11-18-2007, 05:17 AM
Two quick questions.
* is it legal to listen in on the helicopter radio to tower frequency? The private plane & copter rides I've been in always ID every transmission with their call numbers. If you could listen in, you may be able to figure out the number + location to ID the birds over you home.
* Do the helis transpond their ID and location to dispatch via a GPS or something? I could have sworn that our Kona copter pilot said that dispatch 'knew' where he was at all times from something transponding from the copter. This could be a complete fabrication of my brain... I was so excited at the time and it was so loud that I may have heard/understood wrong. If this really is true, can anyone pick up that signal (legally)?
Just trying to figure out an easier way to ID which birds are flying over your heads. It sounds like Video is needed as proof, but thought I'd offer this up anyway.
* is it legal to listen in on the helicopter radio to tower frequency? The private plane & copter rides I've been in always ID every transmission with their call numbers. If you could listen in, you may be able to figure out the number + location to ID the birds over you home.
* Do the helis transpond their ID and location to dispatch via a GPS or something? I could have sworn that our Kona copter pilot said that dispatch 'knew' where he was at all times from something transponding from the copter. This could be a complete fabrication of my brain... I was so excited at the time and it was so loud that I may have heard/understood wrong. If this really is true, can anyone pick up that signal (legally)?
Just trying to figure out an easier way to ID which birds are flying over your heads. It sounds like Video is needed as proof, but thought I'd offer this up anyway.
* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *