This flight took us over Mount St. Helens to test the recently installed 2 meter FM radio (ICOM IC-2300) using the simplex national call frequency (146.520) to determine radio coverage and activity level on the 2 meter amateur radio band. I was astonished at the incredible responses to my call as a "pile-up" quickly formed around the call frequency. I truly was an amazing experience to see the snow covered volcano from 9,000 feet in the air while having radio conversations with my ham radio friends on the ground. NOTE: Some QSOs are truncated due to audio editing. However, each QSO contains enough audio to clearly identify the calling station.
Air mobile is fun. I have HF and VHF/UHF equipment in every airplane that I have owned, for the past 40 years.
That’s awesome. Just getting my feet wet in air ham after 21 years of flying and enjoying the heck out of it.
