[BC] Early mobile phones

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Ca. '70, a neurosurgeon who'd recently moved 'down from Boston' to 
Providence, with a gift for flamboyance - as RI bluestockings saw it - generously 
demonstrated phone in his Porsche, which they well occupied.
 
  Center hump mounted control head w/dial prominent, button row across top of 
unit. One could select quiet channel manually or unit would do so 
automaticaly. Doctor pointed out ROAM button, vaguely understood at time, something about 
working freqs in non-local areas. Aft mounted antenna cut ca. 152 megs,
 
  Around this time, McSparran Hill, commonly called Tower Hill due to 
prominent wood fire tower, Routes 1 & 138, South Kingstown, RI,  Telco Garage 
featured newly constructed space diversity micro link to Block Island. This augmented 
site several miles south on Route 108, Pt. Judith Road, which also was home 
to Boston Marine Operator 2 meg receiver and possibly remote transmitter.  
 
 Tower Hill site also had wood pole sporting several 152ish antlers for both 
dispatch & mobile phones.
 
 For a laugh, ca. '74, inquired as to car phone rates. Base was around 
100/mo, calls extra as was install, if recall correctly. 



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