I drink to that, Ferg!
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fergus Kyle" <VE3LVO@rac.ca>
Subject: Air-toair frequencies
> Bob,
> I started flying in 1948 and the choice of frequencies was
large
> and unfettered here then. In the intervening years, 'aviation' has been
> taken over (like so many similar pursuits) by ignorant interfering
> dilettantes whose sole purpose appears to be self-aggrandisement. Applying
> to these mandarins - in any country - will only be met by a wall of
> indifference because it is a big business which ordinary aviators (those
who
> aviate) couldn't possibly comprehend.
> The answer is to ignore them. Where you need to use 123.450,
the
> practice is not to give the callsign. True aviators are more cognizant of
> terse contact than any ground-based kiwi - and the use of radio freqs
should
> serve them first, others later. These numbers have been squandered in the
> past, taken from the true users and become power tools for the hungry.
123.4
> and 123.45 later were overwhelmed by bureaucracy during WW II and the
> control was lost thereafter. To my knowledge air-to-air frequencies are
> promulgated only to military units, the unknown and to those who pay
enough.
> Try to pass a word of caution to the guy four minutes behind you and see
> what a weary tangle the ground-bound weave. I've had traffic agents spend
> five minutes correcting and threatening after a 2-second burst
> pilot-to-pilot, and THEN repeat the news to the intended recipient for a
> further jamming, just to prove what the "correct method" is. It's
> "everything through me or nothing".
> Just do it.
> Ferg
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