Now those would be some interesting conversations! I see those guys flying every weekend and sometimes during the week not far from home. Could very easily sit in the backyard and watch those guys, would love to know what they are saying!
But it is really rare for pilots to use this frequency in Australia, as most airports are either very quiet or have ATC.
These frequencies are mainly used in the USA for pilots to self organise themselves and avoid (mostly) a mid air collision
123.45 is recognised by Airservices Australia as the air-to-air frequency. In my experience you need to listen to it exclusively for a while to pick anything up - transmissions are often short so if you're scanning 123.45 along with a lot of other aviation frequencies there's a good change you'll miss hearing it in use.
Steve wrote:123.45 is recognised by Airservices Australia as the air-to-air frequency. In my experience you need to listen to it exclusively for a while to pick anything up - transmissions are often short so if you're scanning 123.45 along with a lot of other aviation frequencies there's a good change you'll miss hearing it in use.
Agreed on 123.450 also they used to use certain frequencies for air to air in they were above or below a certain height 126.350 was one of them and i can't remember the other, i have heard those paragliders on 126.350 in the past as they go up and down the coast line between Bunbury and Mandurah.
Edit : The other one from memory was 124.350
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