Alpha Dawn
Electronics
Chronocom
Item Name:Chronocom
Cost:100
Weight:.2
Unit:Each
Description:Chronocom is short for chronograph/communicator. A chronocom is a combination wristwatch, calculator and communicator. It has a range of 5 kilometers. Each chronocom has 10 communications channels of which 3 are factory set and cannot be changed. These three channels are the same on all chronocoms. The remaining 7 are configurable but it requires a tiny electronic "chip" to change. Working groups and teams will normally have their own private channels by having all members of the team have the same frequency chips installed in their chronocoms.

Note that communications on any channel is not secure. Someone with a radio receiver can scan frequencies and find any chronocom channel with time. Advanced radio receivers can find chronocom channels quickly.

Advanced chronocoms are available at 10x the cost that use encryption so that radio scanners cannot understand what is being said on a channel. Two or more chronocoms with the same encryption chip can speak with some expectation of privacy. However, there are advanced receivers and those skilled in using them who might be able to decrypt such communications.

Vizoldt is one of the biggest names in high end Chronocoms.

Typical chronocom



Other, more expensive chronocoms