[TheForge] Shop Communications

[Larry Brown]

Cell phone in Tshirt pocket set to vibrate, can't miss it ;-)
Larry Brown
Who can't hear it on my belt a lot of times

At 04:32 PM 2/17/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Looking for some suggestions re telephone shop  communications.
>
>I have a 220, 50 amp buried line to the shop but no  communication line. I
>was hoping to do something wireless. I did not mind  digging 20 years ago but
>not up to digging again. The shop is 110' from the  house. The shop is 
>small and
>very noisy when gas forge and power hammer are  running.
>
>I figured to buy another wireless phone to connect with   my Panasonic KX
>TG5776 at the house and put in the shop. I think it will reach  that far 
>ok. Any
>suggestions re a wireless hookup that would blink a red light  or provide
>amplification or some such thing to let me know the phone is ringing.
>Alternatively, some sort of wireless communication system from the house 
>to the  shop so
>my wife can call and tell me one of the kids is on the line...or  whatever.
>Otherwise she has to make a trip through the mud to the shop.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>
>Don Plummer