Best Headset?

In a previous article, (Hankal) said:
why would you get clearence over the phone? I alway get my clearence on
the ground with tower or in the air without a tower. What am I missing?

You're missing the situation where you're at an untowered airport, and the
ceilings are so low and the nearest atc too far away that you can't get
your clearance in the air without penetrating the class E. So you phone
FSS and get a clearance with a void time, climb up high enough to be
heard, and tag up with atc.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
There are three kinds of people: Those who can count & those who can't.

The best headset is the one that fits you best, you are comfortable
wearing, and has features (to ANR or not to ANR) you want.

(Hankal) wrote in news:20040720194807.16492.00000209@mb-
m14.aol.com:

What am I missing?

Not much, except the fact that most airports don't have a tower, clearance
delivery, or a remote ATC frequency.

--
Regards,

Stan

Hankal,

Do use the headset for this or the intercom


From his description, he is using the headset. You'd need a splitter
cable to supply the audio from the MP3-player to both audio-in plugs on
two headsets.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

The MP3 plugs directly into the headset battery compartment as does the cell
phone.

Kobra


"Hankal" wrote in message
...
I love them. I like
to plug my Rio MP3 player in and have music for the flight. They can be
set
up so that on the pilot's side when ATC talks the music cuts out.

Do use the headset for this or the intercom

I am based at a non-controlled airport. There is another uncontrolled
airport about 8 airmiles from me with a RCO but I cannot reach it on the
ground. My other choice is to warm up the plane, get all ready, then
shut down run in and call clearence delivery on the land line. The last
time I called on the cell with all the ambient engine noise, but the
controller's first question was "are you ready to go?" No void time to
worry about. He knew I was fired up and waiting.

At a towered airport you can do that and I have.

Hankal wrote:

I keep looking at upgrading, but these seem to work just fine. One
reason to upgrade is to get the model that will accommodate a cell phone
for those clearance deliverie

why would you get clearence over the phone?
I alway get my clearence on the ground with tower or in the air without a
tower.
What am I missing?
Hank

You're missing the situation where you're at an untowered airport, and the
ceilings are so low and the nearest atc too far away that you can't get
your clearance in the air without penetrating the class E. So you phone

If the weather is that bad I do not launch.
I did not get my IFR ticket to kill myself

You're missing the situation where you're at an untowered airport, and the
ceilings are so low and the nearest atc too far away that you can't get
your clearance in the air without penetrating the class E. So you phone

If the weather is that bad I do not launch.
I did not get my IFR ticket to kill myself

At a non-towered airport with an instrument approach, Class E will start at
700 AGL, which is often not high enough to contact ATC. Once in Class E you
have to stay 500' below the clouds. So you won't depart IFR with a 1200'
ceiling?

"Hankal" wrote:
I did not get my IFR ticket to kill myself

What *did* you get it for?
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:45:58 -0400, "Barry" wrote:

You're missing the situation where you're at an untowered airport, and the
ceilings are so low and the nearest atc too far away that you can't get
your clearance in the air without penetrating the class E. So you phone

If the weather is that bad I do not launch.
I did not get my IFR ticket to kill myself

This is SOP where I got my ticket and I regularly get clearances this
way when I file as it is the only way to leave home base. There are
procedures to protect the airspace for you and I don't think the odds
of killing yourself increase by departing an uncontrolled airport with
a clearance having a void time vs a controlled airport.

z