[MilCom] Interesting Catch

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

VERY interesting catch, Ron... when they went to UNICOM, they probably went to 122.85... UNICOM in airplane-speak is another common freq for uncontrolled (no tower) airfields.  I *think* UNICOM is 122.85, but it might vary.

Brad

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> All, 
> 
> In the late 1100 hour (EDT) on 123.45 MHz I caught a couple of 
> native-speaking Hebrew pilots, one of them named Etan. They were probably in 
> light aircraft 
> as they made mention several times of Frederick--probably the airport at 
> Frederick, Maryland. 
> 
> Evidently someone (not heard) questioned Etan about speaking Hebrew. He told 
> the unheard party (in accented English) that this was an international 
> frequency and they could use any language they wanted to. He said that Hebrew 
> was 
> one of the languages they used. 
> 
> They must've wanted to some privacy because Etan told the other pilot to 
> switch to UNICOM. 
> 
> 
> Strange--but interesting 
> 
> RON 
> ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD (NEAR BWI) 
> Pro-2045/BC-895XLT w/Discone 
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