USA Competition Rules Changes Proposed for 2013

On Jan 24, 8:06*am, Wallace Berry wrote:
Spratt must be doing several hundred rpm at this point.

Charlie hated unnecessary radio chatter at contests . I can remember him
chastising the offenders: "You bark like a bunch of dogs..."

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Allow me to suggest solution to most of these problems. Most of the
problems seem to be from lack of frequencies in the VHF band. Why
bother? Those who want to chat air to air can just go purchase those
spiffy family band walky talky type radios for well under $100. They
have a lot of frequencies, discrete calling, VOX, headphones,
microphones, and who knows what else. And they're legal. I use them
a lot for other activties. Sure, it may take a little bit of effort to
find some clear channels but it can be done. At 5 watts they would
have enough range for a reasonable distance in the air. Or have them
use their cell phones. I don't see why we would have to congest our
very limited frequencies. I am very leery of flying in a contest that
either has constant radio chatter or a significant number of
contestants just turning their radios off to get away from said
chatter. If it gets too chattery I suspect I will quit competing. I
view this as a very serious safety issue. Those who want to talk can
find ways to do it without mucking up the airbands the rest of us
monitor. Remember the ras discussions about using cellphones and
other communication technology? Let's think just a little bit outside
the (aviation radio) box. This isn't rocket science. Tim