[Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT

[johnson at cpcug.org]

Andy -

Good point.  To track flights I use AIRNAV.com though most of my listening
is done when I am mobile so it is difficult to look up flights.

When I am home very little happens but when I am on the road is when the
"good" stuff happens.

R. Johnson


 I'm so annoyed. I have been recording 129.45 MHz pretty much 24/7 for the
> last several weeks, EXCEPT this afternoon. I had to reboot my PC earlier
> today and forgot to restart Scanrec.
>
> By the way, I have been tracking the distance over which I can hear the
> airplanes at altitude. When I hear them on 129.45, I use a flight tracking
> web site to see exactly where the plane is at that moment. I can get clear
> signals from over 300 miles away when they are "at altitude" (30,000+ ft).
> I
> have heard planes that are over Raleigh, and over the very southwestern
> tip
> of Virginia (at 37,000 ft). This is just using a discone, 130' ft of RG-8,
> and no pre-amp. I realize the planes are line-of-sight, but still, to get
> a
> clear signal from 300 miles away is still quite cool.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Doug Kitchener
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:34 PM
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT
>
>
>
> Well, you made up for it on the Arlington incident... no demerits today,
> Andy!  :)
>
> DK
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
>> To: johnson at cpcug.org; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 22:38:27 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT
>>
>> Ralph,
>>
>> Of course, this afternoon was a rare time when I was not recording that
>> frequency.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:35 PM
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Was anyone monitoring 129.45 at approximately 5:30 p.m. today?
>>>
>>> I had been up in the Frederick Watershed doing some amateur work when I
>>> monitored a Chronic Occluded Pulmonary Disease (COPD, so I was
>>> told)incident on a flight.
>>>
>>> A male passenger on board the flight suffered COPD complications and
>>> was
>>> spread out on the plane's floor being given oxygen from a supplementary
>>> tank not normally used. An oncologist on board was assisting the
>>> person.
>>> At times the patient was unresponsive but in one of the last
> transmissions
>>> I was able to monitor he was able to open his eyes.
>>>
>>> The signal was very weak so I could only catch bits and pieces and it
>>> disappeared when I started down the hill. Once I got away from South
>>> Mountain on US 15 I was not able to reacquire the signal.
>>>
>>> Well, I have heard where some people have come into the world on a
>>> flight
>>> and there have been people who have left the world on flights. Hope he
>>> made it through.
>>>
>>> Ralph Johnson
>>>
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