I-70.  
There is NO Verizon coverage there, yet ATT&T has an antenna (a 
repeater) right on top of the main lodge.  There was a guy near me 
during lunch on the phone and I asked him which service he had.  He said 
T Mobile, but was using something called Wifi connect or wifi call.  I'm 
not familiar with it, but it apparently permits calls, texting, and 
datat over wifi where a cellular signal isn't available.

I once called Verizon and asked them how to request service in an area 
and they said only a land owner could do that.  Granted this is a 
mountainous area, but a ski resort where there are thousands of people 
every day is not covered.  Hmm...

Barry W2UP

On 5/22/2017 19:36, Ria Jairam wrote:
> If you want serious coverage anywhere outside of large cities, then you
> shouldn't look to T-Mobile or Sprint.
>
> Verizon and AT&T have the most coverage and the most reliable coverage. I
> had no problems with my iPhone 7+ on Verizon anywhere in Xenia and environs.
>
> 73
> Ria, N2RJ
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Masa Miura, AJ3M <masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> I, too, had a T-Mobile iPhone with me and was frustrated because of the
>> poor coverage. I wanted to get in touch with some friends visiting the
>> Hamvention so that we could meet. I should have had an 2m/440 HT instead of
>> the iPhone. We are ham radio operators, not iPhone operators.
>>
>> I had a very good time at the Hamvention.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Masa
>>
>>
>>
>> Masa Miura, AJ3M
>> Bethesda, MD
>> masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com
>> aj3m at arrl.net
>> https://www.facebook.com/masahiro.miura.tu94
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> _________________________________________________________________________
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> 2017/05/22 11:40、Alex Malyava <alex.k2bb at gmail.com> のメッセージ:
>>
>> 100% agree with Bill's marks.
>>
>> One more F to add - T-Mobile coverage was almost nonexistent. There are
>> only 2 spots here and there where I got 1 bar of signal and was able to
>> send an SMS or had basic EDGE internet. ATT and Verizon worked fine.
>>
>> Alex K2BB
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