diff --git a/handbook/comms/basecamp_phone_small.jpg b/handbook/comms/basecamp_phone_small.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d5ee22b2a Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/comms/basecamp_phone_small.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/comms/phone.html b/handbook/comms/phone.html index 39d069b7a..6b468b012 100644 --- a/handbook/comms/phone.html +++ b/handbook/comms/phone.html @@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from to Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages, and even occasionally for conversation.

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Your phone on expo

See Your Phone on Expo for stuff everyone should do to set up their own phone for expo: photos, safety, etc. @@ -56,7 +70,7 @@ The top camp phone is particularly robust Russian It has 2 SIM slots. We only use one. This is the SIM with the number that is already in old-expoers' phone books so don't swap it. It is charged using a standard microUSB charger. -

Bascamp phone is a Nokia phone which requires a unique Nokia charger to which it is permanently connected in the potato hut. +

Bascamp phone is a "Swisstone" phone (2024) and it is permanently connected to a charger in the potato hut.

Cavelink

New in 2019 is the Cavelink system which communicates between topcamp and a station in a cave. The topcamp end has a SIM which means that it can receive and send text messages. diff --git a/handbook/comms/topcamp_rugphone_small.jpg b/handbook/comms/topcamp_rugphone_small.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a74b62866 Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/comms/topcamp_rugphone_small.jpg differ