Re: Air-to-ground radio frequency and station ID

On Jun 4, 7:02 pm, Jim Logajan <Jam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> kellyz <n84...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Do balloon pilots use an aircraft band radio frequency to communicate
> > with their ground crews?  If so, what frequency is used, and how does
> > the ground crew identify itself?  I would expect the FCC to require
> > that some type of "station ID" be used by this "station".
>
> The answer for balloon flight in the U.S. is in the FAA "Balloon Flying
> Handbook" which may be downloaded for free as an Adobe PDF do***ent from
> this site:
>
> http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/Balloon%20Flying%20...
>
> Here are what appear to be the relevant FCC web pages describing the
> rules for ground personnel and the page pilots:
>
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=operations&id=aircraft...
>
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/rp.html
>
> Hope this helps.

Yes, thanks Jim.  I found the info in the Balloon flying manual.