Post #927138
2026-04-04 02:16 UTC
Replies (6)
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@attoparsec@clacks.link 2026-04-04 02:28
@sen@hachyderm.io I never knew the name for those, thank you!
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@Stormgren@obsidianmoon.com 2026-04-04 02:44
@sen@hachyderm.io TIL, thank you for posting it. And assuming we haven't knocked ourselves back to longbows and polearms by then, 500 years from now, starships to space station comms will have that as part of their communication system, and nobody's going to know why, but they know it has to be in there because that's the way it's always been.
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@helle@tacobelllabs.net 2026-04-04 05:52
@sen@hachyderm.io I mean real Q are they still only added in the ground to space direction?
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@dfraser@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-04 13:42
@sen@hachyderm.io it’s nasa audio branding at this point 😂
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@calvin@gluck.cc 2026-04-04 18:15
@sen@hachyderm.io I also love that they still use those quindar tone sounds, even though they are no longer necessary in the modern digital communication systems. In amateur radio, we sometimes use that sound as the “courtesy tone” on repeater systems to indicate when the squelch opens and closes. It brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. :)
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@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca 2026-04-04 18:57
@sen@hachyderm.io @calvin@gluck.cc I use those for my text alerts.