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    Posted: 07 Aug 06 at 3:50pm

Ding! Ding! Loonytown City Centre!! Everyone off the bus!

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Ah, thats you have been programmed to think

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They came to my house again yesterday while I was out.  The replaced all my funiture with exact replicas.  Couldn't fool me though, I knew they'd been there.
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You folks been drinking salt water again    
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 11:03am
... and smoking seaweed
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Post Options Post Options   Quote mike ellis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 5:03pm

errrm what does DF mean?

and what base stations exactly do mobile phones communicate with?

and is this why my phone battery is permanently flat?

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DF = Direction Finding

Base stations = Telecomms arials in the area (you phone locks onto the closest one to you when you turn it on)

They can use the system a little like a GPS ... see which of the arials around you that you are closest too, and triangulate your rough position from them.

As for the battery issue .. probably.
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thanks villan
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 5:58pm
For more detailed info, ask Contender443 who's going to go so technical you'll soon be completely befuddled (nothing to do with your brain being cooked by microwaves, just aaaaaaaaoooooooooaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh of boredom )
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Stefan Lloyd Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 6:01pm

Originally posted by Villan

DF = Direction Finding
triangulate your rough position from them.

To within a few 100m according to this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4738219.stm

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