I think you'll find that we have "Shared" uwse of the 72mHz band. This is
the chance we take.
I'll also suggest that you refrain from flying near a 'Place of Worship'
until after services are over so as not to take a chance on gaining their
wrath over audible noise or RF interferrence with their listening aids for
the hearing impaired. Be a good neighbor and try to get along.
Also, It does sound like a good idea to suggest they move to the other
band as it will help both of you as far as RF interferrence goes, but it
still leaves the audio noise factor in the mix.
Now, m SI (stupidity Index) comes in . I jsut realised this is on the
Soaring Exchange, so give me a break. You may not be causing audio noise,
but, it never hurts to be good neighbors.
Have fun, and good luck in this.
.........bc AG4YQ Williamsburg, VA
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Martin Usher wrote:
> While I was searching for radio equipment I came across produces from
> Listentech -- www.listentech.com
>
> This company makes assisted listening devices, and their radio products
> are available for both the 72MHz and 216MHz band. No licence is needed
> for these products. They have a handy comparason table to suggest what
> band to use. The 72MHz products are for ranges of 500 -- 1500 feet but
> they're prone to interference from "outside sources" (us, for a start!).
> They're recommended for "Places of Worship".
>
> The band they use is quite wide, it goes from 72.025 to 75.975MHz with a
> 'hole' in the band from about 73MHz to 74.6MHz. Channel spacing appears
> to be 100KHz ("wide band") or 25KHz ("narrow band").
>
> This explains why we have been picking up audio on the R/C band, and
> also why the audio spreads over several adjacent channels. The
> interference has been strong enough to down planes.
>
> We should encourage people to move to 216MHz.......we might also have a
> go at explaining to the people at the AMA that all is not hunky-dory in
> R/C land (but I'm not sure they'd understand). R/C aircraft need
> reliable radio communications if they're not to be a danger.
>
> Martin Usher
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