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Old 20th Feb 2017, 21:42
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PersonFromPorlock
 
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It beggars my mind that civil aviation radios don't monitor guard channel regardless of what their working frequency is. USAF radios have had this feature for fifty years or more.

They also have a switch to silence the monitor's output because not everyone has perfect comm discipline.
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