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|    TOM WALKER to ED VANCE    |
|    Re: Model Airplanes    |
|    20 Jan 17 10:26:50    |
      Just checking the activity and caught your post              There are RC channels allocated in the 6 meter band as follows:              50.80 thru 50.98 and 53.1 thru 53.8              Typo Tom       El Cajon, California              > Thought I'd Forward this message Here.       >        > Ed W9ODR       >        >        > * Originally in: Hobbies       > * Originally to: K7elh       >        > 01-11-17 20:02 K7elh wrote to KK4QBN about Model Airplanes       > Howdy! Eric,       >        > K7> @VIA: VERT/EYESTORM       > K7> @MSGID: <5876FFCA.4.dove-hobby@bbs.k6sdg.org>       > K7> @REPLY: <5876C018.33.dove-hobby@kk4qbn.synchro.net>       > K7> Re: Model Airplanes       > K7> By: KK4QBN to K7elh on Wed Jan 11 2017 06:30 pm       >        > > K7> Anyone here into model airplanes?       > > That would be me, I believe a few others are also, what you need to       know?       > > Check out my channel on youtube KK4QBN       > > Tim Smith (KK4QBN)       > > KK4QBN BBS       >        > K7> Isn't there an Amateur Radio channel for RC? I've not been able top       > K7> find any info on it.       >        > In the 1970's Cincinnati, Ohio held a yearly Hamfest for OM's Only.       >        > The one I went to had for its entertainment several (6 or 7?)       > Radio Controlled Airplane flown by Amateur Radio Operators on Amateur Radio       > Frequencies.       >        > It was announced over the Public Address System for everyone to turn OFF       > their Handi Talkies so the aircraft being flown by the Hams wouldn't get       > any interference.       >        > "I think" the frequencies being used to control the planes were in the       > lower part of the 6M and 2M Ham Bands.       >        > IIRC after about a half hour or so the flying had to end early because       > someone accidently keyed their radio and all the airplanes were brought       > down before a accident or crash happened.       >        > One of the planes had 'bomb bay' doors on it and Snoppy parachuted out       > of the plane. Cursed Red Baron!!!!!!!!!!!!       >        > I didn't take time to try reading Part 97 to see which Ham Band Segments       > could be used for Radio Controlling Model Aircraft before I started writing       > this message, but I'm sure You will find it under a Mode for MCW       > (Audio Modulated Continuous Wave) A2 ??? or something like that.       >        > Hope this helps.       >        > 73 de Ed W9ODR       >        >        > ... Have you checked your smoke detector batteries & Fire Ext, LATELY?!       > --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49       > --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux       > * Origin: CCO BBS - capcity2.synchro.net - 1-502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)              --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5        * Origin: DocsPlace.org Since 1991 | QWK VIA Web Browser (1:123/140)    |
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