Re: Metronet radios

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Glen O'Riley" <glen.orileyDES@PAMlinx.iwarp.com> wrote in message
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| 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.

Not with the current radio.

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| "Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
| 3a9203b2.24534884@news.dingoblue.net.au">news:3a9203b2.24534884@news.dingoblue.net.au...
| > 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
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