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Emergency Messaging, AM/FM *On Locomotive*
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? -- Drop the alphabet for email |
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:19:42 -0400, Ari Silversteinn
wrote: Comments? What a troll. |
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seems strange, and not very practical.
"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? -- Drop the alphabet for email |
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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? -- 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. 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 |
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Snipped 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 Wow , there are news groups that are less polite than some of the people in this news group. That's sad. Unnecessary rudeness is unnecessary and rude. Ace - WH2T |
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:19:42 -0400, Ari Silversteinn
wrote: 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? Tracks across Lake Ponchartrain fell in. Granted they were put back in service faster than anything the government had connection to. |
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"Dr.Ace" wrote in message
... Snipped 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 Wow , there are news groups that are less polite than some of the people in this news group. That's sad. Unnecessary rudeness is unnecessary and rude. Ace - WH2T A couple of threads aside, this is a pretty good group. So are the others I mentioned, but they don't tolerate the sort of technical vagueness that's being displayed in this thread. Cheers. Ken |
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wrote in message
... On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:19:42 -0400, Ari Silversteinn wrote: 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? Tracks across Lake Ponchartrain fell in. Granted they were put back in service faster than anything the government had connection to. Why a loco anyway? It would appear to be the mistaken assumption that anything that big must have power to burn on anything plugged in by a user. Not the case - the power from a loco is, not surprisingly, applied to the tracks. The electric generators used for powering gear other than the train's vitals are not high power. Ken |
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Ken Taylor wrote:
wrote in message ... On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:19:42 -0400, Ari Silversteinn wrote: 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? Tracks across Lake Ponchartrain fell in. Granted they were put back in service faster than anything the government had connection to. Why a loco anyway? It would appear to be the mistaken assumption that anything that big must have power to burn on anything plugged in by a user. Not the case - the power from a loco is, not surprisingly, applied to the tracks. The electric generators used for powering gear other than the train's vitals are not high power. Guys, don't ya know that this guy is trolling and caught way more than the daily creel limit? - Mike KB3EIA - |
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
... Ken Taylor wrote: wrote in message ... On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:19:42 -0400, Ari Silversteinn wrote: 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? Tracks across Lake Ponchartrain fell in. Granted they were put back in service faster than anything the government had connection to. Why a loco anyway? It would appear to be the mistaken assumption that anything that big must have power to burn on anything plugged in by a user. Not the case - the power from a loco is, not surprisingly, applied to the tracks. The electric generators used for powering gear other than the train's vitals are not high power. Guys, don't ya know that this guy is trolling and caught way more than the daily creel limit? - Mike KB3EIA - Well, he's not a troll in that he's making it up as he goes - it appears he really is hoping to do for his company what he says (source: Google). However it's a job which really equates to: Government fleeces tax-payers Bureaucrat gets hold of budget allocation Bureaucrat needs to succeed - ie. unload allocation Ari and co. want to be under the hopper when the jackpot payout commences A valid way of doing business, but still a crock. Ken |
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