My dad was a Train Driver, started out as a Fireman on Steam Trains (shoveling coal), then made it to driver for Diesels and eventually Electrics around the City Circle (and suburbs)
He is a nervous wreak..
He smokes a pack a day of cigarettes to try and keep his nerves at bay and has had a failed marriage.
His fatality count was around 8. (he doesn't talk about it) so its what i remember.
He is now retired, but is still scarred by experience.
Next time you travel by train, have a think about the person driving the train, who probably got up at 2am to start their shift, has to put up with near misses, rocks being thrown at the train, people spitting and yelling at them and the nightmares that continue long after their shift finishes..
Hello and welcome back... The Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT was a 300ch desktop scanner, which in its time could scan 100ch a second.. That's pretty good, even in today's standard.
This beast was chunky, had 300chs (10 bank) of storage and sported 'Trunktracker' technology. (Motorola Type I, II, IIi Hybrid, Smartnet and Privacy Plus).. analogue only.
Released in 1997, other features include: LCD dimmer, S-indicator, channel lockout, count
key, weather alert, autosort and ten priority channels.
The BC-895XLT
even has built-in CTCSS decode.
Other claim to fame was the ability to update the scanners firmware (a serial port on the back of the scanner supported this function)
FREQUENCY COVERAGE
29-54 in 5 khz steps
137-174 in 5 khz steps
108-137 in 12.5 khz steps
137-144 in 5 khz steps (NOTE: AM mode reception in this band is not possible due to firmware limitations)
216-225 in 5 khz steps
225-400 in 5 khz steps
400-512 in 12.5 khz steps
806-956 in 12.5 khz steps
RESET SCANNER
With power off press and hold the MAN, 2, and 9 keys. Turn the radio on and release the keys after a few seconds.
Hello and welcome back... Taken this afternoon while buzzing around Springwood.
Apart from Radios and Music, Photography is a huge hobby of mine. Very impressed with this photo, i don't own an expensive camera (Nikon L310), so i get excited when my photos turn out sharp and reasonable size.
Hello and welcome back... Sometimes, I can't believe the stupidity of people.
Someone has decided that it would be funny to start transmitting on aircraft radio and issuing directions to airplanes saying they were from control towers, they even made a hoax mayday call to Avalon and Melbourne (Tullamarine) airports.
This happened 15 times...
Unauthorized transmissions on non-public radio channels is an offence,
and the person responsible could face up to 20 years in prison.
Apart from the obvious danger to passengers and crew, this is the sort of behavior is what will make authority's say 'How can we stop this thing from happening again'
The result will be, that changes will be made and the hobby of Aviation listening will be a thing of the past.. all thanks to some dickhead.
This sort of shit pisses me off...I love Aviation monitoring, its about the only thing that hasn't changed much in 30 years which means you can still get a cheap receiver (or an old scanner), as long as it covers the aviation bands and be sure to hear something within a few mins.
If anyone knows who is doing this, please contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000
before its too late.
Oh yeah, and if you know them personally, give them a good smack in the head and tell them to wake up to themselves, courtesy of the aviation loving community.
Hello and welcome back... Found this interesting, very informative if you love aviation. Everything you wanted to know about flying commercial airlines and how things work
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