BOEING 767 on 20 metres- Video

[ec1ame]

Hi
this week I made a very unusual QSO on 20 metres while most europeans were sleeping...02.34z

See the video


YouTube - QSO with WQ3W-aeronautical Mobile

AWESOME!!!!

thanks Ron for a QSO to remember


EC1AME
Fer
SPAIN

 

[kd-5-bgt]

Wow!! great contact !! That is one to remember

 

[TonyV225]

That is a really cool QSO and on 20 meters!! Ide love it. shoot me a PM of where you usually sit and Ill tune to that frequency ill send you my callsign

 

[kazz330]

awesome QSO! I love the fact that the pilot does the "ahhhhhh" like they do when they talk to the cabin lol

 

[Sonwatcher]

That's pretty cool ! I talked to a guy in his private plane on 11m about 5 or 6 years ago while he was going over the PA border into Ohio. Great contact you made there !

 

[GLR]

That's pretty cool ! I talked to a guy in his private plane on 11m about 5 or 6 years ago while he was going over the PA border into Ohio. Great contact you made there !

Did he give any explanation as to the type of equipment he was using?

 

[Hutch]

Boeing 767's usually have Rockwell-Collins HFS-700 or HFS-900.

 

[Sonwatcher]

Did he give any explanation as to the type of equipment he was using?

I don't remember if he said what radio he was on. I do remember him talking about a wire for an antenna.

 

[Hutch]

HF antenna is the leading edge of the vertical stabilzer, there is an coupler (tuner) that matches the impedance when the frequency is changed. The radio is in the electrical bay and there is a radio tuning panel RTP (what we would call a remote head) The radios usually run about 400 Watts PEP. The radios are usually Rockwell Collins or Rhodes-Schwartz Honeywell, with Rockwell Collins being the most popular.

 

[GLR]

Good info. I was aware of HF radio use but the 11 meter contact with a private aircraft fascinates me.

If anyone has any more information on private aircraft running 11 meter equipment please share. Thanks

 

[Sonwatcher]

Here is the thread from when I talked to him. It was 2005. Stonecrusher ( CDX-4540 ) was listening. I'll have to ask him next time I talk to him if he remembers if the guy said what radio he was using.

http://www.worldwidedx.com/dx-contacts/21491-eye-sky.html

 

[GLR]

thanks, would like to try it sometime if not too much trouble

 

[KingCobra_CDX882]

Now that...was a Great Contact..
Even i never made that type of contact...

SWEET ! ! !