I work at a theme park too, haven't you learned, the dispatchers know everything about everything.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Zeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I work for a theme park, and our seasonal supervisors carry GP300's. It > never fails; someone's radio ALWAYS gets wet when it rains. They'll be > transmitting for at least 5-15 minutes straight. The company that > maintains/programs our radios never program the TOT in the damn things. > > Now, Park Operations always says the same thing when a situation like > this occurs: "Park Base to all units. Please check for an open mic." You > can try to tell them all you want that the person who is transmitting > and walking around the park IS NOT going to hear them, but of course > they know better. "Base overrides the portables." They truly believe > that the person transmitting is going to hear them. Oh, and 90-95% of > everyone wears and earphone. > > Chris > N9XCR > > > Jim B. wrote: > > > > Kris Kirby wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Eric Lemmon wrote: > > >> talkative. Most of these blabbermouths consider setting the TOT on > > >> their own radios as "too restrictive." > > >> > > >> Every user radio in my commercial fleet has the TOT set for 30 > > seconds. In > > >> my mind, that's more than enough time to get any important message > > across. > > >> Unfortunately, many Hams think otherwise... > > > > > > That's not a bad idea. I'd probably want to set it at 120 seconds; one > > > of the repeaters I grew up using had a 4-minute timer. > > > > > > I program most of my radios for 300 seconds or five minutes, just in > > > case of stuck keys. > > > > > > > What is done on ham gear is one thing, but on commercial fleets, it > > should never be more then 90 seconds, and for public safety should be no > > more then 60, preferably 30-45 seconds. > > > > While I was driving to work yesterday, and had my local fire dept > > repeater in scan, a dead carrier suddenly appeared. In listening, it was > > obvious that someone was sitting on their mic button. You could faintly > > hear talking, and mobile flutter. It continued for, oh, maybe 20 minutes > > or so. Either they never programmed the TOT on the radio, or, knowing > > FD's, they have an old radio that doesn't have one, like an HT-90 or > > something, maybe even an MT-500 or HT-220... > > MAJOR issue... > > -- > > Jim Barbour > > WD8CHL > > > > >
