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Reply-To: bu.edu!INFO-HAMS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
Subject: INFO-HAMS Digest V89 #951
To: INFO-HAMS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
INFO-HAMS Digest Thu, 30 Nov 89 Volume 89 : Issue 951
Today's Topics:
Scanning the food service industry
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Date: 30 Nov 89 02:36:49 GMT
From: att!cbnewsc!parnass@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Scanning the food service industry
Message-ID: <5139@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
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FOOD SERVICE SCANNER FREQUENCIES
by Bob Parnass, AJ9S
How do food services and restaurants use radio communica-
tion? Fancier restaurants have been known to equip their
waiters and waitresses with paging receivers. Catering
vans and pizza delivery trucks are sometimes equipped
with two-way radios. Fast food restaurants, like
McDonald's, use low power headsets so workers can commun-
icate among themselves and with customers.
Marvin Hand's article, "From Drive-In to Drive-Thru," in
April 15, 1988 Sound & Video Contractor magazine,
describes the wireless communications systems used by the
fast food industry. HM Electronics (HME) of San Diego
furnishes the equipment I've seen in McDonald's restau-
rants, which is licensed under FCC Part 90. Order takers
wear their PR-4 belt-pac COMMUNICATOR transceivers around
the waste, with attached headset.
Marvin's article stated that "when a car drives up, a
detector senses the presence of the vehicle and sends a
message over cables to a base stations located on a wall
inside the restaurant. The base station then transmits a
coded tone to each of the units via radio signals."
The order take is then alerted by a tone in the headset
that a customer is present. By depressing a button on
the belt-pac, the order taker can greet the customer.
The customer places the order, which is simultaneously
transmitted to all drive-thru personnel, so food prepara-
tion can begin immediately. If there are questions about
a specific order, belt-pac equipped personnel can press
an internal intercom button to review the order with the
order taker. The intercom mode transmits only to other
workers, not the customer.
Marvin implies the NiCd batteries in the belt-pacs last
for 18 hours between fast charges!
The following list contains a sampling of Chicagoland
food services using radio equipment.
Key:
2w = low power
pg = paging
Alfano's Pizza, restaurant
[DeKalb]____________ 461.5500____KTB570 (govt recds)
ARA Leisure Svcs, vending machines & food svc
[Rosemont]__________ 461.8375_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 462.9125_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 463.2875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 463.3625_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 463.5875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 463.8125_2w_call? (govt recds)
ARA Leisure Svcs, vending machines and food svc
[USA-wide]__________ 469.5000_mo_KB78203 (govt recds)
ARA Svcs Inc, food svc at McCormick Place, PL3A
[Chicago]___________ 464.4750____WNGL295 (others)
ARA Svcs Inc, vending machines & food svc, used at Rosemont Horizon
[Rosemont]__________ 468.9625_2w_call? (others)
ARA Svcs Inc, vending machines & food svc
[Chicago]___________ 463.2500____KBM335 (govt recds)
" " 853.3875____call? (govt recds)
" [Illinois]__________ 461.0250____KA96047 (govt recds)
" " 461.5000____KA96047 (govt recds)
" " 467.8750_2w_KA73943 (govt recds)
" " 808.9375____KO8420 (govt recds)
" [St Charles]________ 154.5700_2w_KTR909 (govt recds)
" " 154.6000_2w_KB43439 (govt recds)
ARAServ Inc, vending machines & food svc
[Illinois]__________ 467.9250_2w_KA96047 (govt recds)
Arlington Park Racetrack, sports, PL2Z, Ditka's Restaurant
[Arlington Hts]_____ 461.0375_2w_call? (others)
Bloomers Restaurant & Bar aka/K & K Mgt
[Oakbrook Terrace]__ 464.8875_2w_call? (govt recds)
Burger King Corp, restaurant
[Illinois]__________ 460.8875_2w_KD20051 (govt recds)
" [Orland Park]_______ 457.5625_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 467.7875_2w_call? (govt recds)
Burger King Corp, wireless microphone, drive up window to order taker, restaur
ant at Fox Valley Mall
[Aurora]____________ 457.5625_2w_call? (B. Parnass)
Burger King Corp, wireless microphone, order taker to drive up window, restaur
ant at Fox Valley Mall
[Aurora]____________ 467.7875_2w_call? (B. Parnass)
Coach House, hotel, restaurant
[Chicago Hts]_______ 151.9250____KNDN795 (govt recds)
Connie's Pizzeria, restaurant aka/MLB of Naperville
[Naperville]________ 464.3750____KNEW689 (govt recds)
Connies Inc, restaurant?
[Lagrange]__________ 31.0000____KNAQ428 (govt recds)
Ditka's Restaurant at Arlington Park Racetrack, PL2Z
[Arlington Hts]_____ 461.0375_2w_call? (others)
Fox's Pub aka/Oaklawn Pub, S Fox, waitress paging, restaurant
[Oaklawn]___________ 152.4800_pg_KNAU264 (others)
Georgis Restaurant_____[Chicago]___________ 154.5150____KAT257 (govt recds)
Golf Mill Shopping Center, maintenance, food svc
[Niles]_____________ 462.1125_2w_call? (others)
Great America, Marriott's, retail food svc, entertainment
[Gurnee]____________ 464.6750____call? (others)
Hamiltons Lounge Inc, restaurant?
