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Old 29th Apr 2018, 12:21
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gerry111
 
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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
That brings back memories of the mid 1970's in S.A. when a (then) modern sailplane may have had an 'Alpha Genave' two channel radio with only 122.7 and 122.9 MHz available. No FLARM and the odd MAC then..
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