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Old September 23rd 09, 08:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike Bamberg
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Default Retrieve Contact - Radio Relay?

On Sep 23, 11:15*am, Nyal Williams wrote:
Frankly (gri n), I'm not up on this at the moment, but there used to be a
frequency set aside for air-to-air communications. *If such still exists
that would be the discret frequency to use. *Did that frequency get caught
up in the re-distribution of frequencies years ago?

At 14:10 23 September 2009, V1 wrote:



Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to this thread. I saw a
lot of useful tips - especially about what frequencies to try, and
practical experience that says this is a feasible option in the
(hopefully rare) cases where the normally planned communication paths
fail.


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The "standard" air-to-air is 122.75 below 18,000 ft and 123.45 above
18,000 ft.

MIke