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What's your favorite Special Alert Tone?
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When you're in class, your pager should be off. You could end up with a lot of issues being thrown your way, otherwise. (By both the school and your agency.)
and what do showing us the numbers do? Record it and post it on here!!!
Mike
Mike
VIBRATE.... because I'm not about drawing unneeded attention to myself.
Your school CAN order you not have it in class, how annoying would that be to you?
73,
n9zas
Just one low tone and set cycle to "infinite" Will make the user think the radio went brain-dead!
Raptor05121
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Mine is a custom version of alert tone 6. 2500Hz then 400Hz, back and forth. The high freq really wakes me up in the morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Phmb8Jz4lvU
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VIBRATE.... because I'm not about drawing unneeded attention to myself.
Your school CAN order you not have it in class, how annoying would that be to you?
73,
n9zas
Vibrate? An NX-300 doesn't vibrate...
My school won't order me to disable my radio during class. I'm a first responder on campus 24/7, I respond not only to my Fire Departments calls, but to medical calls on campus.
You're a public servant to the community - no professor is going to tell me to turn my radio off. What if it's their child who was in a car wreck?
A lot of issues? I think not. My agency wants me to respond, that's the point of being dispatch.
My school is highly supportive - we're slowing starting something similar to VT Rescue in Blacksburg, VA.
You all seem so negative...
OCO
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Maybe because you didn't lead off with the fact you're a first responder (just ASSumed everyone would pick up on it), but instead started with "Since a new semester starts this week, I've decided to make my special alert tone even more annoying for when I set it to pager while in class." Do you like maybe tap dance on your way out of class too, in drawing attention to your mission?
Not so grasshopper (but it is an accessory option).
You might be a first responder....but setting your pager to anything other than a discrete alert while in class is rude! Making a professional exit when "toned out" is a sign of a good medic! The Journal of Emergency Medicine is an excellent responder magazine, give it a read.
73,
n9zas
psw???
code3cowboy
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Depending on the law, your prof may be the ultimate authority. If their child was in a crash, the guys on the Engine, Rescue, Ambulance, Black and Whites. . . would respond.
I will not bash you as I completely can relate however when you are at school, be serious about school, dont be that guy. I was "that" guy for a while, and I paid for it by taking substantially longer to graduate and with my reputation. While I have some cool stories and experiences, I regret being an 19 year old pompous *** with a siren. Getting on with the Feds the first time made me think I was the greatest thing in the world. My transcript still carries a pair of F grades from that semester from a Political Science Professor my job (authority, cool factor in BDUs and Oakleys, Pelican Cases of toys) did not save me from.
911 jobs are great, cool, fun, and fulfilling however Emergency Service today is not what it was when we were growing up. Hold you head high and be a responder your peers and community respect and trust. Feel free to PM me if you would like to talk about doing EMS/Fire during college, I am fixing to graduate shortly but we are in the same boat.
That having been said, I like 2100Hz/500Hz alternating 5 bursts of each for 100 milliseconds. I have that pattern cycle 4 times with a 4 second delay between cycles as my pager. For my more discrete uppity alert, I use 700Hz (100ms) then silence alternating with 1000Hz (70ms each) for a total of seven tones alternating with six silent periods. I can use that in class, meetings, or when available in training and it is pleasant and uppity.
Best of luck this semester and in your career goals man.
I like 400Hz for 700ms with 1500Hz for 300ms, 2 cycles at 1s interval. It's somewhat similar to the alert tone they have at my local ambulance district when Station 1 gets toned out for a call. I thought it was neat so I tried to replicate it. Meh...
Mikado
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Don't limit yourself to just an annoying tone. If you know how to read sheet music, why not program a short song or melody? Here's a site that shows you the hertz for each note on the scale: Frequencies of Musical Notes. So the question is... what is the song that annoys you most? (or at least would annoy everyone around you)
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