A pole basket for a ski pole, cross-country pole, trekking pole, Nordic walking pole, or hiking pole, in particular for a ski pole for the touring sector, wherein the pole basket has a planar basket region. In an embodiment, a calling party places an incoming call to a called telephone number having an active ICW session and data connection. Thus, fluid that forms in the housing flows down from circuit board and onto fluid drainage slopes to be guided downward from fluid drainage slope to reach drainage ports and be discharged to outside housing. Bridge circuits are supplied for controlling input of DC voltage into the primary windings of the transformers.