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A Walkie-Talkie You Can Call Your Own (1Jun92)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 30, 1 June 1992)

Portable two-way radios are now available in the small
telescopes--1.3-m, 0.9-m, Coude Feed, and Burrell Schmidt--to provide a
measure of safety for observers in domes without Telescope Operators
and where an astronomer may be working alone. We ask that you carry
this radio with you at all times. If you need medical aid or cannot
contact technical observing support via the telephone, a call on the
radio will bring the needed assistance as all of the mountain employees
carry radios at all times. The Instrument Support person who helps you
with startup will explain operation of the radio. Please remember to
return it to the charger at the end of your run.

These radios were purchased for your safety. Please use them!

Bruce Bohannan

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