[Ansteorra] Walkie-Talkiers and Cell Phones

[Hillary Greenslade]

> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:30 PM
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Period or not-period:
> 
> One comment....
> I find the cellphones alot less offensive than the walkie talkies...
> there are few people who know how to program the walkie talkie
> things....and you can hear people's personal business coming out of
> 5 or 6 different people's lower halves in a court...or as you walk
> through the merchant area.
>
> at least with a cellphone you only have the potential of hearing
> 1/2 of a conversation, and less if the person is polite enough to
> walk off...it's much easier to figure out how to be inobtrusive
> with a cell...
> LDeerSlayer

Walkie-Talkies tend to work better at events were cell phones will 
not have good reception, such as at sites with high trees.  My cell 
will not work at Gulf Wars, unless I'm out in an open field, such as 
near the tennis courts or battle fields.  

If you are coordinating an event or are a Seneschal for a group, 
don't depend on everyone having the same reception access as yourself, 
if you have great reception. Walkie-Talkies may still be the best use 
of site communication at many events.    

But Lorraine raises a good thought - learning good communication 
standards for using Walkie-Talkies and Cell phones at events.... 
sounds like a good class - 'Event Communication Protocols', 
anyone qualified to teach it???   If so, offer it at the next 
Round Table or King's College.  I'd be interested in taking it!

Cheers, Hillary