On Sep 22, 7:09*am, Ed Winchester wrote:
Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Sep 21, 3:35 pm, bgrly wrote:
On Sep 21, 3:15 pm, Bela wrote:

On Sep 20, 6:57 pm, CindyB wrote:
On Sep 20, 11:46 am, sisu1a wrote:
Does anyone have any real-life experience using this method? *Or any
input on how the FAA (in the US) might view this strategy?
- Frank
Pre-celly, this used to be common practice, and I suspect commonly
I'm not sure on the FAA's take on it,
but I imagine that it falls into the realm of legal usage of the freq.
The FCC however may feel otherwise if you aren't current on your
license to operate a 2 way
-Paul
This is a very valid techinique.
It is not to be used in place of normal comm procedures,
or to substitute for poor planning, but I have been party to using it
in several situations.
Local pilot wanders off on first Spring X-C, with no ship batteries,
poor handheld batteries, and more enthusiasm than sense.
When the day overbuilds and cuts him off from home, he outlands.
He calls in the blind on the 'approach' frequency, and gets an
enroute G.A. pilot to switch to the home airport CTAF and relay a
message. *The airplane pilot handled his changes off/on to the
ATC frequency. *Very considerate airplane guy, and happy to involve
himself. Knowing the enroute local ATC frfequency was about the
best part of the day's execution by that glider pilot.
Tonopah Nationals .... big CBs end the day, folks scattered all
over creation. *Contest Air goes up to relay line-of-sight for crews
and
pilots seeking each other. *Poor radio quality due to the HEAVY
rain showers and interior glider cockpit noise on the ground,
and lightning in many quadrants. *Contest Air goes home. *One
crew was enterprising enough to use scan function on their handy-
talkie and ask the airliner to switch for an 'urgent' relay. The
airliner
reached the pilot, now not in heavy rain on the ground, and got
his position and handed data to crew.
Remember to WAIT for the relay time and the other party out of
range to answer to the relaying airborn machine, rather than
stepping on transmissions. . .
Region 12 contest at Inyokern, 1999? *Beloved silly Fred Ebner had
not been heard from and it was long after dark. *We had launched
Contest Air for relays, sent Air *on course line ( love those AST's
for finding folks late in the evenings), still never raised the pilot.