[Hallicrafters] Aeronautical Mobile

[Larry WA9VRH]

To Mark,

Last plane owned was a 1948 Stinson.  I was fun to fly but when you 
pulled the throttle it flew like a brick.
73 Larry

On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 09:38  PM, Larry WA9VRH wrote:

> 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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