Hi Trev, As Far as I know Whiskey 8 is ADT. It would assist if we have a list of radio holders and their call signs, I for one only know the ones who are always on line.
H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Hughes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:39 PM Subject: [obsnw] Re: Mugging and Battery theft Tuesday 9 June > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Miss Marple<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> What happened *from my side* was that at an unknown time, I overheard >> you struggling to make contact (a) with the SAPS, (b) with Whiskey 8 >> (whom you referred to, if I recall correctly, as *Sierra Whiskey 8* - >> easy for the best of us to do esp. in a tricky moment), and (c) with > > > Hi Bev > > Wow long story! But you have me confused now. All the SAPS guys should > have a call sign Sierra Whiskey XX or X That is there offical SAPS > call sign. When you refer to a Whiskey that is just short hand! Just > like Cape Town are Romeo Charlie but they call them Charlie for > short!!!! SO in my mind Sierra Whiskey EIGHT is correct! > > Obvioulsy I have not doen too much patrolling but I am sure the car > has the call sign printed on the outside. Any way that is not too > serious as all the radio people know what who we are referring to when > we call Whiskey 8! - well the ones that patrol anyway. > > This is just another classic case of making sure you are in contact > with Whiskey * or Whisky 1 or whatever Whiskey is out there (i prefer > Jamesons by the way!) > > And I see no mention of ADT on the radio - were you guys in contact with > them. > > Finally we can check the radio logs to get some sort of a timeline and > we probably shoudl use them for training purposes. I will check them > out now and see if they are all still being recorded. > > Cheers > > Trev > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.60/2166 - Release Date: 06/09/09 18:08:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
