Radio tracers

[Doug R.]

Alright, I admit it, I'm sick and tired of radio flamers. I propose a device be implemented that allow characters to track down the source of a radio signal. The device would actually be three linked devices, carried by three characters, to allow for triangulation. Of course, the devices would only track to the nearest source (even if that source is a repeater as opposed to the actual originating radio).

Still, it would provide a high-tech way for characters to have some fun tracking the flamers that we all hate, and make radio abuse carry some risk.

*Font in green optional extra coolness.

[*Wiro]

Sure, good idea. Though, what repeater is picked when there's multiple repeaters?

[Doug R.]

I guess if a signal has multiple sources, it would pick up all of them. You'd have to eliminate them one at a time.

[Andu]

Likesss. If ProgD is abel, do it.

[Arenti]

I like this

[catpurr]

Will this be a mobile device or a stionary?

If mobile, does it pick up the radio transmission itself also? Or will just be

"You just received some signal on channel 100 from NNW".

How does it work in towns? Will it direct you to the building?

"You just received some signal on channel from [Building].

What if you are in a building?

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Likes the idea, but altough linking short proposal descriptions there is IMHO a lot to be worked out.

[Piscator]

I wouldn't make much sense as a stationary device, would it? I think a simple device that gives you a "you pick up a transmission from directio 235" should be enough. You would need to have a vehicle radio to make use of it then.

Anyway, I don't think such a thing would be very helpful. If you're not in range of the original transmitter, all you get would be the positions of the nearest repeaters, without having a chance to find out where the original transmission came from.

Maybe repeaters could provide you with directional data of incoming signals.

[catpurr]

The device would actually be three linked devices, carried by three characters, to allow for triangulation.

Actually if you have a device that can determine the direction where the signal comes from, you only need 2 receivers to triangulate a sender.


Alternative Suggestion: Make radios report how strong a signal is.

You hear on a radio on channel 7 "Bla". [Strength: 0.4432]

Now alone with the direction you can make a fair guess (at least where the next repeater is), with 3 receivers (in a no repeater condition) you have the exact point.

With repeaters how about this.

You hear on a radio on channel 7 "Bla". [Strength 0.7 Repeated 1 time] Where 0.7 is the distance to the repeater.

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Alternative to this, you know radio is like the "internet of free speach" in cantr world. Now you are playing in the cantr world the big evil regulation office, that wants to take the freedom out of the internet.

[Idriveayugo]

Here's a more simple idea, find rooms with radio transmitters and put locks on em, or just tell people who want to broadcast official business to switch frequencies.

No offense, but this idea seems way too complicated and with repeaters almost everywhere on some continents, this idea will be likely be ineffective at stopping annoying radio transmissions.

[BZR]

Something should be done with it. At least voice recognition.

[Dudel]

Here's a more simple idea, find rooms with radio transmitters and put locks on em, or just tell people who want to broadcast official business to switch frequencies.

No offense, but this idea seems way too complicated and with repeaters almost everywhere on some continents, this idea will be likely be ineffective at stopping annoying radio transmissions.

I'm with Yugo on this one.... and I HATE the radio so would rather the thing be 100% removed, "goodies" be damned.

[catpurr]

Something should be done with it. At least voice recognition.

I think this is a fair suggestion.

You should be able to recognize a voice you heared before. Or if not to tell if its male/female old and young.

You hear /a woman in her thirties/ on the radio: "blah".
You hear /chris/ on the radio: "blah".

[Idriveayugo]

How would you know it's a woman in her 30's if you never saw her before? And really, just cuz you met someone before doesn't mean you can recognize their voice, remembering voices is a lot harder than people think.

[tiddy ogg]

Cantr radios are primitive. R/l earlier radios of the same technology could only broadcast morse code or similar.
I've always assumed that Cantrian radios are like this, hence you can't tell who's transmitting, and that all Cantrians have learned the code pre-spawning. (or indeed it is some sort of radio teletype machine.
But just like R/L amateur radio, the standard channel, (normally 100 from my experience,) can be used as a "calling channel" and as suggested above, once contact has been made, the interested parties move to a new channel.

[BZR]

How would you know it's a woman in her 30's if you never saw her before? And really, just cuz you met someone before doesn't mean you can recognize their voice, remembering voices is a lot harder than people think.

Somehow I usually recognize my friends' and family voices, so it can't be so hard.