Re: XPT radios

["Ben Staples" <BenKim@bigpond.com>]

>From what I remember, all NR's have satellite communication, so they can
talk to the Spotswood maintenance centre when smoke starts coming out of
something.

Ben Staples

Tell wrote in message <6mof5j$c6e$2@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
>mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
>>Mobilesat phones most likely.
>>Will give them 100% coverage over all australia as a matter of fact.
>>Woudnt it be wonderful if all the rail systems did the same thing, ie put
>>mobilesat phones in their locos, then we would have a Australia wide radio
>>system that was common to all the systems , gad what am I saying,heresy.
>
>
>Not sure how many of them are fitted, but some NR's
>have SAT phones up this way.
>
>Cheers
>
>----Tell
>Alice Springs NT
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