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First Czechoslovak radiotelephone networks: AMR

74 points by wotaen 9y ago

sengork 9y ago
As a fun fact a lot of the people who live there believe(d) that Nikola Tesla was a Czech/Slovak due to the (at the time) prevalent domestic 'Tesla' brand name on various electronics (including popular TVs).
- wereHamster 9y ago
  Clearly he was american because of Tesla the automotive company.
- Scea91 9y ago
  I haven't met a single one who thought that, or even heard about it, so it is probably not that widespread.
  - dfox 9y ago
    Also I've never met anyone who thpught that. On the other hand there is the folk etymology of TeSla = "technicky slabsi" = "technologically inferior", which has some grain of truth as for political reasons the Tesla conglomerate tried to disassociate itself from Nikola Tesla by explaining the name as abbreviation of either "technika slaboprouda" (phrase that essentially means "electronics", litetally "low voltage technology") or "telefon slaboproud" (~ phone and electronics).
finnn 9y ago
>Welcome to Medium >Sign in to discover more from experts in tech, politics, culture, creativity and more. Is this going to become the new norm? Blocking dialogs demanding we login? This is 100% unacceptable
- gpvos 9y ago
  At least you can click this one away.
roesel 9y ago
An interesting topic, although the article could use some proof-reading. Or perhaps it was Google-translated from Czech?
- gpvos 9y ago
  Also, several technical terms and abbreviations are introduced without any explanation. Still an interesting read.
  - dfox 9y ago
    My try at explanations of terms I've found weird or unclear: UTO - Uzlovy Telefonni Obvod ~ Area code "Selective selector" - direct/selective calling in two way radio systems, but in this case it more or less implies what is known trunked radio stalk - trunk, although IIRC Motorola uses the term stalk for "sub-trunk" or something like that. In all AMR is essentially analog trunked radio system with the role of operator/dispatcher completely automated and without the ability of direct or repeater calls between nearby stations.
- zoul 9y ago
  Patrick is Czech, but has a lot on his plate, so any spelling errors are most probably due to haste.

74 points by wotaen 9y ago

As a fun fact a lot of the people who live there believe(d) that Nikola Tesla was a Czech/Slovak due to the (at the time) prevalent domestic 'Tesla' brand name on various electronics (including popular TVs).

wereHamster 9y ago
Clearly he was american because of Tesla the automotive company.
Scea91 9y ago
I haven't met a single one who thought that, or even heard about it, so it is probably not that widespread.
- dfox 9y ago
  Also I've never met anyone who thpught that. On the other hand there is the folk etymology of TeSla = "technicky slabsi" = "technologically inferior", which has some grain of truth as for political reasons the Tesla conglomerate tried to disassociate itself from Nikola Tesla by explaining the name as abbreviation of either "technika slaboprouda" (phrase that essentially means "electronics", litetally "low voltage technology") or "telefon slaboproud" (~ phone and electronics).

finnn 9y ago

>Welcome to Medium >Sign in to discover more from experts in tech, politics, culture, creativity and more. Is this going to become the new norm? Blocking dialogs demanding we login? This is 100% unacceptable

gpvos 9y ago
At least you can click this one away.

roesel 9y ago

An interesting topic, although the article could use some proof-reading. Or perhaps it was Google-translated from Czech?

gpvos 9y ago
Also, several technical terms and abbreviations are introduced without any explanation. Still an interesting read.
- dfox 9y ago
  My try at explanations of terms I've found weird or unclear: UTO - Uzlovy Telefonni Obvod ~ Area code "Selective selector" - direct/selective calling in two way radio systems, but in this case it more or less implies what is known trunked radio stalk - trunk, although IIRC Motorola uses the term stalk for "sub-trunk" or something like that. In all AMR is essentially analog trunked radio system with the role of operator/dispatcher completely automated and without the ability of direct or repeater calls between nearby stations.
zoul 9y ago
Patrick is Czech, but has a lot on his plate, so any spelling errors are most probably due to haste.