Hi James - the Rogers wireless were very small and easily carried about in a
woman's handbag or a man's suit coat pocket. Rogers has always been on the
cutting edge of Canadian telecom development. I wish I could scan a photo
for you to see the originals. Here in Canada (and possibly the US too) cell
phones used to bounce their signals off specially erected anntennae,
strategically placed all over the countryside. When I used to work for the
Atlantic Television System here in Canada, we often received "feeds" of TV
shows, either live for play, or to record for a delayed play via microwave
technology. This technology was in use throughout the 1980's here. I see no
reason to doubt that SHADO, being more advanced technologically than the
rest of the world, could have utilized cell phones, microwave data transfer,
et al - on a higher level of advancement. Most of my working life has been
in industries where technology advancements in moving video/data were vital.
Ciao for now! Pam
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>From: James Gibbon <
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>To:
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>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: What are the chances of a new UFO series?
>Date: Tue, Oct 31, 2000, 4:15 PM
>
>"Pam McCaughey" wrote:
>> Hi James:
>>
>> I beg to differ on the cordless/wireless phone issue. A Canadian company by
>> the name of Rogers AT&T Wireless developed and marketed them to the buying
>> PUBLIC in 1985. Soooo, since SHADO was more advanced than the regular world,
>> cordless phones might have already been a reality for them. The reason I
>> know this about Rogers? My publication is doing a corporate supplement on
>> Rogers and their cordless phones were in development several years before
>> they could market them!
>>
>
>
>Hi Pam,
>
>I remember seeing one myself for the first time on a train in
>1987.
>It was enormous, more like an army field telephone and had a lead
>-acid battery the size of a small briefcase.
>
>Cheers!
>James
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