I can imagine 160 meter (or any other band) aeronautical mobile, but remember, it is the operating flight captain's decision as to whether you or I can deploy an antenna, or operate a radio from an aircraft or airship. His decision will be strongly influenced by ICAO and FAA directives on this matter, and company policy. Since I can't even turn on my cell phone until past international security when arriving in another country, I doubt that you will get approval to turn on an amateur band transmitter while looking downward from above.
N7WY, USAF retired ---- J F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The US Navy had a number of disaterous episodes with > LTA vehicles (USS Macon & USS Akron) and they were > using helium. Too bad the US and Germany were at odds, > the combined engineering skills might have left us > with a more elegant means of travel. > > All the accounts I've read of the Graf or Hindenburg > have them as the prefered means to travel the Atlantic > (if you could afford it). > > It's amazing how the Hindenburg (perhaps the Nazi > ties) has killed the airship travel industry for > decades, even tho' the lose of life in HTA vehicles > was, even at that time, much higher. > > There is a move in Europe to reintroduce tourist > flights on these elegant airships, hopefully it will > catch on. I'd jump on the opportunity to fly in one. > Of course, I'd love to fly a Saturn V as well ;o) One > may be possible some day soon... > > Can you imagine 160M Air Mobile? > > Cheers, > Julius > n2wn > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > I suspect that airships, like Morse code, "shortwave" > radio and a lot of other technology some folks assume > are obsolete will be with us for a long, long time > yet. Maybe we'll even get to work an aircraft mobile > aboard a real dirigible again one day! Using CW of > course... > > Ron AC7AC > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
