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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 10:37:28 GMT
Looking for something else and I found this in the garage. Covered in dust and fly poo, it cleaned up OK I was given this Motorola at work in 1996 and it had been used by one or two others before me. Am I right in believing the antenna was just for show; it didn't actually do anything? Thought it deserved a nice pic. regards, Derek
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Post by gommer on Oct 23, 2012 11:25:57 GMT
That antenna was definitely used. It's probably a 1/2 or 1/4 wave antenna (900 or 1800Mhz band) and that length was needed to compensate for the lack of sensitivity of those early devices, i think.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 12:01:45 GMT
I'm sure the antenna was totally internal with the pull up one put there to satisfy customer expectation.
A quick look at Wiki... "on all models, and unlike the Motorola DynaTAC, the plastic antenna served no functional purpose, and was strictly for aesthetics".
I may be wrong though.
I do remember being briefed by my employers to ensure the antenna was fully extended during use otherwise we'd all get brain damage.
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Post by XTRProf on Oct 26, 2012 0:10:15 GMT
I do remember being briefed by my employers to ensure the antenna was fully extended during use otherwise we'd all get brain damage. Eh, in fact, pulling out the antenna, if it's for the purpose of pulling in more RF strength, is worse for brain damage.
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Post by XTRProf on Oct 26, 2012 0:13:19 GMT
My first HP:
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Post by gommer on Oct 26, 2012 6:08:44 GMT
headphone? horse power? Hewlett Packard? horse poo? high pass?
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Post by XTRProf on Oct 27, 2012 15:02:43 GMT
headphone? horse power? Hewlett Packard? horse poo? high pass? Aiyoh, need spectacle or increase spectacle power if wearing a pair? Joke aside, Marc, I already bought a pair of normal high voltage Rubycon and a pair of normal Elna E-Caps for the SMPS maintenance. Eh, that's not some "screwing" option for the E-Caps. French caps maybe. Hmmm, English caps? Thanks Marc for the correct logic in my E-Caps purchase.
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Some things are so easily overlooked...
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Post by funk1969 on Nov 29, 2012 9:38:47 GMT
I had a Siemens M35, quite durable...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2012 10:18:18 GMT
My first phone was a Nortel. I thing £250 per year. It had a terrible echo on received calls. I hated it. Then I moved to a great big Nokia brick with an amazing battery. Then Nokia 3150 (?) I think - no antenna on the outside. It goes on .... Now - an HTC Wildfire and a Blackberry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 17:20:23 GMT
My first was an old Philips thing I quickly passed on to the wife. My first proper-use-all-the-time mobile was a Samsung A100. One of the very first "clam-screen" types. The guys at work were well impressed, for a couple of months, then they all had newer models It lasted me for years, I was quite p'd off when it finally wore out. Replaced it with an LG that only lasted a couple of years before dying and then bought a Samsung "slider", A600 I think. Again that lasted many years before also wearing out. I've now gone all up to date (for the whole 30 seconds that up to date lasts!), HTC One S, which I hope can last as long as the Samsungs did. The only reason I didn't go Samsung again was that I found their equivalent a touch to big to hold and operate one handed.
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