[MilCom] Blue Angels, Low Power?

[Tom M.]

I saw the Blues practice at Pens Tuesday and Wed.

The first day I was on the base and sometimes noted poor signals from the team.
 I was using a new BR330T. This radio was pulling in good sigs from planes at
Whiting many miles away.  

The second day I watched practice from the beach which was a distance of about
4-5 miles.  The signals were also weak there even though I could clearly see
the planes over the water (except for when the team was pointed straight at me,
sigs picked up).

I'm thinking the team intentionally runs low power during the performances. 
The ARC-210 radio has this capability. See

http://www.rockwellcollins.com/ecat/GS/Communication_Systems.html?smenu=101

I'm estimating they run less than 5 watts.

Anyone??

Tom

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