I was stationed at Ramstein AB, Germany in the 70s, and at the time I believe everyone was flying on 27Mhz.. Three of us all bought blue box Hobby Lobby radios on 72 Mhz, and had no problems until we entered a contest where a scanner was in use. When it was our turn to fly, panic set in as the CD couldn't locate our signal! We had to confess and were allowed to compete, but were informed that the band was used by the Poleizi (police). Flew with the radios for awhile, until they all went south about the same time...(potential) problem solved. Though we never had an interference problems, at least on our end, those were low-tech times, and a lot less potential for conflict. I wouldn't attempt to do it now.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:11 PM 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.
