Re: Air to Ground Communication

[Scott]

And I prefer 440 MHz when boring holes in the sky and ionizing the
atmosphere with my A-65's exhaust stacks ;)


Scott N0EDV
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParasolAirplanes
Building RV-4
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die!

Big John wrote:
>
> I used 2M (144 mhz band) when I was hamming while airborne.
>
> Big John, KR5K
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:27:41 -0000, "karel adams"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ed Sharp" > schreef in bericht
> ...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I am a complete newbie here, so please don't shoot me down.
> >>
> >> Is there a legitimate way of communicating between Aircraft and Ground
> >> (other than tower or controller) in a light aircraft. I am meaning
> >> more social type communication, ie, will be landing in about 20
> >> minutes, put the kettle on.... type of thing. The sort of thing you
> >> phone for when you are near your destination on a long journey.
> >
> >From recent discussions in news://rec.aviation.homebuild ,
> >I gathered that, in the USA at least, it is quite a normal
> >thing to do HAM com's whilst airborne
> >Whether this means 27 Mc or 2 meters I cannot say
> >not being a hammer myself
> >

--

[Veeduber]

I just buzz the house... and drop a note written in Morse code.

R.S.Hoover (KA6HZF)

[Big John]

Scott

I never found that many on 440. If I wanted to talk to someone while
going XC, I had to get on '52. On rare occasions I got on a repeater
freq and keyed them all up in a 500 mile radius. Not a nice thing to
do.

Big John, KR5K
Trustee 147.00 and 224.1 Houston.

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:54:53 +0000, Scott >
wrote:

>And I prefer 440 MHz when boring holes in the sky and ionizing the
>atmosphere with my A-65's exhaust stacks ;)
>
>
>Scott N0EDV
>http://corbenflyer.tripod.com
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParasolAirplanes
>Building RV-4
>Gotta Fly or Gonna Die!
>
>Big John wrote:
>>
>> I used 2M (144 mhz band) when I was hamming while airborne.
>>
>> Big John, KR5K
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:27:41 -0000, "karel adams"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Ed Sharp" > schreef in bericht
>> ...
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> I am a complete newbie here, so please don't shoot me down.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a legitimate way of communicating between Aircraft and Ground
>> >> (other than tower or controller) in a light aircraft. I am meaning
>> >> more social type communication, ie, will be landing in about 20
>> >> minutes, put the kettle on.... type of thing. The sort of thing you
>> >> phone for when you are near your destination on a long journey.
>> >
>> >From recent discussions in news://rec.aviation.homebuild ,
>> >I gathered that, in the USA at least, it is quite a normal
>> >thing to do HAM com's whilst airborne
>> >Whether this means 27 Mc or 2 meters I cannot say
>> >not being a hammer myself
>> >

[Scott]

Yes, I know what you mean! Actually, that's why went to 440. Around
here (75 miles from Minneapolis) 2M has enough activity that it
sometimes is hard to even make a call from way up at 1000 AGL ;)

I usually just talk to a few friends on 446.000 simplex from the air
anyway. Once you announce aeronautical mobile on 2M, everyone calls you
on top of one another and they keep trying even after you start talking
to someone since they usually can't hear who you're talking to on the
ground...now someday I'd like to run HF aeronautical mobile, like 12M or
10M. When I recover the Corben, I think I'll add a dipole leg into each
wing (26.5' span)...

Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParasolAirplanes
Building RV-4
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die!

Big John wrote:
>
> Scott
>
> I never found that many on 440. If I wanted to talk to someone while
> going XC, I had to get on '52. On rare occasions I got on a repeater
> freq and keyed them all up in a 500 mile radius. Not a nice thing to
> do.
>
> Big John, KR5K
> Trustee 147.00 and 224.1 Houston.
>
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:54:53 +0000, Scott >
> wrote:
>
> >And I prefer 440 MHz when boring holes in the sky and ionizing the
> >atmosphere with my A-65's exhaust stacks ;)
> >
> >
> >Scott N0EDV
> >http://corbenflyer.tripod.com
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParasolAirplanes
> >Building RV-4
> >Gotta Fly or Gonna Die!
> >
> >Big John wrote:
> >>
> >> I used 2M (144 mhz band) when I was hamming while airborne.
> >>
> >> Big John, KR5K
> >>
> >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:27:41 -0000, "karel adams"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Ed Sharp" > schreef in bericht
> >> ...
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> I am a complete newbie here, so please don't shoot me down.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there a legitimate way of communicating between Aircraft and Ground
> >> >> (other than tower or controller) in a light aircraft. I am meaning
> >> >> more social type communication, ie, will be landing in about 20
> >> >> minutes, put the kettle on.... type of thing. The sort of thing you
> >> >> phone for when you are near your destination on a long journey.
> >> >
> >> >From recent discussions in news://rec.aviation.homebuild ,
> >> >I gathered that, in the USA at least, it is quite a normal
> >> >thing to do HAM com's whilst airborne
> >> >Whether this means 27 Mc or 2 meters I cannot say
> >> >not being a hammer myself
> >> >

--

[Ron Natalie]

"karel adams" > wrote in message ...

> Whether this means 27 Mc or 2 meters I cannot say
> not being a hammer myself
>
If you keep referring to Children's Band as Ham, you're not going to endear yourself
to the amateur radio community.