OSH '07 Redux -- Part I, The Arrival

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Oshkosh 2007 Redux

Thirty miles out we all switched our transponders to "Stand By".
Fifteen miles from Ripon we bade each other good luck, turned on our
landing lights, switched to FISK approach, and fell into trail.
Flying up the tracks we (of course!) got stuck behind a Cessna driver
who insisted on flying 90 mph rather than 90 knots. Dropping flaps,
I maintained my position and prayed that everyone behind was spaced
out properly.


Were you able to receive the 'new' ATIS? Never seemed to work...

Were you able to receive the 'new' ATIS? Never seemed to work...

I'm not sure what that means. It worked okay for us.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Were you able to receive the 'new' ATIS? Never seemed to work...

I'm not sure what that means. It worked okay for us.
--
Jay Honeck

118.75 never seemed to work. Did you have any issues with bleed through to the FISKE controllers? Also, on (I think it
was) Sunday morning, the tower frequency went off the air for 18/36. Seemed like quite a few comm issues, at least at
the beginning...

They moved the ATIS to Fisk, so it wound up you couldn't recieve it on
the ground at Osh.

Blueskies wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Were you able to receive the 'new' ATIS? Never seemed to work...
I'm not sure what that means. It worked okay for us.
--
Jay Honeck

118.75 never seemed to work. Did you have any issues with bleed through to the FISKE controllers? Also, on (I think it
was) Sunday morning, the tower frequency went off the air for 18/36. Seemed like quite a few comm issues, at least at
the beginning...

"John T" wrote in message ...
They moved the ATIS to Fisk, so it wound up you couldn't recieve it on the ground at Osh.

Blueskies wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Were you able to receive the 'new' ATIS? Never seemed to work...
I'm not sure what that means. It worked okay for us.
--
Jay Honeck

118.75 never seemed to work. Did you have any issues with bleed through to the FISKE controllers? Also, on (I think
it was) Sunday morning, the tower frequency went off the air for 18/36. Seemed like quite a few comm issues, at least
at the beginning...

I couldn't pick it up in the air coming in on Saturday. Others reported the same thing...

They moved the ATIS to Fisk, so it wound up you couldn't recieve it on
the ground at Osh.

???

Mary picked it up in the N40 Saturday before departure, no problems..
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The new ATIS caused some problems last week. They had boosted the
power and moved out to FISK so people could hear it further out.
(that's why it was a new freq. this year). The bleed thru was not live
from the FISK controllers, but actually just all the background
chatter when the ATIS was actually cut (if you listened to it over and
over, it was the same thing being said). After I landed last Sunday I
talked with our FAA liason and he said they were aware of the problem.
When I flew out on July 28th, and then back in and out on July 29th it
was fine...

This was only for the arrival ATIS, the departure one is still in the
tower as far as I know.

-Ryan

This was only for the arrival ATIS, the departure one is still in the
tower as far as I know.

Ah -- thanks for the clarification.

Must've been a transient problem, cuz we had no trouble hearing it
when we arrived, either.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article .com,
" wrote:

The new ATIS caused some problems last week. They had boosted the
power and moved out to FISK so people could hear it further out.
(that's why it was a new freq. this year). The bleed thru was not live
from the FISK controllers, but actually just all the background
chatter when the ATIS was actually cut (if you listened to it over and
over, it was the same thing being said). After I landed last Sunday I
talked with our FAA liason and he said they were aware of the problem.
When I flew out on July 28th, and then back in and out on July 29th it
was fine...

Ryan, any word on when FAA/EAA are going to have an email set up for
comments about problems?