"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
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"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
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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