[Scan-DC] NIH Listening Post

[Bote Man]

I still have to wonder about user arbitration, even
as a receiver.

I recall a number of times I would set the NIH receiver
for, say, Montgomery fire and a few minutes later
I heard air traffic landing at National Airport
(oh, excuse me, Reagan National Airport).

It is kind of crazy to have potentially millions of
people around the world all vying to grab the "remote control".

Bote, from soggy Ferengenar Prime
F.E.C. milepost 339.3 
http://pages.prodigy.net/bote/rail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-admin@mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-admin@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Kevin P. Inscoe
> (KE3VIN)
> Sent: Monday, 15 July, 2002 07:48
> To: Scan DC
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] NIH Listening Post
> 
> 
> Bote Man wrote:
> > 
> > I just went there and because it's late I didn't poke around.
> > But it seems to be a two-way remote base, not just
> > a remote receiver.
> > 
> > How in the world do they arbitrate who gets to use it
> > exclusively and for what period? That could get to be
> > KAOS real quick-like!
> 
> You have to register to get to use the Xmit key. The guest version does
> not actuate the xmit key (I hope!)
> 
> I only use it to listen anyway.
> 
> ~ke3vin
> -- 
> Kevin P. Inscoe       KE3VIN        Geek and fixer of things