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Oh Kay Then...... Back to topic,
Overheard on 124.3 (Auckland Control) today someone requesting own sep through the training area. They then requested the training area frequency from the controller, to which he replied "..........Standby........"
After a short pause he asked a parachuting aircraft out of Mercer what the frequency was, 118.1 was the response (this is the Ardmore traffic frequency). Clearly 118.1 is not to be used except when operating in, entering, or exiting the Ardmore MBZ, and as 6080ft has stated, Mercer is also enclosed by its own MBZ. So what's the story? As I asked previously - Is there a discrete frequency used for comms in the training area? It seems to me, the answer is NO, and this is plain balmy! Particularly in the Pokeno paddocks area.
Overheard on 124.3 (Auckland Control) today someone requesting own sep through the training area. They then requested the training area frequency from the controller, to which he replied "..........Standby........"
After a short pause he asked a parachuting aircraft out of Mercer what the frequency was, 118.1 was the response (this is the Ardmore traffic frequency). Clearly 118.1 is not to be used except when operating in, entering, or exiting the Ardmore MBZ, and as 6080ft has stated, Mercer is also enclosed by its own MBZ. So what's the story? As I asked previously - Is there a discrete frequency used for comms in the training area? It seems to me, the answer is NO, and this is plain balmy! Particularly in the Pokeno paddocks area.
