I used to get permission from the pilot to use my ham handi talkie from the plane at altitude.. was awesome getting into repeaters and 146.52 simplex..
No latency, but of course I was out of range fast. bit of a challenge knowing where you were with accuracy, my single channel Magellan gps didn't do well... that and a repeater book made it fun..
Other passengers would ask questions to stewardesses being nosey, got a kick out of that.
I used to get permission from the pilot to use my ham handi talkie from the plane at altitude.. was awesome getting into repeaters and 146.52 simplex..
9/11 changed that, pilots got pussified
that sounds cool. what sort of reception/transmission nuances did you find? and latency with repeaters?
No latency, but of course I was out of range fast. bit of a challenge knowing where you were with accuracy, my single channel Magellan gps didn't do well... that and a repeater book made it fun..
Other passengers would ask questions to stewardesses being nosey, got a kick out of that.