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Dec 30/99: My first Clearnet PCS repeater sighting in Vancouver West at Granville and 57th Ave.
Dec 30/99: Telus 1.9 GHz tower at Vancouver airport (Richmond West) can be roamed on by entering *22805 on any CDMA 1.9 GHz phone. There are two offsets that I obtained from this tower: 028 and 352. I assume that the southern offset is 180? Note that this tower's footprint only covers south-west Vancouver and parts of Richmond.
Dec 30/99: Mapped Richmond West. New cell locations for Telus, Clearnet PCS, and Microcell Connexions.
Dec 30/99: Mapped Clearnet PN offsets and new Microcell sites for Delta North and West Surrey.
Dec 30/99: Mapped Clearnet PN offsets for more of Vancouver East.
Dec 30/99: New cell pictures for Telus, Cantel, Clearnet, and Microcell.
Dec 22/99: Added more Clearnet PCS sites and offsets for Lethbridge, AB.
Dec 20/99: Clearnet PCS goes digital in Lethbridge, AB.
Dec 14/99: Added known Telus Mobility sites for Calgary SW and Calgary SE.
Dec 13/99: Victoria's first Clearnet PCS repeater found in Colwood.
Dec 12/99: More info on the Nokia 6185/8 *2280x commands.
Dec 07/99: Added Calgary maps, but no sites yet.
Dec 06/99: Woo hoo... Clearnet PCS picks up my local airtime for the day.
Dec 03/99: New info about CDMA field test screen 8 on Nokia 6185/8.
Dec 03/99: Added more Clearnet PCS PN offsets for Kelowna.
Dec 01/99: First confirmed Clearnet PCS cell site in Kelowna.
Nov 29/99: Added Clearnet PCS PN offsets for Halifax.
Nov 29/99: Clearnet PCS now digital in Nanaimo.
Nov 29/99: Clearnet Mike now available in Nanaimo.
Nov 28/99: Added Nanaimo South and Nanaimo North maps.
Nov 27/99: Added Kelowna and Westbank maps.
Nov 25/99: Rumour has it that Clearnet PCS launched digital services in Kelowna on Sunday Nov 21. Can anyone confirm this?
Nov 22/99: New pictures on Telus Mobility equipment pictures page.
Nov 21/99: Added Microcell tower ID numbers to Victoria, Saanich East, Saanich West, and Western Communities, and Central Saanich.
Nov 19/99: Added new FAQ on determining Microcell CID's on maps.
Nov 19/99: Added Microcell tower ID numbers to Vancouver West, Vancouver East, Richmond East, and Ladner.
Nov 18/99: Telus Mobility cell site tour, UBC.
Nov 17/99: New Microcell repeater on Triangle Mountain, Colwood.
Nov 15/99: Updated Telus page to include pictures of available handsets.
Nov 15/99: Updated Clearnet PCS page to include info on Halifax coverage.
Nov 14/99: Clearnet PCS now digital in Halifax.
Nov 11/99: Reviewed Clearnet's new Sanyo SCP 4000.
Nov 09/99: Reviewed Fido's new Mitsubishi G75.
Nov 08/99: Clearnet launches Mike services in Alberta. See the official coverage map here.
Nov 05/99: Updates to Fido page with listing and pictures of available PCS phones.
Nov 05/99: Updates to Clearnet page to account for Mike services launch in Alberta and listing and pictures of available PCS phones.
Nov 04/99: Added commercial links to Links page.
Nov 04/99: Updates to both Cantel and Telus Mobility pre-paid plan comparsions.
Nov 01/99: Presentation to the UBC Amateur Radio Society on cell phones.
Oct 10-31/99: Checking out cell phones and towers in Ecuador. If you have a 800 MHz TDMA and/or AMPS phone, you can use it there on either Bell South Mobility or Porta, but the per minute prices are expensive. There's even cellular pay phones!
Oct 06/99: New article: Establishing a Wireless Network.
Oct 01/99: Changed LE counter to UltimateCounter. Easier to read, but has advertisement. Comments?
Sep 29/99: Updated PCS comparison page and Clearnet PCS page with new Clearnet rates.
Sep 29/99: Updated Pre-paid page with new Fidomatic card values and Mitsubishi phone.
Sep 27/99: Cool! My first white conical pico cell spotted in Toronto Int'l Airport, terminal 3, next to bank of pay phones.
Sep 27/99: Potential Clearnet and Microcell sites added to Halifax and Dartmouth.
Sep 27/99: Clearnet starting to put up sites in Halifax? New monopole complete with Clearnet-like equipment trailer spotted just south of the airport (no maps yet).
Sep 27/99: New MT&T digital only site, Barrington square, Halifax.
Sep 22/99: This site is featured in The Province/Canlinks Hot Site Index for September 22/99.
Sep 20/99: Updates and additions to the Nokia secrets page.
Sep 16/99: Clearnet PCS goes digital in Windsor, ON. See Windsor West and Windsor East for cell locations.
Sep 15/99: Added field test info for the Nokia 6120.
Sep 15/99: Added info on where to get the Flashing Antenna for the 6185/8.
Sep 13/99: New pictures added to Microcell and Clearnet cell pixs pages.
Sep 13/99: Updated FAQ's on using alternative long distance providers on cell phones.
Sep 09/99: Switched BC Tel Mobility page over to Telus Mobility.
Sep 08/99: Updated new prices for Fido.
Sep 08/99: Added