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mike murphy wrote:

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"Hamguy" wrote:

KC8VKZ

very sad situation:

Kind of strange they don't have any kind of decent ( even primitive)
comm system in place in the mines

Each miner should be carrying personal communications like firefighters.

The problem with that being that when they are two miles deep in the mine,
radio comms are all but worthless. To get comms for the rescue workers, they
had to relay by radio from two points, then by wire from the last relay
point to the command center. One might suggest repeaters every so often, but
these could easily be damaged or destroyed during an explosion or cave-in.