Radio Communications

Radio Communicationshttp://comsco.blog.co.uk/en-EUhourly82000-01-01T12:00+00:00Radio Communicationshttp://comsco.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/7c/dbe6a417a86f7da6fbfcfc8d65934d_160x200.jpgPubwatch Catches Vandal Before Radio Even Turned On!http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/06/04/pubwatch-catches-vandal-before-radio-eve-4272477/2008-06-04T17:13:47+02:00 Out just before Christmas I was delivering radios to the pubs in Leek, Staffordshire, to prepare for a demo over the Christmas period. The <a href="http://www.comsco.com/radios/motorolagp340/motorolagp340radio.asp">Motorola GP340 radios</a> were to be used by 10 pubs on the Shopwatch radio net. The base station is a Motorola Eurobase sited near the market place. As I opened the door to one pub an individual charged past me smashing the window in the door. When I found the landlord he was on the phone reporting the incident to the Police. When the publican had finished on the phone I handed over his Walkie Talkie, turned it on and demonstrated how to use it. When walking over to my next pub delivery I saw the very same individual who had broken the window at the last pub walking in and up to the bar. I turned on the <a href="http://www.comsco.com">radio</a> I was delivering and called through to the previous publican and told him his vandal was in my present pub. He called the Police and as I walked onto the street the Police were walking in to arrest the vandal. Pubwatch had its first success before even going live! <a href="http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/06/04/pubwatch-catches-vandal-before-radio-eve-4272477/#comments">Comments</a> Out just before Christmas I was delivering radios to the pubs in Leek, Staffordshire, to prepare for a demo over the Christmas period.

The Motorola GP340 radios were to be used by 10 pubs on the Shopwatch radio net. The base station is a Motorola Eurobase sited near the market place.
As I opened the door to one pub an individual charged past me smashing the window in the door. When I found the landlord he was on the phone reporting the incident to the Police. When the publican had finished on the phone I handed over his Walkie Talkie, turned it on and demonstrated how to use it.
When walking over to my next pub delivery I saw the very same individual who had broken the window at the last pub walking in and up to the bar.
I turned on the radio I was delivering and called through to the previous publican and told him his vandal was in my present pub. He called the Police and as I walked onto the street the Police were walking in to arrest the vandal.
Pubwatch had its first success before even going live!

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]]>Cresta Critical Communications part 2http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/03/12/cresta-critical-communications-part-3865326/2008-03-12T17:46:31+01:00 You run a few steps and then dive onto your toboggan. You are immediately in the kamakazi position and picking up speed. Before the first corner you move back on the toboggan so your feet and the knives at the rear of the runners can steer you around the corner. Three corners and you can go forward briefly past the clubhouse before the famous Shuttlecock corner. This is where your ride can end early in the straw. If you havent raked off enough speed you leave the run like a pip out of a lemon. Once you are through Shuttlecock you can to a degree enjoy the rest of the run before you cross the three red lines at finish where you are at maximum speed some 70 mph 9 inches above the ice. Then it is scrub off speed time until you hit the mats at finish. You might be quick enough with getting your helmet off to hear the arbeiter call over his <a href="http://www.comsco.com">Motorola radio</a>, "Run clear". Safety is paramount and the <a href="www.comsco.com/radio-hire/radiohire.asp">walkie talkies</a> ensure that a rider can be confident that he will not hurtle around a corner and find an obstruction whether that be another rider or as once happened Rudolph! <a href="http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/03/12/cresta-critical-communications-part-3865326/#comments">Comments</a> You run a few steps and then dive onto your toboggan. You are immediately in the kamakazi position and picking up speed. Before the first corner you move back on the toboggan so your feet and the knives at the rear of the runners can steer you around the corner. Three corners and you can go forward briefly past the clubhouse before the famous Shuttlecock corner. This is where your ride can end early in the straw.
If you havent raked off enough speed you leave the run like a pip out of a lemon.
Once you are through Shuttlecock you can to a degree enjoy the rest of the run before you cross the three red lines at finish where you are at maximum speed some 70 mph 9 inches above the ice. Then it is scrub off speed time until you hit the mats at finish. You might be quick enough with getting your helmet off to hear the arbeiter call over his Motorola radio, "Run clear". Safety is paramount and the walkie talkies ensure that a rider can be confident that he will not hurtle around a corner and find an obstruction whether that be another rider or as once happened Rudolph!

