AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday!          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Aviators (General Discussions) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jay Honeck Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:33 am    Post subject: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! On your way to Oshkosh? Don't forget -- our "2nd Annual Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party" is being held at our aviation theme, luxury suites hotel THIS SUNDAY, July 25th! All pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to attend. Free food, beverages, and live music will be served at poolside, from noon until we run out of lies to tell each other! When you land at Iowa City (KIOW), call Unicom on 122.8 when you're ten miles out, and ask the FBO to call us. We'll come fetch you in our courtesy van, and you can enjoy a couple of hours of camaraderie at poolside -- or feel free to spend the night! (We've still got a couple of suites left for the night...) This is our way of saying "thanks" for another great year. Mary and I are looking forward to seeing you there! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Back to top Jim Weir Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:02 am    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Now, you are going to get a couple of packages in the next few days. They will extend the range of your base station handsets out to a hundred miles or so. Please listen for us on 122.75 before we get CLOSE to IOW. Jim "Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) NOSPAMmchsi (DOT) com> shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -> ->When you land at Iowa City (KIOW), call Unicom on 122.8 when you're ten ->miles out Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com [email]jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com[/email] Back to top G. Burkhart Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Quote: Now, you are going to get a couple of packages in the next few days. They will extend the range of your base station handsets out to a hundred miles or so. Please listen for us on 122.75 before we get CLOSE to IOW. Calling Jay 100 miles out? That would give Jay a 1.5 hour warning from me. ;-) Back to top john smith Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Jim Weir wrote: Quote: Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Now, you are going to get a couple of packages in the next few days. They will extend the range of your base station handsets out to a hundred miles or so. Please listen for us on 122.75 before we get CLOSE to IOW. UhOh! It sounds like Jay may have a amplifier to hook up with the antenna! Back to top Jim Weir Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Yeah. It's called a decent antenna. Did you realize but for horizon effect and lousy antennas that a 1 watt transmitter on one end and a 1 microvolt receiver on the other end has a range of over a thousand miles? Jim john smith <jsmith (AT) net (DOT) net> shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: ->Jim Weir wrote: ->> Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten ->> miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? ->> Now, you are going to get a couple of packages in the next few days. They will ->> extend the range of your base station handsets out to a hundred miles or so. ->> Please listen for us on 122.75 before we get CLOSE to IOW. -> ->UhOh! It sounds like Jay may have a amplifier to hook up with the antenna! Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com [email]jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com[/email] Back to top Jay Honeck Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Quote: Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Taxiing around here really sucks... ;-) Quote: Now, you are going to get a couple of packages in the next few days. They will extend the range of your base station handsets out to a hundred miles or so. Crikey! 100 miles? Remind me not to tune it to 122.8... ;-) Quote: Please listen for us on 122.75 before we get CLOSE to IOW. Roger that... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Back to top john smith Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Jim Weir wrote: Quote: Yeah. It's called a decent antenna. Did you realize but for horizon effect and lousy antennas that a 1 watt transmitter on one end and a 1 microvolt receiver on the other end has a range of over a thousand miles? (Sound of Dope Slap) Duh! I was thinking transmitter range. Back to top Russell Kent Guest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) NOSPAMmchsi (DOT) com> wrote Jim Weir asked: Quote: Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Jay Honeck retorted: Quote: Taxiing around here really sucks... Two words: land long :-) I would imagine that LAHSO is a tremendously popular program, too. :-) Russell Kent Back to top Roger Halstead Guest Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:24 am    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:40:23 -0700, Jim Weir <jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Yeah. It's called a decent antenna. Did you realize but for horizon effect and lousy antennas that a 1 watt transmitter on one end and a 1 microvolt receiver on the other end has a range of over a thousand miles? Yup. Wayyyy back when W5LFL was on board one of the early space shuttle missions he was using an HT on FM with the antenna taped in the window. He was still good copy in Michigan (on my 2-meter mobile rig) as he was going out over the Gulf of Mexico. I think that was a bit past line of sight even at their altitude. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com <snip> Back to top Paul Sengupta Guest Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:52 am    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! "Jim Weir" <jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Yeah. It's called a decent antenna. Did you realize but for horizon effect and lousy antennas that a 1 watt transmitter on one end and a 1 microvolt receiver on the other end has a range of over a thousand miles? With just a rubber duck antenna, I once talked to someone in Germany through a repeater in Belgium from London on my 2m band (144-146MHz) handheld switched down to 150mW. There was some good ducting that day. Paul Back to top Malcolm Teas Guest Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Jim Weir <jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Forget the runways, think about the size of the pool. A fly in pool sounds pretty big to me. Shame I can't attend, I've only got a SEL rating, not a SES rating. <grin> -Malcolm Back to top Dave Butler Guest Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! Malcolm Teas wrote: Quote: Jim Weir <jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com> wrote Jay, I gotta question. When we land at Iowa City, how can we call unicom ten miles out? We've already landed. Or do you have 53,000 foot long runways? Forget the runways, think about the size of the pool. A fly in pool sounds pretty big to me. Shame I can't attend, I've only got a SEL rating, not a SES rating. I was wondering how the fly got in the pool, and why that was cause for celebration. Man, they'll take any excuse for a party in Iowa. :-) DGB Back to top Jim Weir Guest Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Fly In Pool Party THIS Sunday! I was talking about a setup with standard dipoles (2.14 dBi) at each end. The actual number is 1304.5 miles. Jim [email]bonomi (AT) host122 (DOT) r-bonomi.com[/email] (Robert Bonomi) shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: ->In article <eg3tf0pnehc9ltojstoa2foe20432s48e9 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, ->Jim Weir <jim (AT) rst-engr (DOT) com> wrote: ->>Yeah. It's called a decent antenna. Did you realize but for horizon effect and ->>lousy antennas that a 1 watt transmitter on one end and a 1 microvolt receiver ->>on the other end has a range of over a thousand miles? -> ->WAY over a thousand miles. I know a ham operator that used to work VHF ->_moonbounce_ using a transceiver powered by a 9v transistor-radio battery. ->I think he had 85 milliwatts RF-out at the antenna jack. -> ->The fact that he was using a 20' (solid, not mesh) parabolic dish for an ->antenna had a _lot_ to do with it working. *grin* -> Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. 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