Cell phones on Means Dry Lake? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

kaupke5 · 10-26-2008, 01:02 PM

Can anyone who has been out there lately tell me if there is cellphone coverage on the lake??
Thanks
Jeff

tjmark · 10-26-2008, 04:18 PM

Verizon works in a couple spots... But not in others.

"Tonka" · 10-26-2008, 06:06 PM

AT&T from center of lakebed and eastward

West side nada

Hammer Hog · 10-26-2008, 07:22 PM

Go to the Phone Bush and east of.

kaupke5 · 10-26-2008, 08:43 PM

OK, I have a feeling I will regret this, but I'll ask anyway:
What is the Phone Bush?

surveyboy · 10-26-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaupke5

OK, I have a feeling I will regret this, but I'll ask anyway:
What is the Phone Bush?

the only bush in the middle/east side of the lakebed.

your really can't miss it.

Big Rich · 10-27-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by surveyboy

the only bush in the middle/east side of the lakebed.

your really can't miss it.

Make sure have correct change. the phone bush only takes quarters

Tool Pimp · 10-27-2008, 04:43 PM

I got some friends that run satelite phones, they get service everywhere

EarlKann · 10-27-2008, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surveyboy

the only bush in the middle/east side of the lakebed.

your really can't miss it.

Right by the boat launch and the concessions stands.

losekannon · 10-27-2008, 08:31 PM

The top of Claw and the top of Wrecking Ball mine works great

Also on the lake bed where the old burn't cars used to be I get good signal.

_peteyg · 10-27-2008, 08:49 PM

Verizon works great on Wrecking Ball, and at the entrance to Sledge. Coming down the exit it works really well, too, but I almost always lose signal about halfway across the lakebed.

surveyboy · 10-27-2008, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Rich

Make sure have correct change. the phone bush only takes quarters

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlKann

Right by the boat launch and the concessions stands.

damn the things you forget when you don't hit the lakebed for a while.

I've lost a fair amount of quarters to that damn bush

can't wait to go skiing again at new years

Air Ride · 10-29-2008, 11:46 PM

phone bush

XJCracker · 09-15-2012, 10:22 PM

Has anyone with T-mobile been out there lately? How is service/data on the lakebed these days?

I have Verizon now but it looks like we'll be going T-mobile here soon...

biffgnar · 09-16-2012, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XJCracker

Has anyone with T-mobile been out there lately? How is service/data on the lakebed these days?

I have Verizon now but it looks like we'll be going T-mobile here soon...

I have TMobile and spent 17 days there for this years KOH. In Hammertown I did not get reception. Did get reception at the cell phone bush. Not ideal to be unreachable when in town, but at least there was an option to use it.

TCARP1 · 09-16-2012, 12:07 PM

I have Sprint and it worked nearly everywhere down there, not full bars just one or two.

XJCracker · 09-16-2012, 05:57 PM

Thanks guys.

Hopefully I can talk my way out of going to T-mobile....

desertmike345 · 09-17-2012, 01:33 PM

We had to get one of these.

http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/sto...obile-wireless

keeptahoewhite · 09-17-2012, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XJCracker

Has anyone with T-mobile been out there lately? How is service/data on the lakebed these days?

I have Verizon now but it looks like we'll be going T-mobile here soon...

I had full 4g service by the entrance to Chocolate thunder during KOH. Tmobile on Blackberry 9900. I would just go out and watch people run CT while I made phone calls and checked Pirate.

I think this is the spot: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.42...num=1&t=h&z=18

keeptahoewhite · 09-17-2012, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertmike345

We had to get one of these.

http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/sto...obile-wireless

What vehicle did you mount that in, and what were your results?

desertmike345 · 09-17-2012, 06:56 PM

keeptahoewhite

We have Sprint and use our phones as modems. We drove out to JV in the Jeep to try it out before the Hammers race and had a signal most places around the lake bed (4/6 bars instead of 1. I made a bracket and mounted the antenna (magnetic base) on top of the toy hauler. Went to the hammers race in Feb. and it worked great till the end of the week when there were 40 thousand people using the cell towers and it bogged down some. The unit we got can move from car to car and can be used with an outdoor antenna for your house. Our unit is about average but they make better units. Just make sure the amplifier works with your phone carrier (call Wilson up and ask). Overall I think these units work great.
Don't want to cause any trouble but I don't think there is 4G anywhere in this area.

biffgnar · 09-18-2012, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keeptahoewhite

I had full 4g service by the entrance to Chocolate thunder during KOH. Tmobile on Blackberry 9900. I would just go out and watch people run CT while I made phone calls and checked Pirate.

