Panshanger Radio
Does anyone else have difficulty communicating with Panshanger radio?
I've used several aircraft going through / round their space, and their radio can be almost unreadable (readability 2?) from 2000ft, 3 or 4 miles away.
Earlier this weekend, someone responded to a first call-in with decidedly un-aeronautical RT - very much as if someone was hijacking their frequency.
I was about to tell them I had changed my mind about going through the overhead because I couldn't be sure I was actually talking to a proper RT operator when a second responder (when I was querying whether this was actually the panshanger radio operator) was very clear and helpful, but I think it was someone on the field with an aircraft. I never did figure out who the first response had come from!
It's quite tight in that area between Luton and Stansted, and I think it's safer to go over them at about 2300 ft than risk either flight over the towns to the east or people on long finals, but they have been difficult to get clear comms with.
BW