Thick smoke surrounding the routers was found not to be an issue, nor was hose-line operations. "With the frequency range this thing is using, you mtd get some signal degradation like you would see from satellites during heavy rain, but that was not a factor in the testing we did," Godfrey says. "That was one of the things we looked at, seeing if this thing worked with multiple hose streams."Potential pitfallsWhile officials are encouraged by early results, a number chipper and shredder of issues were exposed. For example, steel buildings were found to distort or inhibit signal clarity. High-rise buildings are another question. The system, which currently operates on a two-dimensional X - Y axis only - there is no Z or elevation axis - has yet to be tested in high-rise fire environments, blades although communications engineers are now looking at the feasibility of such operations.

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