I think this is the spot: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.42...num=1&t=h&z=18

Notwithstanding my prior post about Tmobile not working in Hammertown, I agree it was working at CT.

keeptahoewhite · 09-18-2012, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertmike345

keeptahoewhite

We have Sprint and use our phones as modems. We drove out to JV in the Jeep to try it out before the Hammers race and had a signal most places around the lake bed (4/6 bars instead of 1. I made a bracket and mounted the antenna (magnetic base) on top of the toy hauler. Went to the hammers race in Feb. and it worked great till the end of the week when there were 40 thousand people using the cell towers and it bogged down some. The unit we got can move from car to car and can be used with an outdoor antenna for your house. Our unit is about average but they make better units. Just make sure the amplifier works with your phone carrier (call Wilson up and ask). Overall I think these units work great.
Don't want to cause any trouble but I don't think there is 4G anywhere in this area.

So with your setup, it is just amplifying the signal for anyone with Sprint huh? You are not the exclusive user(/s)?

I may be remembering incorrectly but I could have sworn I had full service out there on the hill near CT. I was on here and FB and sending pics like it was going out of style.

keeptahoewhite · 09-18-2012, 06:09 PM

Just to be somewhat scientific about this, VZW's coverage map blows everyone away as far as their claims for service in the area. Tmobile and ATT appear to have some spotty coverage. Sprint shows off network roaming for most the area.

FWIW.

desertmike345 · 09-18-2012, 09:11 PM

Quote:

So with your setup, it is just amplifying the signal for anyone with Sprint huh? You are not the exclusive user(/s)?

Thats true. Somewhere out there is a Sprint tower and the Wilson just amplyfies the signal to where we can use it.

Don't know how to get the quote so it shows of correctly.
oops i guess it works

10-26-2008, 01:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
kaupke5 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Member # 83113 Posts: 28	Cell phones on Means Dry Lake? Can anyone who has been out there lately tell me if there is cellphone coverage on the lake?? Thanks Jeff

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"Tonka" Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 55514 Location: so.cal rancho palos verdes/lake havasu Posts: 201	AT&T from center of lakebed and eastward West side nada __________________ [SIZE="4"]SAVE THE HAMMERS[/SIZE] #500 Last edited by "Tonka"; 10-26-2008 at 06:07 PM.

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Hammer Hog Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Member # 24269 Location: Way closer to the Hammers than you!!! Was Montrose, CO Posts: 1,434	Go to the Phone Bush and east of. __________________ Official OG13-2013 KOH Recovery Team. Formula Toy #11 is For Sale... PM me.

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_peteyg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Member # 32069 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 487	Verizon works great on Wrecking Ball, and at the entrance to Sledge. Coming down the exit it works really well, too, but I almost always lose signal about halfway across the lakebed. __________________ ...

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kaupke5 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Member # 83113 Posts: 28	OK, I have a feeling I will regret this, but I'll ask anyway: What is the Phone Bush?

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Tool Pimp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 81004 Location: So Cal. Posts: 371	I got some friends that run satelite phones, they get service everywhere

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losekannon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 38339 Location: Apple Valley SoCal Posts: 650	The top of Claw and the top of Wrecking Ball mine works great Also on the lake bed where the old burn't cars used to be I get good signal.

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XJCracker Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 48772 Location: Pasadena Posts: 530	Has anyone with T-mobile been out there lately? How is service/data on the lakebed these days? I have Verizon now but it looks like we'll be going T-mobile here soon... __________________ DO NOT BUY FROM TONY707. DOES NOT SHIP PRODUCT OR RESPOND TO PMs

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desertmike345 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 142399 Location: Yucca Valley, CA Posts: 42	We had to get one of these. http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/sto...obile-wireless

09-17-2012, 06:56 PM	#21 (permalink)
desertmike345 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 142399 Location: Yucca Valley, CA Posts: 42	keeptahoewhite We have Sprint and use our phones as modems. We drove out to JV in the Jeep to try it out before the Hammers race and had a signal most places around the lake bed (4/6 bars instead of 1. I made a bracket and mounted the antenna (magnetic base) on top of the toy hauler. Went to the hammers race in Feb. and it worked great till the end of the week when there were 40 thousand people using the cell towers and it bogged down some. The unit we got can move from car to car and can be used with an outdoor antenna for your house. Our unit is about average but they make better units. Just make sure the amplifier works with your phone carrier (call Wilson up and ask). Overall I think these units work great. Don't want to cause any trouble but I don't think there is 4G anywhere in this area.

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keeptahoewhite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75114 Posts: 743	Just to be somewhat scientific about this, VZW's coverage map blows everyone away as far as their claims for service in the area. Tmobile and ATT appear to have some spotty coverage. Sprint shows off network roaming for most the area. FWIW. Last edited by keeptahoewhite; 09-18-2012 at 06:10 PM.

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