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. Line of sight comms at 1 watt using 900 mhz? Its been tried and ditched, have fun with that ok. :D. 73, n9zas



Tell that to Chevron, Devon, Apache, ExxonMobil, XTO…most of the Permian Basin is running on 900 MHz ISM at 1W right now…all LOS.


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Tell that to Chevron, Devon, Apache, ExxonMobil, XTO…most of the Permian Basin is running on 900 MHz ISM at 1W right now…all LOS.


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Cenovus uses 900MHz for their scada in the CLAWR, seems to work for them, all low power. Towers can not exceed 30m.
 

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I think the main question is -- who do you want/need to talk to while in flight, and for what purpose?

Knowing that would help narrow your options down a bit.

I fly a Lighter Than Aircraft and I need to talk to my chase crew. I currently have a dual band radio that I use and use the freq's that are registered to the BFA (Balloon Federation of America) which I'm a member of. The problem is that at Balloon competition events there can be a lot of chatter on these freq's due to other pilots using them. I'm trying to find a way to eliminate all the chatter so I can hear my chase crew and they can hear me. Any help would be appreciated and I don't want to use anything that can possibly get me a fine.
 

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I fly a Lighter Than Aircraft and I need to talk to my chase crew. I currently have a dual band radio that I use and use the freq's that are registered to the BFA (Balloon Federation of America) which I'm a member of. The problem is that at Balloon competition events there can be a lot of chatter on these freq's due to other pilots using them. I'm trying to find a way to eliminate all the chatter so I can hear my chase crew and they can hear me. Any help would be appreciated and I don't want to use anything that can possibly get me a fine.
Frs or Murs would work great for you in that capacity. :). 73, n9zas
 

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As a prior operator in the hot air balloon industry, yes, a hot air balloon is an aircraft. the pilot must have an FAA license. The pilot would be mainly talking to his ground crew during flight and landings. Since the ground crew would try to maintain line of sight during flight, a simplex business channel works fine. An often used frequency for balloon pilots is 151.625. The op would qualify for aircraft am frequencies if he so desired.
 
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