Guess what contact I made this evening?

[TeRayCodA]

While listening in on 27.185(ch19),I heard someone in an aircraft,with the call name;Skycap.I asked his location,he was 10miles to the north of Tulsa,Ok,on a westward heading,at 22,000 FL(flight level).40 miles to the Northwest of me.I asked what type aircraft;get this,,,He said I am a USAF C-130,talking to multiple counties,and truckers on their HF radio! no joke,I would'nt have thought much about it,being on ch-19,and such,but,I have heard him before,a couple of years ago,and could not make contact.Keep in mind,I am also an avid Mil-Air monitor as well.You could hear his conversation with other stations,seemed like forever,til he finally faded out.Cool stuff!

[n9mxq]

They get bored and do that. We used to have a regular on 2 meters pass through here..And yes, he was a ham..

I've operated from a private plane before.. It's a blast..

[mdulrich]

Originally Posted by TeRayCodA

at 22,000 FL(flight level)

Just to clarify, 22,000 feet is flight level 220. Flight level 22,000 would be 2,200,000 feet, just a little higher than a C-130 can fly.

Mike

[kb2vxa]

EXCELLENT! Military aircraft radios are frequency agile so with a "twist of the dial" they go anywhere. Trouble is they deliver more than the legal maximum. (;->) I've spoken to aeronautical mobiles but not on CB, 2M is bad enough but with such a huge footprint the noise in his ears was horrendous, I'll bet he'll never try THAT again.

[n9mxq]

I'd do 2m aero again. We did it for field day one year. Flying over Illinois, I worked all the neighboring states. It was interesting how we were "rare DX" when they heard we were operating from a plane.

[Sportster77]

Originally Posted by kb2vxa

EXCELLENT! Military aircraft radios are frequency agile so with a "twist of the dial" they go anywhere. Trouble is they deliver more than the legal maximum. (;->) I've spoken to aeronautical mobiles but not on CB, 2M is bad enough but with such a huge footprint the noise in his ears was horrendous, I'll bet he'll never try THAT again.

Back in the mid 70's, I was working as a radio/ TV service tech in Peru, IN. and one of our part-time techs was a radio tech @ Grissom AFB outside of town. He came into work one day and was talking about a conversation he had with one of our customers the night befoe on a CB channel. The customer lived just south of the fence of the base. They talked to each other for about an hour while the tech did his 'radio check' @ over 1KW each!!!!!!

[Rt169Radio]

Well that is interesting.