[Scan-DC] Ground support frequencies for cross-country flight of Solar Impulse

[Robert Eisner]

Cool!  I'll have to check these out.  I live 1.3 miles from the edge of runway 1R / 19L.   

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On May 3, 2013, at 2:14 PM, "Clegg, Andrew W." <aclegg at nsf.gov> wrote:

> Solar Impulse, a plane powered only by the Sun, has departed San Francisco and is scheduled to fly across country, stopping at several airports along the way. The stops include a 7-10 day layover at Dulles in "mid-June." The crew has received a Special Temporary Authority (WG9XIM) for the following ground-support frequencies at each of the airports it's stopping at (Phoenix, DFW, St. Louis, Dulles, and JFK):
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> 151.52
> 151.67
> 152.90
> 153.005
> 154.49
> 154.54
> 158.415
> 159.495
> 159.81
> 160.17,
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> all analog FM, 2 W max, 12.5 kHz bandwidth. When the plane is at Dulles in mid June, it might be worth programming these freqs into your new Baofeng and taking a listen if you're out that way.
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> I'm not sure if there are any special freqs they plan to use in the air. The STA doesn't have any listed.
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> Andy
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