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View Poll Results: How do you "keep in touch"? [please check all that apply].
Cell Phone (including "texting") 135 88.82%
Wireline Phone 48 31.58%
"CB" Radio 2 1.32%
"FRS" (Family Radio Service) Radio 2 1.32%
"GMRS" (General Mobile Radio Service) Radio 2 1.32%
Amatuer ("Ham") Radio 4 2.63%
Other Wireless (Blackberry, etc.) 23 15.13%
Marine Radio 21 13.82%
Internet (e-mail. chat, etc.) 106 69.74%
Other - Telegraph, Smoke Signal, Drum, Shout/Scream. 18 11.84%
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:34 PM   #1
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Default Comunications methods used in the area.

What methods of communications do you you use in (or while in) the Winnipesaukee region?
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:47 PM   #2
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Carrier pigeon and pony express are common....but mostly just smoke signals.
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What methods of communications do you you use in (or while in) the Winnipesaukee region?
There are many ways and waves to monitor the Lakes Region. We enjoy more updates on this very subject right here at winnipesaukee.com . Keep reading! Monitors, VHF, UHF, Bizer, Cell, Rabbit-ears, and many other flavorful other taste's.
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With a wire strung from it for an antenna and your thumb in your ear.
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I always found yelling at the top of my lungs.....DINNERS READY, to be very effective.
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I do remember in the 60's that "CB" was really popular for boating (prior to the "CB" licensing requirement's removal) and that "Marine Control" (callsign KBC8913) used to monitor Channel 13. From what I've read here, now that the licensing requirement for Marine has been removed, marine vhf seems to be taking over for "on the water".
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At our lake my friends camp had a large bell located near the peak of the roof that was sounded by pulling on a rope. When that bell rang it meant it was time to get your butt home. It annoyed me then but I sure miss that simple device today.
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when we are at the lake we dont want to communicate with anyone....

We have often joked how long it would take for somebody to come looking for us if we dont return home on Sunday -
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when we are at the lake we dont want to communicate with anyone.... We have often joked how long it would take for somebody to come looking for us if we don't return home on Sunday -
We had mixed feelings about getting our new dial telephone in the 60s—which still remains handy—on the wall today.

Dialing a number takes a very long time: calling long-distance tested our endurance. How did we survive that agony—waiting for that dial to rotate back—just to rotate it again and again?
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