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How many monitor 121.5?
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Ron Natalie wrote: Brad wrote: .Blueskies. wrote: The Maydays post got me wondering. I don't monitor except during the long flights, maybe ~2 hours or longer... Flying traffic reporters deep in the FRZ around the DC Beltway, I'm always on an ATC frequency and monitoring air-to-air on the #2. If I had a third comm... Actually the SL30 (and the GNS480 which uses the same comm section) can monitor the standby frequency. I can listen to 4 frequencies. Even when I'm picking up the ATIS or something on #2, I've got 121.5 in the M channel. It's mind boggling that it took avionics companies so long to add this feature to their products. Dual watch was a standard feature in marine VHF radios 15 or 20 years ago. I used to have an ICOM marine handheld that had tri-watch. You could monitor two random channels, *plus* channel 16 (the marine version of 121.5). |
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How many monitor 121.5?
Ron Natalie writes:
The one chilling MAYDAY I did here was on the Gary tower frequency. What was it about? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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How many monitor 121.5?
Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Natalie writes: The one chilling MAYDAY I did here was on the Gary tower frequency. What was it about? It was a Piper cub that ran out of fuel over the lake. One occupant dead, one recovered. |
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How many monitor 121.5?
On 2006-11-07, .Blueskies. wrote:
The Maydays post got me wondering. I don't, because my backup radio is a Narco MK12D, and it's wired so that 121.5 is always open squelch. My habit is to use the KX155 for all my "people talking" because it remembers frequencies across power cycling. The MK12D listens to ATIS and talks to ground. -- Ben Jackson AD7GD http://www.ben.com/ |
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How many monitor 121.5?
..Blueskies. wrote:
The Maydays post got me wondering. I don't monitor except during the long flights, maybe ~2 hours or longer... There is a NOTAM that REQUIRES us to monitor 121.5 "when capable". If I am not actively using the second radio for ATIS or FSS, I have it on 121.5 and I am monitoring. The NOTAM is plain, and I am a simple person. I merely comply. I am AMAZED at all the calls to airliners to "come up on frequency XXX.XX and contact Center". :-) Best regards, Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!" -- Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jeratfrii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/ C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 247 Young Eagles! |
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How many monitor 121.5?
then going off to (get this) fingers.
What is "going off to fingers"? Jose -- "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter). for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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How many monitor 121.5?
Jose wrote:
then going off to (get this) fingers. What is "going off to fingers"? Yet another inappropriate use of an aviation frequency. Count on your fingers... 1 2 3 4 5, now use it as a frequency... 123.45 MHz. It the assigned frequency for the baggage handlers at Chicago O'Hare. The aim tells us to use 122.75 and 122.85 for air-to-air (Mx, may I suggest that you look it up in the AIM?). I also hear FAR too much chatter from "Radio Free Boulder" on our Unicom frequency 123.3... we need to be on that frequency... we have a license for that frequency. The AIM describes uses of the frequency... and it is not position and chit-chat. The Boulder group could easily pirate onto 123.5 if they want to use an inappropriate frequency (again, read the AIM and quote it before responding). Or, the could use 122.75 or 122.85. Yes, I know "everybody does it" and "we've done it for a long time and not gotten in trouble" and "my instructor taught me this". That does not make it right, nor current information. Our ham club in Fort Collins, Colorado just toured the FCC Monitoring Van (they paid a courtesy visit to Fort Fun). They are currently interested in finding and fine-ing violators. It will be interesting how many people find out the hard way that the rules really are the rules. :-) Best regards, Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!" -- Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jeratfrii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/ C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 247 Young Eagles! |
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How many monitor 121.5?
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:25:24 GMT, Jose
wrote: Fingers = 123.45 FYI, "Winchester" = 130.30 I'm sure there are others.... Bela P. Havasreti then going off to (get this) fingers. What is "going off to fingers"? Jose |
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