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]]>Cresta Critical Radio Communicationshttp://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/cresta-critical-radio-communications-3821237/2008-03-05T18:05:31+01:00 Riding the famous Cresta Run in St Moritz is not where you would expect to find critical radio communications. When you wait your turn to be called to the start box over the tannoy you have time to think about of speeds reaching 70 to 80 mph down an ice run on a skeleton toboggan head first 9 inches above the ice! Your name is called, you haul your 37kg toboggan to the area marked with a blue line and a wooden barrier in front. Over the <a href="http://www.comsco.com">Motorola radio</a> the arbeiter will call your name to Tower. The man before has disappeared down the run, You put your toboggan down and wait for a call over the radio of, "Run clear". Immediately you will hear a bell ding, the arbeiter lifts the barrier and you are ready to launch yourself down the run towards Shuttlecock corner and the end some 1,200 yards away. Part 2 tomorrow. <a href="http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/cresta-critical-radio-communications-3821237/#comments">Comments</a> Riding the famous Cresta Run in St Moritz is not where you would expect to find critical radio communications.
When you wait your turn to be called to the start box over the tannoy you have time to think about of speeds reaching 70 to 80 mph down an ice run on a skeleton toboggan head first 9 inches above the ice!

Your name is called, you haul your 37kg toboggan to the area marked with a blue line and a wooden barrier in front. Over the Motorola radio the arbeiter will call your name to Tower. The man before has disappeared down the run, You put your toboggan down and wait for a call over the radio of, "Run clear". Immediately you will hear a bell ding, the arbeiter lifts the barrier and you are ready to launch yourself down the run towards Shuttlecock corner and the end some 1,200 yards away. Part 2 tomorrow.

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]]>Cold Walkie Talkie Radioshttp://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/02/21/cold_radios~3759616/2008-02-21T11:42:58+01:00 An old Army colleague a couple of years ago asked me if we could support their Everest expedition with radio communications. We were glad to help old friends and supplied a Motorola VHF Euro base station, cable and Yagi directional antenna with 12 <a href="http://www.motorola.co.uk">Motorola</a> GP340 handheld radios all packed in Peli Cases. Everest base camp has power from generators and the climbers were able to power the base station and charge the radios. Two members of the expedition summitted and the radios worked excellently and proved their worth when the climbers found two Indian climbers who needed assistance on the lower slopes whose own radios had failed. Our radios were used to alert the Indian expedition organisers who were then able to send assistance to their climbers. Fortunately we had been able to advise our expedition that the radios and spare batteries needed to be kept inside their jackets or the cold would affect the batteries. Payment to our radio hire dept was an invitation to visit Highgrove and meet Prince Charles who supported the expedition. For more information on our <a href="http://www.comsco.com/radio-hire/radiohire.asp">radio hire</a> visit <a href="http://www.comsco.com">www.comsco.com</a> <a href="http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/02/21/cold_radios~3759616/#comments">Comments</a> An old Army colleague a couple of years ago asked me if we could support their Everest expedition with radio communications.
We were glad to help old friends and supplied a Motorola VHF Euro base station, cable and Yagi directional antenna with 12 Motorola GP340 handheld radios all packed in Peli Cases.

Everest base camp has power from generators and the climbers were able to power the base station and charge the radios.
Two members of the expedition summitted and the radios worked excellently and proved their worth when the climbers found two Indian climbers who needed assistance on the lower slopes whose own radios had failed. Our radios were used to alert the Indian expedition organisers who were then able to send assistance to their climbers.

Fortunately we had been able to advise our expedition that the radios and spare batteries needed to be kept inside their jackets or the cold would affect the batteries. Payment to our radio hire dept was an invitation to visit Highgrove and meet Prince Charles who supported the expedition. For more information on our radio hire visit www.comsco.com

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]]>Motorola Digital Radio Successhttp://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/02/19/motorola_digital_radio_success~3749772/2008-02-19T13:43:33+01:00 A well established client in the Construction Industry recently called us to revisit their site in the City of London where they had been <a href="http://www.comsco.com/radio-hire/walkie-talkie-hire.asp">hiring walkie-talkie radios</a> for a couple of months. The problem was that over a period of the construction the radio coverage had degraded. The solution that we tried was to exchange the analogue base station with a new Motorola Mototrbo digital base station keeping the exisiting aerial system and a pair of Motorola DP3400 UHF handheld radios. The coverage in the marginal areas was dramatically improved. The digital equipment is more expensive but the client is happy to pay more and pleased that he had been hiring and able to upgrade without being left with redundant analogue radios that we have put back into our hire fleet. <a href="http://comsco.blog.co.uk/2008/02/19/motorola_digital_radio_success~3749772/#comments">Comments</a> A well established client in the Construction Industry recently called us to revisit their site in the City of London where they had been hiring walkie-talkie radios for a couple of months. The problem was that over a period of the construction the radio coverage had degraded.
The solution that we tried was to exchange the analogue base station with a new Motorola Mototrbo digital base station keeping the exisiting aerial system and a pair of Motorola DP3400 UHF handheld radios.
The coverage in the marginal areas was dramatically improved.
The digital equipment is more expensive but the client is happy to pay more and pleased that he had been hiring and able to upgrade without being left with redundant analogue radios that we have put back into our hire fleet.

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