[Hallicrafters] Aeronautical Mobile

[Mark K3MSB]

Mine was a 1948 C-170A, whose successor was the 172.  Pulling back the
throttle on the 170, like you would in a 172, would open your eyes
real quick!!  Much higher sink rate!!

Mark K3MSB

On 3/6/06, Larry WA9VRH <wa9vrh at mtco.com> wrote:
> 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
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> >>>
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