Originally Posted by Simtech
Please note that it is an offence to use the amateur frequencies if you do not hold a valid amateur radio licence. In the UK, amateurs are not permitted to operate from any air vehicle whilst it is in flight.
Incidentally, it's not just FM used in the amateur bands - we can also use AM, SSB, CW (Morse), TV, teleprinter, etc, etc.......and equipment is available that can operate on all of them; it is not, however, CAA type-approved.
Yep I've got an RT licence and I only need to use it in the UK when flying a powered aircraft, when flying a paraglider I avoid controlled airspace.
However, I'm paragliding in the Canadian Rockies this summer and there they apparently let you land at airfields as long as you have the right licence and equipment. Hence my Q about one portable transceiver for both FM and AM. I need the one to talk to other paragliding pilots and the other if I want to land at an airfield.