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Old 18th Mar 2018, 4:11 pm   #21
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Default Re: Rabbit - the almost mobile telephone of bygone times

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Andy, I mentioned Keith, G3RTU and his involvement with CT2 phones in the thread that split into this one. It that who you are referring to above?
Graham - I am acquainted with Keith RTU, but it wasn't him who gave me the Zonephone. It was Ian, a G7xxx, and I'm blowed if I can recall his full callsign now. 'Twas a long time ago!
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 5:42 pm   #22
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Default Re: Rabbit - the almost mobile telephone of bygone times

I remember one of the IT technicians at my college had a Rabbit phone with a base station, he could be paged by pressing a button on it.

IIRC when Hutchinson Telecom launched Orange they offered a discount if you were an existing Rabbit customer.
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 8:21 pm   #23
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Yes, there is a button on the base station, unsurprisingly labelled "page". Its operation of the ringer should be distinguishable from an incoming call as it rings continuously until the button is released.
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The frequencies used by the Rabbit system were later re-purposed for licence-free radio microphones, commonly referred to as Channel 70.

The base station aerials (a short white stick co-linear with a TNC connector, made by Racal) used to turn up at radio rallies, mis-sold by a dodgy trader as "wideband scanner antennas". I still have a couple for use with radio mics and they work very well.
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Old 21st Mar 2018, 8:28 am   #25
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Now that has potential for embarrassment if my Rabbiting were to end up being broadcast with the karaoke in the local pub! I suppose the first thing to test is how far from home I can roam with the handset and still communicate with the base station - then make discreet enquiries about any radio microphones used in the village's pubs and clubs.
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Old 21st Mar 2018, 10:15 am   #26
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As an inveterate nosey-parker, I like to listen around the less-used parts of the spectrum and 864/5 MHz comes alive in the evenings with baby alarms and wireless headphone signals. Last night someone was watching 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in', something I hadn't heard since it was originally shown.
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It's a digital signal so no chance of you being overheard on a radio mic receiver.
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Old 22nd Mar 2018, 8:56 am   #28
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Yes, I have since realised that.

By the way, a quick test showed that the signal degraded quite rapidly as I moved away from my house anyway. Two-foot-thick stone walls are probably a contributory factor in this!
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