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That is true, but it is only an alarm of sorts. It does not allow for
intermittent keying last I knew. A downed cop or firefighter could key a location such as "bedroom" or " bathroom" or whatever. There is AVL as well, but that usually is for the mobile radios. Kinda-sorta-maybe like APRS. -- Ryan, KC8PMX FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!) --. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-. ... --. .... - . .-. ... Fortunately, there are other ways to accomplish the same task, that being to alert other firefihters to the plight of the trapped personnel. The fire department in Buffalo, NY equips members of its interior teams with portable radios that have a "man down" button on them. When said button is pressed (which isn't hard to do, it happens very often by accident) it activates an alarm on the MDTs in the rigs. The drill then is that all other comms stop at once and a headcount is performed. It doesn't even have to be the MDT on the rig he or she is assigned to - any MDT in range will initiate the alarm. Other departments probably use that technology as well, I merely am aware of this one since I live relatively near Buffalo. 73 DE John, KC2HMZ |
#322
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"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote: What "bothers me" is that some folks deny the fact that there ARE better ways than OOK Morse (apparently in an attempt to bolster their "real ham" and "everyone MUST know Morse" viewpoints) That's BS and everyone reading here knows it. |
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In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes: Lemme try again: At one point in history, humanity's most learned scholars had it proven to their satisfaction that the Earth was the center of the universe. That is, until Copernicus came along. John: You mean it isn't? 73 de Larry, K3LT (Just kidding!) |
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"Kim W5TIT" wrote:
Alrighty then... Alright. Things were never better. In other words, your messages appear to be showing up (and staying on the server) just fine now. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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"Kim W5TIT" wrote in message ... "Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message ... 2. Most public safety professionals (by which I mean law enforcement, fire supression, EMS, and SAR personnel) know precisely this about the radios they use on the job: Either it works or it doesn't. Either the city cops can talk directly to the county sheriffs or they can't. Change to a different radio? Sure...just get a new radio...see item number (1) above for the problem with that. Hmmm.... but if there ever was any career paths that the possibility of needing to communicate in a non-voice manner those professions just may be..... If a firefighter gets trapped in a building or cop has some type of situation where he may not be able to speak or something, he may be able to tap code out on the speaker. -- Ryan, KC8PMX FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!) --. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-. .. --. .... - . .-. ... Wellllllllll, wouldn't just plain tapping get the attention, too? Kim W5TIT --- Yeah, it would definitely get attention, but maybe if the code was required, they could send a simple location of something like "bedroom" or whatever. Read my responses to KC2HMZ..... -- Ryan, KC8PMX FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!) --. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-. ... --. .... - . .-. ... |
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Dave Heil wrote: Brian wrote: Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote in message ...provides an opportunity for ops on six meters. I've observed the phenomenon before. Your're in New York. You point your beam north and you start hearing somebody in Florida. You figure you're hearing him off the back of the beam and turn it south to bring up the signal, only to have it disappear. Much of this activity happens on CW. Voice signals get distorted a lot due to the effects of all the ionization in the aurora itself. John, though 6M is worth mentioning, it isn't HF and these guys don't care. Its all about using fast CW on HF (to them). Brian How do you manage to be wrong so often, Brian? I worked about forty Europeans on 6m this past week. About half of those QSOs were made on CW. About half of the CW QSOs were made using relatively slow speeds. Those contacts were not made using Aurora. Had they been, all of the QSOs would have been made using slow CW. So far, the only people here claiming that "it" (whatever "it" is) all about using fast CW on Hf are you and Len. Len isn't a ham. What's your excuse? He;s not much of one? |
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"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message ...
You're using "magical" like Disneyworld uses it ... as a way of saying that something is entertaining, fun, and has its own "draw" for some people. Absolutely correct and "some people" is tens upon tens of thousands of us Carl. I'm talking about "magical" in the sense of "having special powers to do things beyond the ordinary." There is nothing "magical" about Morse in that sense. I'd like to be there when you convince the hundredth experienced CW op to give it up and become just another terminal operator. Talk about "ordinary" . . . . . . the decision should NOT be based on a popularity contest in the community of incumbents, but should, rather, be based on the sound judgement of the FCC as to what's regulatorily necessary and good for the future of ham radio.) Baloney, if the FCC had it's druthers ham radio would evaporate tomorrow. Carl - wk3c w3rv |
#328
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote: As stated their purpose is to ADMINISTER ham radio, not necessarily to encourage its growth. In fact, it could well be that FCC nowdays may be, or may become, more interested in seeing the ARS decline, with corresponding decline in amateur radio interest in the HF part of the spectrum. |
#329
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"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote: "N2EY" wrote in message om... Nope. I've worked AC6XG at least twice, both times on CW. Once was on Field Day (20 CW) and the other on the rrap net on 7037 kHz. The rrap net on 7030 kHz??? Is that where you PCTAs send "secret messages," safe from the prying eyes/ears of the no-coders??? :-) Sheesh ... Well ain't this special!!! Carl, should you really want to know what "secrets" the intelligentsia is passing along in their (not so) secret code, all you gotta do it tune in- and use that skill you claim to have developed way back when...remember, it doesn't go away if you *really* learned it to 12wpm. |
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"Kim W5TIT" wrote in message ...
"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message ... "Dwight Stewart" wrote in message ... "Kim W5TIT" wrote: (snip) Kim, I don't know what is going on with your newsgroup messages. Many of your messages are listed as no longer on my server very shortly after you post them (sometimes just one or two hours later). The messages are listed in my message list of this newsgroup, but I get an error ("message no longer on server") when I try to read them. For everyone else, I can read messages they posted many days ago. Anyway, just wanted to let you know what is happening in case you post a reply to one of my messages and don't get a response. It's not that I'm trying to ignore you - I just can't read or reply to your quickly disappearing messages (I caught and replied to this one before it disappeared) Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ I had my witches coven put a curse on her. Dan/W4NTI That would be witch's... Uh Oh. There it is. I been wondering when the inevitable girl fight would happen. Careful here Kim, I think perhaps you're outgunned . . Kim W5TIT w3rv |
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