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jetrinktoday at 5:19 PM3 repliesview on HN

At first I thought the "unmanned tunnels" description was just a way to avoid broadcast regulator scrutiny, but it does look like it's genuinely designed to be used underground as part of an emergency alert system. That led me to "leaky feeders", a type of broadcast antenna used in mines and tunnels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_feeder


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jasonjayrtoday at 6:14 PM

I'm curious about challenges (what's bad with AM broadcast in an unmanned tunnel?) and why the formally verified killswitch was necessary?

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_mooftoday at 5:50 PM

I've also seen these used to add audio to art installations in commuter tunnels.

cbdevidaltoday at 5:36 PM

Thank you, I too was confused at the purpose of this