Just so you know, A belgian Ham Radio op was doing HF from a plane somewhere, and his license got revoked and a fine to be payed because its illigal to do ham radio 'in the air' (in belgium).
73s Robbie ON4SAX On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brian and Nate, > > Wouldn't that be something if we could arrange a jumper-plane-jumper > DSTAR > QSO? I am up for trying it some weekend soon. > > We (AF6IM and KF6WRW) have been keeping our toggles stowed until we > get to about 3000 ft. Gives us slower descent for more comm time and > slower forward speed to cut wind noise. Speaker mic is noisy but very > intelligible. In Oct we are going to try HF radio comms on a HAHO > exiting at about 20000 ft with oxygen. The masks have internal mics. > > A 97 sq ft canopy? No thanks ;-). I like my Triathlon 190 just fine. > Been jumping since 1968 starting with a "boatanchor" USAF surplus C9 > round jet ejection canopy. Man that cheap chute landed hard. It is a > miracle I didn't break a leg. Made over a hundred painful landings > under that beast until I could afford a very used ParaCommander. > > I am turning 60 in October. Been a skydiver since 1968 and a ham since > April 08. Really love the new hobby and am having a lot of fun > combining it with the old one. > > 73 > Mark > AF6IM > > >
