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To: higgmeister
Almost everyone in the world now has a cell phone.

As for the trailer, tank trucks are constructed of various materials depending on what products they are hauling. These materials include aluminium, carbon steel, stainless steel, and fiberglass reinforced plastic............

41 posted on 02/10/2021 1:26:17 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco
Almost everyone in the world now has a cell phone.

As for the trailer, tank trucks are constructed of various materials depending on what products they are hauling. These materials include aluminium, carbon steel, stainless steel, and fiberglass reinforced plastic............

MythBusters is no longer on TV.   That would have been a good one to look into.   Could a cell phone signal propagate between a cell tower and the inside of a tanker truck?   My 40 year career in telecommunications with the USAF, ITT, Sprint, MCI rolled into retirement from Verizon after 31 years tells me not a chance.

If a Faraday Cage blocks electromagnetic signals, a solid metal jacket does too.

The truck in the snapshot from the video did not look like it had a fiberglass and plastic composite construction.

44 posted on 02/10/2021 2:03:36 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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