I can see the tower but am not near it . Cell phone does not work up butte inlet , narrows inlet , nor does it work in the bush to the east of Squamish , Go due north from salmon inlet and the cell phone does not work from the top of any of the mountains . Big area , no reception , but there used to be . Six miles from Sechelt and reception is done until I am at 5400 ft , even then I will have to move around and try 4 or 5 calls before a call can get out . We tested a bunch of different phones from the top of the mountain , 7 connections from 25 calls , 3 of the connections got dropped .
At one time I was far enough back that all I could see was Van island , dialed home but got connected to some guy on the island - he phoned home for me . Digital range is less than with the old analog - that is one of the reasons there are more towers .
Get lost on the front of Seymour and your phone will work , now go get lost behind Mystery peak and see how well the phone works .
It is no longer a line of site issue , distance now plays a big factor too .
What got me back climbing was the old cell phone - My wife stopped worrying because I could get hold of her and tell her when we were turning around and when to expect a call that we were back safe . She bought the thing and forced it on me . It was a small price to pay to be climbing again . Those calls out do not happen much anymore because of the reception .
Hopefully I can get a better phone , a couple of guys have enhanced phones but I think they put out a lot more radiation and burn through the power PDQ . |
