Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 at 20:10
3 G and UHF are Chalk and Cheese
A phone can only talk to those whose numbers you know
A UHF can talk to anyone in range on the same channel.
3G as Telstra will tell you now covers 99% of the
population.
What they dont tell you is that the 99% live in about 12% of the area of the country.
They now say they cover 28% of the country Yeah
well maybe.
Depending where you go it may
well suffice as long as you dont go more than about 30 k from a tower.
IE between
Broome and Hedland is over 600km I think there are towers at the 2 Roadhouses and thats it.
Get the idea.
We used a UHF and a Satfone for emergencies.
Didnt have any so didnt use it, luckily.
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