[Chicago]___________ 151.8350____KNCJ702 (govt recds)
Hardees, restaurants___[Illinois]__________ 457.5750_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 461.1125_2w_KB82638 (govt recds)
" " 467.8000_2w_call? (govt recds)
" [Joliet]____________ 30.8400_2w_call? (govt recds)
" [Lebanon]___________ 170.3050____call? (govt recds)
" " 31.0000____call? (govt recds)
Hardees, wireless microphone, at Louis Joliet Mall, restaurants
[Joliet]____________ 154.5700_2w_call? (B. Parnass)
Hillary's Water Tower Place, restaurant, paging
[Chicago]___________ 154.6250_pg_KOB508 (others)
Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, PL5A
[Maywood]___________ 457.5875_2w_call? (others)
" " 477.8125____call? (others)
Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant
[Illinois]__________ 457.5875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 467.8125_2w_call? (govt recds)
Leona's Restaurant_____[Chicago]___________ 154.5700_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 30.8400_2w_call? (govt recds)
Little Italian restaurant aka/Del Sue Inc, pizza delivery cars
[Naperville]________ 151.8650____KGU974 (B. Parnass)
Maggie Murphy's Restaurant
[Highland Park]_____ 157.7400_pg_KER451 (govt recds)
McDonald's Corp aka/South Suburban En, restaurant, wireless microphone
[Homewood]__________ 170.2450____KB86779 (govt recds)
McDonald's Corp, Louis Joliet Mall, restaurant, wireless microphone
[Joliet]____________ 154.5700_2w_call? (B. Parnass)
McDonald's Corp, Naper Blvd, restaurant, wireless microphone
[Naperville]________ 151.8950____call? (govt recds)
" " 154.6000_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 33.1400_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 35.0200_2w_call? (govt recds)
McDonald's Corp, restaurant, wireless microphone, attendant
[Downers Grove]_____ 467.7750_2w_call? (others)
McDonald's Corp, restaurant, wireless microphone, customer and attendant
[Downers Grove]_____ 457.5500_2w_call? (others)
McDonald's Corp, restaurant
[Illinois]__________ 151.8950____KB79858 (govt recds)
" " 33.1400_2w_KB79858 (govt recds)
McDonald's Corp/aka Chicago Regional McDonalds, restaurant, wireless microphon
e, order taker to drive-up window, in Aurora (Fox Valley
Mall), Montgomery, Yorkville
[Illinois]__________ 154.6000_2w_KB63677 (B. Parnass)
McDonald's Corp/aka Chicago Regional McDonalds, restaurant, wireless microphon
e, order taker to drive-up window
[Hinsdale]__________ 154.5700_2w_call? (others)
" [Homewood]__________ 154.5700_2w_call? (others)
McDonald's Restaurant aka/Wright Management, 2702 W. Peterson
[Chicago]___________ 154.5700_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 170.2450____call? (govt recds)
" " 171.1050____call? (govt recds)
McDonald's Restaurant__[Illinois]__________ 464.5875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" [St Charles]________ 464.5125_2w_call? (govt recds)
McDonalds Corporation, restaurants, wireless microphone, drive-up window to or
der taker and order taker to drive-up window, very low p
ower
[Hinsdale]__________ 33.4000_2w_call? (others)
" [Illinois]__________ 35.0200_2w_KB67295 (B. Parnass)
Meriwether's Restaurant
[Chicago]___________ 154.6250_pg_KNAT997 (govt recds)
" [Skokie]____________ 154.6250_pg_WGQ274 (govt recds)
Mr Benny's Restaurant__[Matteson]__________ 157.7400_pg_KAZ815 (govt recds)
Mr Mike's Catering, motion picture industry
[Chicago]___________ 173.2250____call? (others)
Omega Restaurant Inc, 1300 Ogden Ave
[Downers Grove]_____ 464.5875_2w_call? (govt recds)
Portillo's Hot Dogs, Inc, restaurant
[Rolling Meadows]___ 463.4875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 463.6125_2w_call? (govt recds)
Sgt Peppers Inc, restaurant, pizza delivery
[DeKalb]____________ 461.8500____KNGZ636 (B. Parnass)
Taco Bell, restaurant__[Elmhurst]__________ 460.8875_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 464.9625_2w_call? (govt recds)
" [Joliet]____________ 154.5700_2w_call? (govt recds)
" " 30.8400_2w_call? (govt recds)
Taco Bell, wireless microphone, at Stratford Square Mall, restaurant
[Bloomingdale]______ 460.8875_2w_call? (others)
" " 466.8875_2w_call? (others)
Taco Bell, wireless microphone, restaurant
[Woodridge]_________ 154.5700_2w_call? (B. Parnass)
Wendys International, wireless microphone, restaurant
[Illinois]__________ 460.8875_2w_KB94551 (others)
" [Naperville]________ 460.8875_2w_call? (others)
White Castle Systems, restaurants
[Illinois]__________ 461.8125_2w_KB83810 (govt recds)
White Fence Farm, Bolingbrook restaurant
[Illinois]__________ 154.6000_2w_KB64337 (govt recds)
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Bob Parnass, AJ9S - AT&T Bell Laboratories - att!ihuxz!parnass (708)979-5414
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