The best advice is perhaps to obey the regulations present in the country you are visiting. Fly with established pilots who know the area. We would expect visitors to this country to use our frequencies. That said, We had some issues regarding this when we ran the Elmira aerotows and entertained guest pilots from Germany and Switzerland. We offered free support for JR flyers compliments of Horizon hobbies with modules and crystal sets, we strongly suggested multiplex owners invest in appropriate sets before coming over here. Most pilots complied, but a few refused to give up what they considered their "safe" 35 Mhrz equipment. They came armed with scanners and we agreed to let them fly since they had traveled so far. There were two crashes involving these pilots one year. Now we do not know what caused the crashes but we had our suspicions. After that no more nice guys, we insisted on compliance in following years. When visiting Germany in 1998, I found certain pilots residing there flying what they called Schwartz frequencies or black channels. These were techies who used some secret military (I think) frequencies to avoid being shot down at various slopes where there were several launch areas and virtually no frequency control. Not sure what the moral of this story is, but play it safe, use what is legal where you travel. Fly only where you are sure it is safe, follow local advice, or carry a scanner.
JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Wales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] flying on 72 in germany ? > > > While stationed at Sembach AB back in the late 80's I flew with a local > club > at a very nice slope hill about 10 miles north of base on 72 mhz for 3 > years > with no problems. They told me we were far enough from anything that > operated on that band. As I can remember that freq. had something to do > with there railroad, but don't quote me on it. > > Thermals > > Mark > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
