[Motorola] Talk About Cell Phone question

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:02:15 -0500 (EST)

No kidding, well it looks like there would be worst things.  I know that
many times I have had radios out side in the rain, and they like me get
soked, but seem to come out fine.  I'm trying to think of the worst thing
that could have happened to my stuff, but it is not as far a sworse  s
what you have gone through.

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Joseph L. Rossmiller wrote:

> Some of the commercial equipment is built to withstand a lot of abuse.  I
> repair radios for the Illinois State Police.  I once had an officer go
> through a flooded viaduct.  He had a 42 meg GE Mastr Pro, and a 155 meg
> Mastr Pro in his squad.  The water was up to his windows, and completely
> flooded the trunk and floor area where the control heads were.  Both radio
> worked just fine after allowing to dry for a week.
> 
> I also had the District Captain drop his Motorola Pageboy pager in over six
> feet of water while fishing.  He some how retrieved it.  He had a rather
> embarrassed look on his face when I asked him what was wrong with the unit.
> 
> And getting away from water for a moment.  I had a Lieutenant leave his
> Motorola Pageboy pager on top of his car while driving to work.  It fell off
> at a busy intersection in town here.  Someone found it, and brought it into
> the post, (it had an ISP inventory tag on it) but not before it had been
> flattened by at least one vehicle.  The boards looked fine so I tested
> them.  The unit was still working properly.  I put it in a new case and gave
> it back to him.
> 
> Joe.
> 
> JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
> 
> > Oh really?  No kidding!  Those are low end radios from what I have
> > heard.  My talking watch I was using then was a low end one and it
> > survived.  I'm trying to think I also has a laser pointer go through the
> > wash and it survived and shined just like it always had before then.  I
> > guess some of this stuff puts up with more then wht we sometimgive it
> > credit for.
> >
> > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Paul Cavnar wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jeff -
> > >
> > >
> > > > If I may ask what HTTS did you haverescue after they came out
> > > > of the wash?
> > >
> > > One was a Motorola Radius UHF that was left on top of a building
> > > one weekend and it laid submerged in a pool of rain water....
> > >
> > > The other was a Yaesu FT41R that went into saltwater off a boat
> > > dock....
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
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