Re: Metronet radios

["Glen O'Riley" <glen.orileyDES@PAMlinx.iwarp.com>]

They may have an open channel where all trains within a certain boundary are
on the same channel and can talk just like a normal CB until they hit the
next boundary which switches channels and then continues to be open.


"Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> As a direct result of the Glenbrook Inquiry, Metronet radios are to be
> fitted to the Countrylink fleet. XPTs and Explorers.. There was a
> trial late last year of hand portable metronet radios but they have
> proven to be dangerous in the extreme and wont be used by Countrylink.
> The plan is to fit what is currently in Suburbans and interurbans,
> with the possibility that the radios will be  GPS dependant. The
> choice of these radios is strange because one of the recs from
> Glenbrook was train to train coms. This system in normal working doest
> provide that unless you happen to know the run number of the train you
> wish to speak to. But that is the system they are going to implement
> on Countrylink services..
>
> Cheers
> Jack