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TdF - Question: What kind of Radios . . .
Greetings newsgroupers,
I keep hearing that Lance, and others, have radios in their helmets. Does anyone know anything about them? Can they talk on them? What kind of radios are they? How much do they weigh, cost, etc? Can the signals be monitored with a scanner receiver? Do all riders hear the same thing? Or what? Thanks all, - Stan Shankman |
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TdF - Question: What kind of Radios . . .
From Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...462473,00.html To keep tabs on Tour rivals and plan tactics, Armstrong and his U.S. Postal Service team will use credit- card-size Alinco DJ-C5T dual-band two-way radios. This year the radios were specially configured (the team isn't saying how) to avoid eavesdropping. Search for Alinco DJ-C5T. They run about $160 @ http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/0058.html |
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TdF - Question: What kind of Radios . . .
Stan Shankman wrote:
Greetings newsgroupers, I keep hearing that Lance, and others, have radios in their helmets. The USPS time trial helmets are apparently an integrated system, but most of the time the radio is carried in a jersey pocket with a wired mic and earphone. You can see the earphones on many riders, attached with a strip of tape on the ear. Does anyone know anything about them? Can they talk on them? Certainly. 2001's Alpe d'Huez stage coverage showed LANCE playing with his radio and Rubiera was heard telling LANCE to "ride with it broken." Probably part of LANCE's infamous act that day. And Jakob Piil spoke briefly to his coach before winning his stage early this week(?). He bent his head down to his chest with his hand apparently triggering his mic button. There are DVD's available of the last several Tours. Great watching. Try worldcyclingproductions. What kind of radios are they? How much do they weigh, cost, etc? Can the signals be monitored with a scanner receiver? Yes. I saw a snippet in a report yesterday (USPS team site IIRC) that says Bruyneel has a scanner in his car. Do all riders hear the same thing? Or what? No. USPS seeks the best stuff including scramblers. Thanks all, - Stan Shankman -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine. |
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TdF - Question: What kind of Radios . . .
Dan wrote:
From Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...462473,00.html To keep tabs on Tour rivals and plan tactics, Armstrong and his U.S. Postal Service team will use credit- card-size Alinco DJ-C5T dual-band two-way radios. This year the radios were specially configured (the team isn't saying how) to avoid eavesdropping. Search for Alinco DJ-C5T. They run about $160 @ http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/0058.html Features Mosquito repeller??!! LOL. I bet that's useful. Not. |
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TdF - Question: What kind of Radios . . .
No, when he faked being "in difficulty" on one of the earlier climbs, Col du
Madeleine or something like that. "F1" wrote in message k.net... What "infamous act" are you talking about? Are you referring to when Lance looked back at Jan Ullrich as he attacked? "Raptor" wrote in message ... Stan Shankman wrote: Certainly. 2001's Alpe d'Huez stage coverage showed LANCE playing with his radio and Rubiera was heard telling LANCE to "ride with it broken." Probably part of LANCE's infamous act that day. |
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