Cordless phone range???

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( These can't be legal...otherwise everyone would be making them.

The cordless phones that are designed for use in the US have transmit power restrictions placed upon them and each manufacturer has to meet those sepcs. The long haul phones may not be worth the investment if the FCC finds you using them. )</font>

Wrong again! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif (oh well, don't feel bad, even a stopped clock is right twice a day) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif They are perfectly legal. FCC would not allow them to be used if they weren't legal. They've been used for years, but, like I said, they are not for everyone.
Their main drawback is the price, which puts this squarely in the industrial & business type use.

 

[BB_TX]

Here is a site for <font color="blue"> ultra long range phones </font> but it states that the longer range phones (> 6 miles) are not for use in Canada or the US. It states that they can only sell those if they are to be resold outside the US.

Another company (ACS) advertises long range phones with the statement <font color="blue"> We have customers using this system in the Bahamas, Mexico, Africa, BVI, Grand Cayman, Taiwan, and more. </font> No mention of the US. Are you sure it is legal?

Edit: <font color="blue"> Another site </font> that states they are in fact illegal. Plus some other informtion.

 

[rockyridgefarm]

Just an update.

I have had lots of engenius phones. They do reach out. But they sure aren't industrial. They are plagued with reliability issues. The batteries won't stay put. The units don't hold up to abuse. They cook themselves.

My best luck has been with Panasonic GigaRange stuff