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From:	Ed equine@***********.com
Subject:	Tracking Signal and Locator
Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 1999 15:43:13 -0600

Message no. 1 I looked in the book for this answer but did not find it.

How far will a R4 Tracking Signal and Locator work?

Ed

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From:	Ereskanti@*.com Ereskanti@*.com
Subject:	Tracking Signal and Locator
Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:48:45 EST

Message no. 2 In a message dated 3/3/1999 4:39:05 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
equine@***********.com writes:

>
> How far will a R4 Tracking Signal and Locator work?
>
> Ed

Theoretically, by the rules as they stand, 250 meters (Flux 0). A sensor
system with it's own flux enhancements *might* be able to track farther.

-K

From:	Ed equine@***********.com
Subject:	Tracking Signal and Locator
Date:	Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:10:34 -0600

Message no. 3 At 05:48 PM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> How far will a R4 Tracking Signal and Locator work?

>Theoretically, by the rules as they stand, 250 meters (Flux 0). A sensor
>system with it's own flux enhancements *might* be able to track farther.

Where did you get this from and does the rating have any affect on the
distance?

Ed
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From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	Tracking Signal and Locator
Date:	Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:57:45 +0100

Message no. 4 According to Ed, at 15:43 on 3 Mar 99, the word on
the street was...

> I looked in the book for this answer but did not find it.
>
> How far will a R4 Tracking Signal and Locator work?

SR3 page 289: "The range and Flux of surveillance gear is determined by
its Device Rating. See the Flux Rating Table and Flux Ranges Table for
details (pp. 136 and 137 of Vehicles and Drones)."

A rating 4 tracking signal therefore has a range of 6 km. I don't think a
signal locator has a range, because it only needs to receive, not
broadcast anything -- and receiving is only dependent on the range of the
transmitter (as can be easily demonstrated by tuning your car radio to a
specific radio station, and then driving away from it until you can't
receive the station any longer).

However, for an activate-on-demand (AOD) tracking signal and locator, the
locator does have a range based on its rating, as above. Within that
range, it can "question" the signal; outside the range, it can't. Note
that the rating of the tracking signal should at least equal that of the
locator, else the locator won't be able to pick up the signal's reply at
all ranges (for example, a rating 3 signal (range 4 km) questioned from 5
km away by a rating 4 locator (range 6 km) will reply, but the locator
can't pick up the reply).

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