[MilCom] Blue Angels, Low Power?

[Joe Cobb]

Thats a good question.   I am assuming your talking
about Pensacola Beach?   I was there too and i had
them loud and clear the whole time.  I could even hear
them getting their transponder codes while on the
ground at Sherman Field.  That was with the stock
antenna on my BC-296D.   The other days i used a
Maldol antenna.

Joe

--- "Tom M." <courir26 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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