Cell Phone Service along Alaska Highway
It appears Cell service may be available along the highway by next year. News Release
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Being a ham radio operator I have access to the Yukons very good coverage repeater system. Through that I can access the IRLP system, essentially the same as skype as it is VOIP, to contact anywhere without the need of CG WIFI.
It is still magic to be miles away from civilization, where there is no cellphone coverage, & have some mountaintop antenna hear you & relay your voice from repeater to repeater to a computer somewhere then on to a place thousands of miles away to another computer which sends it to an antenna which broadcasts it to somebody walking around with a little handheld radio.
We have had this system long before there was skype just like we were making phone calls from our cars many years before there was the first cellphone.
Ham radio & its repeater systems really come into their own where there is no cell service. You may not be able to contact who you want directly but you can get somebody who can.
It is still magic to be miles away from civilization, where there is no cellphone coverage, & have some mountaintop antenna hear you & relay your voice from repeater to repeater to a computer somewhere then on to a place thousands of miles away to another computer which sends it to an antenna which broadcasts it to somebody walking around with a little handheld radio.
We have had this system long before there was skype just like we were making phone calls from our cars many years before there was the first cellphone.
Ham radio & its repeater systems really come into their own where there is no cell service. You may not be able to contact who you want directly but you can get somebody who can.
