Does this mean you could drive around with a (illegal, but not difficult to build or obtainl) 20W wide band VHF/UHF jammer radio fed into a 1 meter parabolic dish, aim it at random buildings and set off peoples' halon systems? Wow.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:46 PM, <b...@theworld.com> wrote: > > About the worst that ever happened to me was a security guy's > walkie-talkie setting off an instant Halon drop. Cost about $10,000 to > refill and was fairly exciting for those present. That also cut the > machine room's power. > > At least it didn't set off the sprinkler system. > > We sat down with the Halon system vendor to find out why that happened > after proving, on a by-passed system, that yes indeed one of these > common walkie-talkies sets the thing off. > > File under: More Things To Worry About! > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* >
