Bothering a Pilot on Final

On May 31, 6:13 pm, Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:27:54 GMT, "Steve Foley"

wrote:
Spencer uses 123.0. Tanner-Hiller is the only airport within 25 miles of
Spencer that uses 123.0, but they have very little traffic.

I was just past Plum Island (123.0) and heading south. At 2500 feet I
can hear four states (though to be sure, the radius doesn't have to be
very large to allow that: New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts).



My question is: Can a plane transmitting from twenty five miles away
interfere with local communications?

Oh, I think so. I often key to transmit and send out this awful
squeal, which I assume means someone else (who I can't hear with the
rubber ducky antenna) is transmitting at the same time.

(I don't think you can hear me, though! I have tried it, inbound to
Hampton, at 10 miles, 5 miles, 2 miles ... it's not until I'm almost
overhead that I can raise George.)

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

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While flying over southern Long Island (HWV) at pattern altitude, it
is common to hear communications from Sky Acres NY and Lincoln Park NJ
(both 60-70 nm away), as well as from a few other airports, on the
122.8 CTAF. Some signals are strong; others are not.

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 08:44:13 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


While flying over southern Long Island (HWV) at pattern altitude, it
is common to hear communications from Sky Acres NY and Lincoln Park NJ
(both 60-70 nm away), as well as from a few other airports, on the
122.8 CTAF. Some signals are strong; others are not.


I've heard those airports over Provincetown, MA!

I can also hear Montgomery, NY over Chester, CT.

B A R R Y wrote in
:

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 08:44:13 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


While flying over southern Long Island (HWV) at pattern altitude, it
is common to hear communications from Sky Acres NY and Lincoln Park NJ
(both 60-70 nm away), as well as from a few other airports, on the
122.8 CTAF. Some signals are strong; others are not.


I've heard those airports over Provincetown, MA!

I can also hear Montgomery, NY over Chester, CT.


In soe conditions you'll be able to hear furhter than that! I've heard
VHF transmissions well over 1,000 miles away even at low levels.

Bertie