Using other freqs to communicate between planes or ground?

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:40:26 -0700, Jim Weir
wrote:

We also had a nice chat with the chief pilot of a local commuter airline who had
one of his junior pilots chatting with his buddies at FL250. That hammers the
frequency for an hour in any direction.


I'm not being sarcastic, but wondering why a transmission "hammers the
frequency for an hour?"

I made the mistake of being taught to use 123.45 "any 'ol time you
want to" and about 3 years ago got someone very mad at me. I didn't
even know I did something wrong, but haven't used the freq. since.

Here's some info I dug up on who uses the test freq:

User...........City...............Approx. Lat/Long

NASA...............Crows Landing, CA..........37N-121W
US Air Force.......Edwards AFB, CA............35N-118W
NASA...............Moffett Field, CA..........37N-122W
US Army............Windsor Locks, CT..........42N-73W
US Navy............Patuxent, MD...............38N-76W
US Army............Lakehurst, NJ..............40N-74W
US Air Force.......Nevada Test Range, NV......37N-116W
NASA...............Cleveland, OH..............42N-82W
US Army............Quonset, RI................42N-71W
US Army............Columbia, SC...............34N-81W
NASA...............Wallops Island, VA.........38N-75W
US Army............Truax Field, WI............43N-89W

More interesting stuff, and a long article about 123.45 at:

http://www.aerorfi.org/


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