[FoxHunt] DF 27 MHz.

[KD7JYK]

> which operated on 27.255 MHz, was made by a company called Signoloies.
> As originally designed/sold, the transmitters ran only 4W, into a short
> whip. The system would send out a brief burst every 8 to10 sec to
> prevent the pagers from going into alarm/out of range mode; Mostly to
> keep people from just walking away w/ them while they were waiting for a
> table to become available,,.

Without going into details on the crates of equipment I have for this freq
covering nearly five decades (some do DX or QSL, I do 27.255 MHz equipment),
this is a new one to me, I will check into it.  I only have one type of
system that does this, it sends a status every 70 minutes.  I will check
into it.  I am still trying to snag a transmission from the Daytona Casino
in Dayton, NV, think I may just go in and ask for a demo with a RX and
recorder running outside!

Now that you mention it, there is something common to these locations, the
fire dep't is a coincidence.  There is the NV50 Roadhouse in Mound House,
they could have the polling type pager system and I do pick the signal up
across the street, it was one place I considered.  In Carson City, at the
corner of College Pkwy and Carson St., another recent location, there is
Bully's Sports Bar.  In Fallon, there is a Casino across from where I pick
up the signal and little else.  I'll have to see what is around the Baskin
Robbins in Carson City.

Thanks for the info.  I have an Alinco X2, a tiny little RX I can attach an
ear-bud\speaker from a cell phone to and roam around the casinos with what
looks like a hands-free cellular attachment and see what I hear.

Kurt