[Geysers] FRS Radio Broadcasting Project

[Graham Meech]

I am not going to get into whether the FRS radio content should, or should not be transmitted but just respond to Jim's comment about "not being able to imagine why anyone wants the FRS calls" broadcast.  For me and I suspect others at home, it's really similar to the urges that make people spend hours waiting to see water in Beehive's Indicator and other seemingly irrelevant events.  Many of us want to be on the railing watching but it's just that those of us on the internet are hundreds or thousands of miles further away.

 

On a practical note, knowing that there's a splash in Beehive's Indicator or water in the indicator can let the camera operas get the camera zoomed in so people can see the indicator start on video.  Similar with waves  on Grand so people can see the start of Grand.  Sometimes operators miss the start of Castle or Daisy (especially when Old Faithful is in its window), so hearing a call from FRS would enable us to catch more eruptions.  Also the excitement of hearing something less common, such as an F&M event cycle or a Giant hot period is interesting, just like listening to a sports broadcast or something.  You can always wait to "read the results" the next day but there's an excitement to hearing the information "live".  It's true that the information is far less enjoyable than seeing it in person but most of us can't spend much time in the park for various reasons.

 

So that's a different perspective.  There are plenty of videos on YouTube and other places that have UGB FRS transmissions in them, so don't assume there's any privacy in the messages transmitted on the public FRS channels either, you never know what will be posted in a video clip.  

 

That's my view from over 1500 miles away.

 

Go Morning!

Graham Meech 

 
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