As a current Canadian Avionics E licenced mechanic with over 30 years
experience, including quite a bit of HF, I can tell you that there are
many makes and models of HF gear, including Collins, Bendix/King,
Sunaire,... that could be directly channelled from the cockpit. All HF
gear for a couple of decades now have used antenna autotuners. Its not
then a matter of ability but whether its permitted. Given the number of
known incidents of cockpit crew falling asleep during long flights, I
would think that being able to chat on HF might help at least one of the
pilots stay awake.
Ron VE8RT
On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 06:15 -0700, Bob Baxter wrote:
> Boy, this is all news to me. As a career airline mechanic, since retired,
> I'm unaware of any HF radio equipment on board that is capable of operating
> on the ham bands. The only HF carried on our airplanes was Automatic
> Direction Finding and that was receive only and emergency only. Some
> Canadian airliners carried HF due to the distance between stations. But what
> do I know, I've been retired 25 years.
>
>
> Yes, the OFFICIAL use of radio equipment on board an aircraft for purposes of
> operating that aircraft requires type acceptance, but last I looked, the
> Captain of an aircraft (or ship) could authorize use of other radio gear
> onboard for other purposes. It's a judgement call, and requires that the
> captain be technically competent and able to assess that the passenger is
> also.
>
>
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