I have never shot down another pilot, but have seen it happen. Nobody
goes home feeling good about the hobby when that happens. Please be
careful with your synth transmitters folks, with power comes
responsibilities.
Other than Multiplex, who have had scanning addons for the Profi's for
years
From: Steve Richman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:39 PM
> To: John Derstine; 'Bill Conkling'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: soaring@airage.com
> Subject: Re: RE: [RCSE] Re: More on the Freq Checker Range tests
>
> John, the Areo Spectra is really
Another 'good' thing about EVERYBODY at the field using a 14MZ, there'd be
a lot fewer guys at the field, and a lot less interferrence!
BUT, I'm envious. Sounds like the radio everyone needs. How long before
the other manufacturers catch up?
Good thermals, all
.bcAG4YQ Wil
Chuck Anderson wrote:
Far too many fliers are too stupid to be trusted with a dial-a-crash
radio. They aren't even smart enough to know what frequency they are on
without a synthesizer.
As was the case in the incident I outlined. It was NOT a synthesized
module. It was a regular old modu
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Bill's Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
He lands. Checks his (synthesizer) module. You guessed it, he WAS on 39 and NOT
43.
I NEVER said it was a synthesized module. In fact, it was NOT. He had
changed modules and forgot he had done it. In fact he had flown lik
Far too many fliers are too stupid to be trusted with a dial-a-crash
radio. They aren't even smart enough to know what frequency they are on
without a synthesizer. I learned a lot about the average Sunday flier the
year I helped run the AMA frequency checker booth at the last Atlanta trade
s
have a clue what frequency they were
actually on. Again, smarter than the technology you use...
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To:
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: More on the Freq Checker Range tests
Bill's Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Bill's Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>He lands. Checks his (synthesizer) module. You guessed it, he WAS on 39 and
>NOT 43.
Remember that discussion we had back in early April about the pitfalls of
synthesized radios? I wrote this in part:
>With synthesized transmitters and receivers, it's v
Well limitations or not, mine saved a plane today. At my power field
there was a guy in the air. He was pinned up on 43. There were only 3 of
us at the field. My cheap-O channel checker showed only channel 39 lit
up. I'm on 18, so no worries.
But I'm sitting there and the third guy at the fi
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 05:39:23PM -0500, Steve Richman wrote:
| John, the Areo Spectra is really BIG Bucks...close to $900. How's
| about the Icom IC-R5 Scanner. Seems quite capable for about $190 and
| PC programmable. Any idea of the differences in capabilities?
The two are very different devi
?
TIA,
Steve
From: John Derstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wed May 25 09:59:29 CDT 2005
>To: 'Bill Conkling' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: soaring@airage.com
>Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: More on the Freq Checker Range tests
>Good point, especiall
9 CDT 2005
>To: 'Bill Conkling' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: soaring@airage.com
>Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: More on the Freq Checker Range tests
>Good point, especially with a cheap LED type read out, basically
>useless. With the Aero Spectra, the range is much
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> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Conkling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:57 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: soaring@airage.com
> Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: More on the Freq Checker Range tests
>
> OK, fellas,
>
> A ground mou
OK, fellas,
A ground mounted/based reciever is not going to tell you anything about rf
signals your plane might pick up in the air at range.
BUT, a ground based signal gatherer will most certainly tell you about the
clown at the other end of the flight line messing arounbd with his
transmitt
"Heather Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Gordy -
>Thanks for sharing these comments with me ...
>
>Is it possible you were using bad batteries? Otherwise, I would guess
>you were in a REALLY bad Rf environment!
>
>I'm estimating your 100 paces at about 100 or so feet, right?
>
>Our produ
Our product manager helped do the QC testing on the first shipment of
these, and with multiple units was able to get over 200 feet with every
single unit WITHOUT the external antenna. A couple went up to the 300
ft max range, others had a max range of around 230-270 feet. (With
antenna, we easil
Hi Gordy -
Thanks for sharing these comments with me ...
Is it possible you were using bad batteries? Otherwise, I would guess
you were in a REALLY bad Rf environment!
I'm estimating your 100 paces at about 100 or so feet, right?
Our product manager helped do the QC testing on the first ship
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