"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Now, ignoring the above type of system, will the thing work at all?
Well, that's a big question with more variables than knowns. Older
analog (AMPS) systems (i.e. the original and only true "cell" phones)
work pretty good at reasonable aircraft altitudes and speeds, legal
issues not withstanding. Modern digital (aka PCS) type phones do not...
usually limited to about 2000 AGL.

I regularly make phone calls with my PCS phone from 10,000 feet AGL in my
own plane. I have never had any trouble with it. I made such a call
yesterday, in fact.

If it can work over several miles laterally in rolling terrain, why wouldn't
it work for 2-5 miles vertically?
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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO