Fact: It is very unlikely anyone flying a mile away is adversely affecting
anyone at your field, irregardless of the frequency. Remember...the receiver
would need to see on-frequency RF that is equal or greater from the offending
transmitter to gain control.
anyone at your field, irregardless of the frequency. Remember...the receiver
would need to see on-frequency RF that is equal or greater from the offending
transmitter to gain control.
The above statement is unfortunately incorrect. I used to think the same way, but I have had my mind changed. We (North Alabama Silent Fliers) unfortunately lost our field due to construction recently. In an effort to find a new field we tried to move to a nice spot that is around 2.5 miles from an existing RC site. We borrowed a small glitch counter from the AMA (thanks to Steve Kaluf) and went trhough the procedures outlined by AMA to test for interference between the two sites. Testing was done with a .25 sized trainer aircraft, flown pretty far out but not near as far out as I've flown an unlimited glider. The "interfering" transmitter easily registered at the airplane from the distant (prospective) field.
sorry to burst anybody's bubble, Rob Glover
