Does anyone else have a sonar ping as their mobile ringtone?

[tiger_tim_34]

How about Morse Code sounds for an incoming message? Or "Allllaaaarrrm!" for, well, your morning alarm?

I only advise the latter if you're sleeping alone. The wife took severe umbrage at such a rude awakening. It worked a treat for me, though. I've never left the house so quickly.

I'm thinking of adding whispered orders for 'Silent mode' incoming call and "Contact!" for a Bluetooth or Infrared connection.

[antikristuseke]

if i had the sonar ping for a ringtone id **** myself every time soneone called me, especialy concidering people dont call me all to often.

[Puster Bill]

I don't (and won't) have a cell phone, but I did change the sounds for my IM to morse. I made the "Incoming call/connect request" sound to be "CQ", the one when you receive a message to be "K", and the sound for ending the connection to be "73".

I won't have a cell anymore because they simply don't have anything to offer me as a ham. I carry a dual-band handheld with me (144/440 MHz) everywhere I go, and I have yet to run into an area where I couldn't hit a repeater. There are *PLENTY* of places that I go where there is little or no cell coverage. I can still generally place a 911 call if necessary, or if not I can get someone who can and relay the information.
On top of that, when there really is a major emergency the cell networks are either jammed up, or non-public safety phones are locked out. In *REALLY* bad cases, like Hurricane Katrina, the cell infrastructure itself is knocked out. Ham radio isn't infrastructure dependent, so it is resistant to those sorts of disasters.

Why should I pay money to keep a service that I get for free as a ham, and in fact is less capable in terms of range and communication capability in an emergency?

Back in 2000, I was one of the ham radio operators who helped provide communications when the Verizon switch in Schenectady, NY was flooded by a water main break. That incident helped solidified my confidence in ham radio in an emergency:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks/21.18.html#subj6

[VonDos]

No one can be so mad!

*- ping - ping -ping -*

<keeping the cell telephone> Sorry, they're looking fom me, wait a moment please!

[Canovaro]

I have the music from Das Boot as alarm clock, wakes me up every morning!

[jumpy]

hehe, no sonar ping ring tone for me, but I have used one of the seagull sound bytes as my text message alert tone

[klh]

Originally Posted by tiger_tim_34

How about Morse Code sounds for an incoming message? Or "Allllaaaarrrm!" for, well, your morning alarm?

I only advise the latter if you're sleeping alone. The wife took severe umbrage at such a rude awakening. It worked a treat for me, though. I've never left the house so quickly.

I'm thinking of adding whispered orders for 'Silent mode' incoming call and "Contact!" for a Bluetooth or Infrared connection.

Yep

Sonar pings for normal phone calls, "Wasserbomb!" for special calls, and "Alaaaarm!!!" for the alarm clock.

And I thought I was the only geek who did that!

[mcf1]

I hate that ping sound, I would go mad if I use it as a ringtone

[bobchase]

Originally Posted by mcf1

I hate that ping sound, I would go mad if I use it as a ringtone

I hate it too. That's why I use the one that came with my Blackberry as an alarm clock. I hate the sound and I hate to get up -sorta fits together that way. As my wife likes to say to her friends: "Sometimes I wake up grumpy, other times I just let him sleep".

Bob Chase

[AVGWarhawk]

I have the ping tone. When the phone starts to ping I state that I have been found and time for silent running. I can usually evade but damn if they don't call back and I get pinged again

[Gairith]

Alarm Clock for Your PC Using mp3's

http://files.filefront.com/alarmexe/.../fileinfo.html

[YexeonChew]

Hi tiger_tim_34, you can try find from this ringtone site or you can create your own sonar ping ringtone with your personal name. So you can use that ringtone as your mobile ringtone, wish it can help you

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by YexeonChew

Hi tiger_tim_34, you can try find from this ringtone site or you can create your own sonar ping ringtone with your personal name. So you can use that ringtone as your mobile ringtone, wish it can help you

Welcome aboard. Just so you know, the member you're trying to help hasn't posted on these forums in two years, or even looked at them in three. You can find this by clicking on his profile.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Welcome aboard. Just so you know, the member you're trying to help hasn't posted on these forums in two years, or even looked at them in three. You can find this by clicking on his profile.

Rgr that and yes, I know three people who have such ringtones.

[veenee]

Single sonar ping for SMS message, that's what I use.