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In <d7h0m19qdvscco9l95bje1nu3jipan8jkh@4ax.com> on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:42:39
-0700, matt weber <mattheww50@cox.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:56:51 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>In <rtgtl1ledgguen6o1mo5ej4qtqfpo7616a@4ax.com> on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:54:01
>>-0700, matt weber <mattheww50@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:25:11 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
>>><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>>
>>>> All of the handsets have automatic power control to limit the
>>>>tx power to only as much as necessary. The tiny new phones barely
>>>>transmit at more than 0.1 watt.
>>>
>>>Wrong yet again, AMPS/D-AMPS phones have no power control loop.
>>>IS-136, GSM, and CDMA do have a power control loop.
>>
>>D-AMPS == IS-136.
>
>WRONG AGAIN.

Do you shout rudely in person, or only on Usenet?

>D-AMPS is actually IS-54, ...
> IS-136 is a variant of D-AMPS ...
>D-AMPS as defined in IS-54 ...

D-AMPS is IS-136 (as I wrote), and mostly IS-136, not just IS-54, and it thus
does have power control in that larger context.

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