Originally Posted By: Russ
Those reflections are much more prevalent with the cell phone at ground level in an urban environment; the system algorithms are designed to deal with it. In the case of a cell phone on a mountaintop (or hanging under a balloon) out in the wilderness, the issue would be signal strength between the cell phone and tower which can be a serious issue, but a text can still get through with 1 bar of signal strength.

A PLB is still a better option.


That's the reason the cell sites are located less then two miles apart in heavily built up areas.

And, yes. A PLB is a much better option.
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