Using radio to contact persons on ground while flying?

Boy, you just don't get it, do you? I don't give a damn if you are near my
facility or some facility across the country. You use 123.45 and 123.42 for
"formation work" and you are subject to $10,000 an OCCURANCE (that's each
time you push the button, sir) plus a year in the FEDERAL pokey.

Don't believe me? Talk to the pilot of the Coors Silver Bullet airshow
aircraft. I don't know what he plea bargained the fine down to, but it was
north of five figures according to my sources. He avoided federal time by
pleading first offense.

I don't give a damn if you don't hear anybody around you using it. Some
poor schmuck that has about ten hours of careful data down in the microvolt
range gets honked up because you come on the line talking to wingman Joe at
hundreds of microvolts is not going to be a happy camper.

Remember, range in miles is equal to the (square root of 2*h), where h is
the altitude in feet. At 2000 feet AGL, you sterilize about 65 miles in
radius, or about 12,500 square miles. You don't HAVE to hear anybody on the
frequency to be interference to a legitimate user.

Why don't you just use a legal frequency? And don't ask me to pick a legal
frequency for you. I'm telling you what the legalities are on these two.

Jim




"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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I'll admit, we use 123.45 and 123.42 as our "button 2" when doing
formation work. Never heard anyone else using it around here, though.
Where's your facility (so I don't accidentally step on you guys)?