Split off from the microlight crash. I've started this if only because of FBW comments;
GASAX
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I don't know what the plan was that these guys had. But there is no way they could raise Scottish unless they were at at least 5000ft in that area. Anything less and it is pretty spotty. And that is the case all the way until you get pretty near the coast on the other side. There are areas where it works at something around the height of the tops plus 1000 and there are areas it doesn't.
GASAX....You often make some very negative and false claims on this forum about Scottish Info....having been doing the job for the past 16 years I know every place that I will expect to lose contact with aircraft I am talking to....coverage is pretty good above 3000ft in most place's but bear in mind VHF is indeed line of sight so yes we can not expect total coverage from my 3 aerial site's that I am able to use.
So I'm saying that if you want to talk to Scottish from east to west be at 5000. FBW says its pretty good at 3000 in most places.
My personal experience is that I can hear the aircraft talking to Scottish as I cross the Cairngorm massive and the higher ground to the south (like Ben More) if at 5000. At 4000 most of the time. At less than that it is pretty spotty. When you are around the Glencoe area it is reasonably good
Now I would refute that this is
very negative and false - because it is my experience so is there some information which you can give us FBW? As I posted on that thread I think that Scottish actually make a Basic service useful at least in terms of SAR. So where is the coverage 'pretty good' and where is is not?