doing a signal test with two locomotives at the same time, good or bad ?
Clem
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1. Bad
2. Why would you want to?
I don't believe you can even get it to do it. The remote is locked up doing the test, you can't initiate any other activity until you exit the test. Maybe with two remotes, that I haven't tried.
I'm with RJR, why would you attempt it?
Clem & John,
Um, well, it actually can work. 
Just as a lark, I did exactly that with two remotes using two engines. It yielded 10's on both remotes, however, I have no way of knowing if that's because the tests actually yielded 10's or because each remote was counting its own packets as well as the other remote's.
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I tried it, with two diesels and two remotes and two operators we where getting different readings as the engines moved. I don't know if there was interference from one on the other.
Thank you Barry
Clem
Seems I was doing a signal test and was interrupted and forgot about the test . Later picked up a different remote and couldn't figure out what was going on with the engine, Engine sounds were there but kept going weird. I tried a feature rest , didn't help. I finally realized the engine was still in track signal mode, ended test and everything was back to normal. Only happens to me.
