"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
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"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
...
DHS has proposed a change in scenario. They want an on locomotive
alerting
system that could be commandeered and driven at, near or about a
disaster
site. Everything else stays more or less the same, overbroadcasting on
local AM/FM, power off the locomotive, selective or full frequency
broadcasting, train (s) to be in motion at all times. 20-30 second
messages
that would also combine a message to be aware that a locomotive (at
speed)
will be flying by the at grade crossings.

Comments?

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:15:23 +1300, Ken Taylor wrote:

Impractical, for the same reasons cited earlier. What's wrong with
electronic message boards on trailers fitted with sirens and, if deemed
necessarily, a very large guy with a gun to maintain interest.

Nothing but why not broadcast an alert that a locomotive, especially at
unmarked crossings, is approaching and too supplement other warning
systems?

You may find that sci.electronic.misc or sci.electronic.design may be
more
relevant, since it's commercial/military and not amateur. Mind you, they
may
also be less polite.....

Ken

Thanks, Ken.

Should I be scared?
--
No, but forewarned is fore armed. :-) Your spec's are a bit nebulous, to say
the least. I'm not accusing you of having no clue, but I'm damn glad DHS
doesn't use tax-payer funds from this part of the world. This is an exercise
in getting rid of funds grabbed during a crisis, when the opportunity arose
to expand the empire. Standard bureaucratic function.

Cheers.

Ken

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:19:05 +1300, Ken Taylor wrote:


You may find that sci.electronic.misc or sci.electronic.design may be
more
relevant, since it's commercial/military and not amateur. Mind you, they
may
also be less polite.....

Ken

Thanks, Ken.

Should I be scared?
--
No, but forewarned is fore armed. :-) Your spec's are a bit nebulous, to say
the least. I'm not accusing you of having no clue, but I'm damn glad DHS
doesn't use tax-payer funds from this part of the world. This is an exercise
in getting rid of funds grabbed during a crisis, when the opportunity arose
to expand the empire. Standard bureaucratic function.

The problem is that anything that is speced at this point is bound to be
changed by FEMA, DHS, FCC, and God knows who else. The idea is to start
somewhere and march forward beginning with the writing of a "white paper"
that can be shot full of holes.
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