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

[David Siddall]

Mobile phone providers have coverage maps that although not perfect, do
give some idea of coverage.  For example, at my WV QTH neither T-Mobile nor
Verizon covers the area.  But visitors using one or the other of those
carriers have had their devices work for a minute or two intermittently --
enough to alert them to a voicemail or to download some email.  Then the
signal is gone again, usually for hours until suddenly their phone dings
again with a message or something.   It's called "propagation."  I'm not
sure of the mode.

Here are links to the coverage maps of the "big four":

Verizon Coverage
<https://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/dotcom/coveragelocator/>

AT&T Coverage
<https://m.att.com/shopmobile/coverageviewer/coverage-viewer-results.html>

Sprint Coverage <https://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?>

T-Mobile Coverage <https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map>


73, Dave K3ZJ


On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:08 AM, <w5ov at w5ov.com> wrote:

> Sprint had excellent coverage in Xenia.
>
> AT&T also had excellent signal.
>
> Both in the -90 dBm range.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob W5OV
>
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2017 9:36 pm, 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
> >>
> >>
> >> 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