[Fourlanders] Foxtrot Charlie Charlie

[Ron Rogers]

Yes..I have held one for decades now. Used to be called the Third Class
Radiotelephone license. A requirement for all private and commercial pilots
using air band radios.

 

Not sure I would advise non-pilot or non-aircraft personnel to buy radios
and use these bands. Besides, with the plethora of radio equipment hams have
to choose from not sure there is a overwhelming need to purchase yet ANOTHER
air band only radio just to keep around. 

And, you cannot just "hack" an amateur VHF band HT to work on those
frequencies. Amateur equipment is not FCC Type accepted for that service,
and very few (if any) current amateur VHF radios will operate on AM mode.
VHF Aircraft bands are AM..not analog FM, D-Star, or DMR

 

Ron

WW8RR

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From: Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Tom McElroy
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:54 PM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: [Fourlanders] Foxtrot Charlie Charlie

 

Hello folks,

We were watching "Flying Wild Alaska " the other night.  

If you're not familiar with the show, it's a rare gem in reality TV, as one
writer puts it.

 

A couple of hunters on snow machines were stranded out in the vast, frozen
bush.

An aircraft was sent out an airplane to find them.

To my surprise, the hunters contacted the aircraft using VHF airband HT's!

 

I learned that it's not unusual for people in Alaska to carry a VHF AM (AE3)
airband HT "when all else fails".





The FAA and FCC join forces to regulates the 108-136 MHz band, and it seems
that the license, or permission goes with the platform more than the user.

But, you can get a " Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit" which might
be good for ballooning, crop dusting, cattle herding, that sort of a
ground-to-air communication.

 

Does anyone have a  " Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit" ?  The FCC
lets you buy one for $70, no exam.  Might be worth having a VHF airband HT
and a  " Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit" in a SAR application.





Thoughts from the group?





73

Tom McElroy

W4SDR

 

 

 

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