ORIGINAL: echostud
My understanding is that these guys specifically DON'T want to fly at our club...the old story about not wanting to be part of an organized club and having to pay dues. However they are on county property; the guy from the county really perked his ears up when I talked to him about the liability issue; we are able to cover liability to the county as the landowner whereas rogues can't offer that up. If these guys were outside 3 miles I wouldn't be so hot on the issue, as well as the fact that numerous flyers at our club say they have suffered radio interference, but yesterday it happened to me, and I lost a brand new plane. As noted, I'll probably start switching over to 2.4, but these guys flying within 3 miles and darn well know we're there just really torques me the wrong way.
Thanks for the replies.
If you are an AMA member, then you are in violation of the Safety Code if you fly while knowing those persons are possibly flying less than the 3 mile distance. The Safety Code is an AMA thing and non-AMA members can very well ignore it.
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AMA Safety Code, RC #6:
"6.
I will not knowingly operate my model aircraft within three (3) miles of any preexisting flying site without a frequency-management agreement. A frequencymanagement agreement may be an allocation of frequencies for each site, a day-use agreement between sites, or testing which determines that no interference exists. A frequency-management agreement may exist between two or more AMA chartered clubs, AMA clubs and individual AMA members, or individual AMAmembers. Frequency-management agreements, including an interference test report if the agreement indicates no interference exists, will be signed by all parties and copies provided to AMA Headquarters.
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If you know of their place prior to turning on your transmitter, then their site is "preexisting" in the real world.
Another "Sounds Good Rule" that punishes only those that it is supposed to help. [sm=angry_smile.gif]