Last Thursday night (25th February 2016) I was having a chat on 40m with 2 friends, Rob VK4FFAB and Marshall VK3MRG, when we were called by Tim VK5ML who was aeronautical mobile on his way to Sydney in a British Aerospace 146 cargo aircraft, VH-NJM.
I jumped on to Flight Radar 24 and was able to view Tim’s exact location, which was eastbound, approaching the Kanangra-Boyd National Park in New South Wales. Tim was at 17,400 feet.
Tim had a beautiful 5/9 signal into my shack. After concluding our QSO, I continued to track Tim until he landed at Sydney Airport.
Here is some video of Tim chatting to Marshall……
Cool!
Hi Andrew,
I’ve worked Tim a few times before whilst he has been a/m and it’s always interesting to jump on to Flight Radar and see where he is. The other amateur who is active as a/m is Jerry PH9HB. I’ve spoken with Jerry quite a few times whilst he’s been in a 737 somewhere over Europe.
https://vk5pas.org/2015/09/29/aeronautical-mobile-in-the-log-again/
Cheers,
Paul,
VK5PAS.
Great video, great audio. A good contact for A/M.