CAR PHONE ?

Lets see I believe certain car dealerships did have the right to install
these in the cadillacs upto about the 70's when shortly after the cell
phones started to come out ,and I believe only certain cities had the
system in place to use ,like Los Angeles,New York,Washington D.C.,Philly
was another one and Houston and Dallas mostly they were located where
the money was ,outside of the cities you were hoping you could get a
signal or wait till you got in a position to have access to a stray
signal, Since it was no more than an overglorified radio.
If you find one great lil piece of history since these are the
precursors to cell phones that is everywhere now and owned by just about
everyone.
 >> Stay informed about: CAR PHONE ? 

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:30:44 -0500, badaztek.DeleteThis@webtv.net (badaztek)
wrote:

>Lets see I believe certain car dealerships did have the right to install
>these in the cadillacs upto about the 70's when shortly after the cell
>phones started to come out ,and I believe only certain cities had the
>system in place to use ,like Los Angeles,New York,Washington D.C.,Philly
>was another one and Houston and Dallas mostly they were located where
>the money was ,outside of the cities you were hoping you could get a
>signal or wait till you got in a position to have access to a stray
>signal, Since it was no more than an overglorified radio.
>If you find one great lil piece of history since these are the
>precursors to cell phones that is everywhere now and owned by just about
>everyone.


RadioTelephone was used in remote locations as well as mobile. A few
friends had radiotelephone in their hunting lodges in Tamagami and
fishing lodges in the Muskoka District and north of Algonquin many
years back. I also installed Radiotelephone in several vehicles for
building contractor customers of mine 20 some years ago. One I
remember was in a Jag XJC? - totally hidden installation - less than
6" of exposed wire in the whole setup and only the antenna and handset
could be found, even with a fairly detailed search.
 >> Stay informed about: CAR PHONE ?