Wednesday, August 31, 2005

 

Only the Beginning...



Good Morning !

Oh do I have a BLAH-G for you ! Unfortunately it is one yet to be written.

Last night at 03:47 Rostraver Police were on the radio testing with Derry PD and Rostraver was totally awestruck at how GREAT these radios work – HA !

They think that by talking from Rostraver to Derry using portable radios is like the second coming of Jesus !

I’m here to tell you that Amateur Radio Operators have been doing that for the last 30+ years ! AND IT DID NOT TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO IT.

The silly things that can fool people.

The BLAH-GER Says to Rostraver Police, you wait until you cannot talk to another portable STANDING NEXT TO YOU when the repeater goes down again. You wait until 911 thinks you said 10-19 instead of 10-13. You wait !

Congratulations Rostraver Police, you have just entered the TWILIGHT ZONE. A zone where nothing will work including your “new spiffy” two way radidios !

Oh, and wait for the echos... the echos... the echos... (a nice feature !)

As Chicago once said, it’s “Only the Beginning” !

I had said that this is a BLAH-G yet to be written, and that is how it is as I have a few volumes to add to the Rostraver Story. This was just the opening, Chapter One has yet to be penned.

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The 911 System CRASH of 05 Jul 05 Part 6 has been added to the audio clips page on my website. As I look at the unedited audio files it appears as if this will go to at least Part 10 or 15.

Mega Mega Audio Bytes of Mega Mega Hurtz to edit yet.

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There is a “friend” of mine who is putting together a “time line” of the Westmoreland County 800 Mhz System starting from the time the first meeting was held discussing this System until the final screw is turned (you can take that any which way you wish).

I was surprised to find this out and will be looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately this info will not be available to read for awhile yet as all the fire and police departments are not on line yet.

Plus the cement needs to dry, federal money will need to be paid back, extra radios and equipment will be needed by 911, prison numbers haven't been issued, coverage maps need updated, redundant T1 installations not planned, etc.

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It was reported yesterday on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC that minutes before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the Police, Fire, and EMS communications all went out, THE REPEATER CRASHED !

Imagine that.

They couldn’t even talk from radio to radio. I wonder who set that system up ? Oh, Google tells me it is a MOTOROLA system, never mind.

I feel bad for those in New Orleans, and I have no idea if the loss of their communications system resulted in any loss of life, but I would sure hate to think so.

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Enjoy the day so they say.

DECODED,
K3SAM


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