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Offline apc2010

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Where's the Plane..???
« on: March 11, 2014, 08:30:17 AM »
Was it aliens ... scared2:   how/where is it ...today they are saying some phones are still ringing..... rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 09:28:02 AM »
Quote from: apc2010 on March 11, 2014, 08:30:17 AM
Was it aliens ... scared2:   how/where is it ...today they are saying some phones are still ringing..... rubschin:

I haven't got it.... Shrugs:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 10:48:02 AM »
Quote from: apc2010 on March 11, 2014, 08:30:17 AM
Was it aliens ... scared2:   how/where is it ...today they are saying some phones are still ringing..... rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2014, 10:50:10 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 11, 2014, 10:48:02 AM
Quote from: apc2010 on March 11, 2014, 08:30:17 AM
Was it aliens ... scared2:   how/where is it ...today they are saying some phones are still ringing..... rubschin:


Too titchy to read....  noooo:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 01:06:44 PM »
Possibly a stupid question but if the phones are ringing then they have a signal so how come they aren't using multilateration to at least narrow down the search area.  rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 01:12:36 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on March 11, 2014, 01:06:44 PM
Possibly a stupid question but if the phones are ringing then they have a signal so how come they aren't using multilateration to at least narrow down the search area.  rubschin:

I thought that ......and also which fecking smart phone has a battery that lasts 3 days.... rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2014, 01:20:23 PM »
You can buy unofficial batteries with far larger capacity but they aren't recommended by the manufacturers. I had one for my XDA a few years ago which would last 3-4 days at a push.
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2014, 08:11:38 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on March 11, 2014, 01:20:23 PM
You can buy unofficial batteries with far larger capacity but they aren't recommended by the manufacturers. I had one for my XDA a few years ago which would last 3-4 days at a push.

Even at 60 fathoms?
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2014, 08:54:48 PM »
If the phones are still ringing that suggests the plane most likely went down over land or extremely shallow water as the radio frequencies used for mobile telecoms can't penetrate it. They would need to be VLF or ELF to manage that.
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2014, 09:00:14 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on March 11, 2014, 08:54:48 PM
If the phones are still ringing that suggests the plane most likely went down over land or extremely shallow water as the radio frequencies used for mobile telecoms can't penetrate it. They would need to be VLF or ELF to manage that.

No...

The ring tone is not generated by the phone - but by the last base station that it 'camped on' to....

So if you smashed your phone to pieces right now there is still a good chance that I could get a ring tone if I dialled it....

It sort of depends on the phone system and software in place....

Just in the same way that if we get a power cut here and all our phones go off (land-lines) you'll still get a ring-tone from the exchange....
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 09:08:17 PM »
Did the plane ever take off ?  rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2014, 09:12:06 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanour on March 11, 2014, 09:08:17 PM
Did the plane ever take off ?  rubschin:

That's one theory...... rubschin:
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2014, 09:25:46 PM »
It was full of Chinese,......



Has anybody bothered to check Morecambe bay yet................ rubschin:

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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2014, 09:48:05 PM »
Quote from: Barman on March 11, 2014, 09:00:14 PM
Just in the same way that if we get a power cut here and all our phones go off (land-lines) you'll still get a ring-tone from the exchange....
If you have a real phone, it will actually ring when the mains is off, because the power to ring the bell comes from batteries at the exchange.



Only your fancy cordless phones and the like will stop working, but the exchange will still give ringing tone to the caller.
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Re: Where's the Plane..???
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2014, 06:28:21 AM »
Quote from: apc2010 on March 11, 2014, 09:25:46 PM
It was full of Chinese,......



Has anybody bothered to check Morecambe bay yet................ rubschin:

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