Someone playing a variety of songs on 123.450...
Rick Astley, some country and some old school rap!
5 bars strong here in Niagara.
Rick Astley, some country and some old school rap!
5 bars strong here in Niagara.
Maybe it could be kids who are knowledgeable with electronics and decided to modify a radio to transmit on a different band and see what would happen.A couple of weeks ago I heard someone playing around on this frequency. It lasted about 20 minutes or so and sounded like kids goofing off. I'm in the Anniston/Oxford AL area,
I guess that since this is an unofficial air to air frequency, there isn't any harm done.123.45 is an unofficial air to air freq that people use to screw around all the time. I've never heard any actual ATC activity on this freq so most likely no harm done.
No, that is an FAA *official* frequency for air to air with pilots, along with 131.8. So yes, that's not just a little illegal frequency, it's a legal A2A frequency, where you won't find anything but a bunch of chatter between pilots (and the occasional music playing and other BS).
Exactly what kma371 said. What source did you get your information from?I've never seen that in any official lists. Can you cite a source?
I too hear lot's of chatter BS'ing by pilots on 123.450, but I would have hoped that between the flight physical's and the time, work, intellect & $$$ involved to get a pilot's license, they wouldn't be bored/stupid enough to play radio DJ on the freq other than maybe brief snippets ("Big ol' jet air liner...").