[R-390] not so much off topic

b w [email protected]
Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:03:36 -0600


I have a bit of a problem and thought I would see if anyone on the list 
could help. I used to have a lot more bookmarks for mining frequency 
info on the FCC and NTIA sites, but I lost most of them a while back. 
Don't ask how I did it, but it happened.

I joined a RC club a few weeks ago. A friends plane is set up for 72.550 
mHz. Two of his planes (2 differenct a/c receivers) got hit by stray 
signals that day. I just spoke to him and his radio/transmitter was 
checked and tuned 3 months ago. Another thing, which may mean nothing, 
is that my radar detector blipped the other day right in the vicinity 
where he had the problems. It was on K band, and I forget whatever gHz 
that is, but it is the best detector on the market. I was not really 
paying attention driving to the field when I got the warning. I drove 
down the road looking for antennas on the houses/shacks and didn't find 
any. The detector rarely falses and I always pay attention when it gives 
a warning. So, one plane was hit by a few seconds of a stray 
transmission on takeoff, and another was hit as it took off and made an 
uncommanded left turn into the woods where it was obliterated into 
several hundred pieces.

Does anyone know where to find the info in that slice of the spectrum to 
find out what all is authorized to transmit? Maybe that would help in 
locating whatever was propagating to the flying field. Any other ideas?

Thanks,


the other other Barry