parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (04/14/85)
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McDonalds Using Two-Way Radios
The local McDonalds restaurant is modernizing: counter
workers are now using two-way radios to communicate
with the cooks.
Each worker wears a lightweight headset/microphone
wired to a small, white plastic box on the front of a
belt worn on the waist. One of the two black pushbut-
tons on the box is a push-to-talk control. What
appears like a large white battery pack is fastened to
the rear of the belt.
A worker implied that more than one frequency was being
utilized. I don't know what frequencies are used, but
they could be in the 46 or 49 MHz range shared with
cordless telephones, intercoms, childrens walkie-
talkies, and "Talkmen" (tm).
Anyone have more information?
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