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Re: What handheld was NS using in mid/late 1990's

 by kc3br ¦  Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:24 am ¦  Forum: Radio and Communications ¦  Topic: What handheld was NS using in mid/late 1990's ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 5014

Most likely the MT500.
I think around that timeframe they were switching over to the HT1000.

Re: Why are loco radios so bad?

 by kc3br ¦  Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:35 am ¦  Forum: Radio and Communications ¦  Topic: Why are loco radios so bad? ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 6855

Most of the time it isn't the radio but rather the radio operator! With the "clean cab" radios, they use a front panel area microphone and if the operator isn't looking at the face of the radio (looking out the window) the transmit audio will suffer greatly. The audio compressor opens up t...