The Cheyenne Mountain Facility was constructed to block (special shielding materials plus a literal mountain of rock) all electromagnetic frequencies which would include cell phones. Radio transmissions only get through because they are physically connected (via shielded cables) to antennas on top of the mountain.
Hand held walkie-talkies inside the facility should work just fine as the signals would just bounce around inside to the other walkie-talkies which are also inside the mountain.
Cell phones should not be able to get through unless special repeaters are installed. And installing those repeaters is major security hole.
The only tech with guaranteed ability to get a signal through would be the faster-than-light communication systems employed by various alien races. For example, at the end of season eight, Jacob/Selmak arrived with a USB drive sized subspace receiver picking up real time signals of Tok'ra tracking devices on Goa'uld ships from across the whole Milky Way galaxy.
The most plausible way to get a civilian to Cheyenne to work at the SGC would be to give them a job. It just has to have a plausible cover story that can be told to friends and extended relatives.
As for minors, you would have to tell their parent(s) or legal guardian. With an adjusted cover story to account for the age of minor. Otherwise people would question why the Air Force (the public face of the SGC) want a minor working for them.
Hand held walkie-talkies inside the facility should work just fine as the signals would just bounce around inside to the other walkie-talkies which are also inside the mountain.
Cell phones should not be able to get through unless special repeaters are installed. And installing those repeaters is major security hole.
The only tech with guaranteed ability to get a signal through would be the faster-than-light communication systems employed by various alien races. For example, at the end of season eight, Jacob/Selmak arrived with a USB drive sized subspace receiver picking up real time signals of Tok'ra tracking devices on Goa'uld ships from across the whole Milky Way galaxy.
The most plausible way to get a civilian to Cheyenne to work at the SGC would be to give them a job. It just has to have a plausible cover story that can be told to friends and extended relatives.
As for minors, you would have to tell their parent(s) or legal guardian. With an adjusted cover story to account for the age of minor. Otherwise people would question why the Air Force (the public face of the SGC) want a minor working for them.
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