I had one of these in a truck I worked out of in 1986. I thought it was fantastic at the time. The equipment was quite large and at the antennae was I believe putting out about 3 amps, It had very high drop out due to lack of cmts towers. It cost at the time more than $5000 installed and had to be installed by Telecom technicians. Phone bills were enormous. Eventually moved on to a thing called a TMR which was a lot cheaper.
I found this information: The boot-mounted radios had a handset and cradle in the cabin and cost $4,990.00 to buy or $1,000.00 pa to lease. Connection fee was $350.00 and annual access fee was $800.00.
40 years later, people watching this on their phones. Who knew
I had one of these in a truck I worked out of in 1986. I thought it was fantastic at the time. The equipment was quite large and at the antennae was I believe putting out about 3 amps, It had very high drop out due to lack of cmts towers. It cost at the time more than $5000 installed and had to be installed by Telecom technicians. Phone bills were enormous. Eventually moved on to a thing called a TMR which was a lot cheaper.
Wow this is a blast from the past. Memories :)
"As you can see, it doesn't take much space"
"G'day George"........"Bill mate, hair ya garn?"
The music seems borrowed from angry young man by billy joel
How much would've this of cost I wonder
I found this information: The boot-mounted radios had a handset and cradle in the cabin and cost
$4,990.00 to buy or $1,000.00 pa to lease. Connection fee was $350.00
and annual access fee was $800.00.
is this the pamps service
Yeah. I did the training course run by NEC in Melbourne in 1981.
PAMTS, yes. On the 007 prefix
ZilogBob I know someone who worked at telecom in Melbourne at that time. What is your name?