Manchester Frequency Change
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Manchester Frequency Change
Approach (currently 119.4) becomes 119.625 and
Tower (currently 119.625) becomes 119.4
Presumably this is fairly easy to achieve technically, as I suspect the aerials are on the same site.
My question is though -- why?
Chiglet, Cossack, etc - any ideas? I feel a story for my site coming on.
Thanks
Tower (currently 119.625) becomes 119.4
Presumably this is fairly easy to achieve technically, as I suspect the aerials are on the same site.
My question is though -- why?
Chiglet, Cossack, etc - any ideas? I feel a story for my site coming on.
Thanks
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To correct you slightly:
119.52 changes to 119.4 and vice versa.
Its to do with a little (political) problem we have using 119.4 as an approach frequency when a little airport in Kent is using it too. Its us that must change to reduce the area of coverage of 119.4, but I forget the precise reason why!
I'm sure niteflite01 has the inside track on this one but just isn't up yet!
119.52 changes to 119.4 and vice versa.
Its to do with a little (political) problem we have using 119.4 as an approach frequency when a little airport in Kent is using it too. Its us that must change to reduce the area of coverage of 119.4, but I forget the precise reason why!
I'm sure niteflite01 has the inside track on this one but just isn't up yet!
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Thanks Cossack ---- just checking you were all awake!!
Seriously though, I must have been half asleep when I read the 17 April changes and made the rash assumption that Tower and Approach swapping implied 118.62 - and then got it all completely wrong anyway......
Thanks again.
Seriously though, I must have been half asleep when I read the 17 April changes and made the rash assumption that Tower and Approach swapping implied 118.62 - and then got it all completely wrong anyway......
Thanks again.
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I was up - maybe I was working 
Anyhow, my excellent colleague cossack is entirely correct as usual.
119.4MHz is also used by a little grass airfield in Kent called Maypole ( http://www.maypoleairfield.com/ ).
As Approach (South) on 119.4MHz exceeded the Designated Operational Coverage (DOC) for that frequency, as set out by the CAA / NATS bods, we at EGCC had to be the ones to change.
Who says the little guys never win?
I hope it doesn't cause too much confusion with over eager crews pre-empting any frequency change with the old allocation - I'm pretty sure it won't
Anyhow, my excellent colleague cossack is entirely correct as usual.
119.4MHz is also used by a little grass airfield in Kent called Maypole ( http://www.maypoleairfield.com/ ).
As Approach (South) on 119.4MHz exceeded the Designated Operational Coverage (DOC) for that frequency, as set out by the CAA / NATS bods, we at EGCC had to be the ones to change.
Who says the little guys never win?
I hope it doesn't cause too much confusion with over eager crews pre-empting any frequency change with the old allocation - I'm pretty sure it won't
