Hello Kurt!   
      
   17 Feb 19 07:27, you wrote to Ward Dossche:   
      
    KW> -=> Ward Dossche wrote to Carol Shenkenberger <=-   
      
    WD>> You badly need to visit some national parks. I spend considerable   
    WD>> time every year in Glacier and Yellowstone and 6 miles past the   
    WD>> gate there isn't even cellphonce.   
      
    KW> Back in 1997 I got 5 bars at a national park - I was at the top of   
    KW> Mount Whitney, at 14, 069 feet the highest peak in California. I was   
    KW> line of sight to every cell tower at the time.  :)   
      
   Kurt,   
   Mt. Whitney is 14,505 feet above sea level and is the highest peak in the   
   continental United States. It is located in the north east corner of Tulare   
   County, of which Visalia is the County Seat.   
      
   At the top of Park Ridge, 7,516' inside Kings Canyon NP, I cannot get cell   
   service at all (AT&T). However, there is a Verizon tower there and those   
   who have that provider has excellent service. I can use my AT&T phone   
   connected to the WIFI we have there and make calls, send and receive texts.   
      
   In the early 1990's, I had a "bag" phone, which was analog, and could make   
   phone calls in front of the Giant Forest Lodge in Sequoia NP. The lodge is   
   no longer there.   
      
      
   Sorry, I couldn't resist talking about something in my "back yard".   
   I bet you had quite a view from there.   
      
   73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY   
   Visalia, CA DM06ii   
      
      
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