Originally Posted by
kaz3g
Nothing weird about giving busy airfields such as Renmark a discrete frequency rather than leaving them on 126,7.
Renmark, Waikerie and Loxton are all on 126,7. You can’t hear yourself think in the circuit at Renmark when the gliding championships are on at Waikerie.
Kaz
The issue of frequency congestion is one that has been discussed for some time at the RAPACs, including the use of the MULTICOM. It would not be so bad if those that make 6 or even 8 calls around the circuit understood what was required and looked out and only made a transmission when it was deemed necessary - and that is
not multiple times around the circuit. When there is no known traffic only one call per circuit should be the norm unless someone calls inbound or taxis. In fact there should be less frequencies in use for CTAFs and not more. There is in fact only a limited number of frequencies available for such use. As for the gliders, their biggest risk is a MAC with another glider and most clubs have procedures in place to ensure use of the radio at such locations that you mention. When on task the gliders are usually on their own assigned frequency.
Education and standardisation is the key to solving some of these issues and I understand CASA are working on addressing this.