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Q&A Can I place emergency calls on a FirstNet cell with a standard cell phone?

Recently I was part of a wilderness SAR training event where there were drone-based FirstNet cell tower deployed to provide emergency personnel with cellular communications in remote areas. Perha...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Require advice on power conservation for backpacking trip

Edit: Thank you for all the helpful replies. I will have to go through them all now, and I will pick the best fitting one for my question. I will go backpacking in the summer of this year, for abo...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by seesta‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are there any credible estimates of how much of the US National Park System does not have cell phone reception? If so, what do they conclude?

We have found that almost any place that is interesting to hike, and especially backpack, does not have cell phone reception, or at best lousy cell phone reception. To which I say hallelujah! I d...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by ab2 MonicaNotForgotten‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Geocaching: How important is having a dedicated GPS device instead of a smartphone?

I'm thinking about getting into geocaching with my girlfriend, as it sounds like an activity that we'd both enjoy a lot. However I really don't think that I want to buy a dedicated GPS device if a...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by fgysin reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Cell Phone Tower Location app

Is there an app that will tell me where the nearest cell phone tower is when I am out of cell range? I'd like something like this so that I can know which direction to go to get to a signal in the...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Thomas Fackler‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there a mobile app to easily send a SMS message with coordinates?

A couple years ago I have traveled to rather remote areas alone on multi-day hikes and the cell phone coverage was poor. During my hike I wanted to let someone know about my progress (the tracking ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Vince‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