Anyone know what the "800 MHz system" is (communications equipment)

[Alfred001]

I'm translating something and a fella says at one point "towers were down so the 800 MHz system didn't work" Anyone know what the 800 MHz system is?

[fiveworlds]

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Anyone know what the 800 MHz system is?

I would imagine it is an antenna transmitting signals at 800 MHz

[John Cuthber]

Probably something like  this or one of its successors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Mobile_Phone_System

[Alfred001]

So is this just a mobile phone or a reference to the mobile phone network? Or is it something different/fancier?

 

Could I just transform "towers were down so the 800 MHz system didn't work" into "towers were down so cell phones didn't work"? Would that be accurate?

[John Cuthber]

Probably, but it's hard to tell without context.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

In the United States, a lot of police and fire radio systems operate in the 800 MHz band, which has sections reserved for public safety use.

https://www.fcc.gov/general/800-mhz-spectrum