[Hallicrafters] Aeronautical Mobile

[Larry WA9VRH]

Well in the mid 70's I was living in Ankeny IA in between Des Moines 
and Ames.  I am from Peoria Il. and made a number of trips back and 
forth via my Cessna Skyhawk. The 55 mph speed limit was in force at the 
time so the hour and 45 minutes was much better that the drive time. I 
had a 1/4 wave 2m whip on the back of the 172 and an Icom IC2A 2m rig 
that would run 5 or 20 watts (if I remember correctly)  I would climb 
to 3000 feet and dial up the 2m .76 repeater in Peoria. I would give a 
call to Ruby WA9KFK who lived in the Peoria area. She would call
  my parents who would then show up at Mt. Hawley airport on the North 
end of Peoria about an hour and a half later to retrieve me.
After making my contact with my parents I would switch over to 146.52 
and talk to a number of people whom I talked to just about every time I 
made the trip home or back.  I had the 2m rig wired through the 172's 
audio system so it was not a problem hearing anyone on 2m.  I wish 
there would have been an Icom 706 at the time!  WOW would that have 
been cool with a wire antenna and a tuner.
The fun I could have had!  However the fun on 2m was really fun.  The 
best trip way back to Ames.  Between Ankeny and Ames were two towers 
that were around 2000 feet tall. ( or somewhere around that)  When I 
got to altitude on the way back about 60 miles out of Peoria I could 
see the lights ot the two towers.  So it was kind of point and go if 
there was no weather in the area. Stll would have been fun on HF.  
Maybe it's time to get current again??

73 Larry WA9VRH


On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 08:49  PM, Roger K8RI wrote:

> Let's see...
> I could take out the back seat and mount the HT32B and SX101A back 
> there. Not sure about the HT-33B.  If I put that back there, then I'm 
> going to have to find one big fat guy to ride up front to keep the 
> weight and balance where it belongs. OTOH that means I need a really 
> small, skinny operator to run the rig in back.  Sill, I'm going to 
> have to do something about the alternator and battery.  Ever see the 
> size of a battery in an airplane? They are about the size of the ones 
> in a motorcycle. It does have a big alternator.  Of course I thin need 
> to find a really good inverter for the 110 VAC.
>
>> From Michigan it's about 5 to 6 hours (at 14 GPH at $3.50 a gallon) to
> international airspace so I could truly operate "aeronautical" mobile. 
> That's $294 for gas, each way.  Maybe I'll stick to carrying the 
> 2-meter HT along on trips. <:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
>> Real airplanes have the fans in the front or back... not inside (or 
>> on top).
>>
>> Tom - WØEAJ
>> King Radio Corp. 1966-1967 / 1969-1971
>> Aircraft sales & charter; Cessna & Mooney
>>
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