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From: claris!apple!netcom!edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg)
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Subject: Re: Two way radios in Equipment Installation
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Date: 6 Jul 89 23:21:20 GMT
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In article <telecom-v09i0224m11@vector.dallas.tx.us> judice@kyoa.enet.dec.com
(L. J. Judice (DTN: 323-4103 FAX: 323-4533)) writes:

>Two way radios REALLY help for this kind of work. A couple of years back
>we built a large LAN and a terminal network at a very large (2,000,000
>sq ft) plant.

You can probably rent a few portables from one of many radio vendors.
Just consult the yellow pages under Two-Way Radio's or some such
listing.

If you want better coverage, you can get radios that share time on a
"Community Repeater."  There you have tone squelch that allows you to
hear only your own traffic, but it's like a party line.  If someone
else is using it, you have to wait.

Speaking as someone who has installed key systems using a pair of
portables, I highly recommend this route, and specifically recommend
that you rent portables with small speakermikes that can be clipped to
your shirt up near your mouth.  Saves continuously putting the radio
on your belt and removing it again.
				-edg