Stickbuilder
Hey Hot Shot,
For someone who has been flying since April of this year, you sure are full of advice. You seem to have all the answers, but I'll bet you haven't heard half of the questions. I would suggest that you get a little time in grade before you start trying to make the rules.
Or is this something that your pal Mark has told you to say? Keep on trying to earn your check. You'll get there.
Bill, AMA 4720
It's nice that this thread has not devolved into name calling and off topic cheap shots. [:'(]
ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
Lets see where the root of the recurring problem is:
Long time established club. Years of sweat and money invested in a flying site.
interference with our established site
Theres the problem: Folks think that they are 'established' which make them exempt from Fed freq use rules.
It dont.
Anytime you need to use the term Established when talking about public freq rights, you just lost the arguement. The Fed says there is no establishing reserved use of the freqs, its anyone anytime as long as you dont interfere witha freq
in use.... the instant the club switches off their tx the freq is not in use by them and they have to not interfere with anyone else using it. This has absoluely nothing to do with AMA, it is the Fed, and they dont make exemptions for ama clubs. If you dont want the hassle of having to not interfere with others using the free public use freqs, then dont use them.
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I can't speak for others but at least as it pertains to the post which you have quoted I was not using "established" in the context of frequencies but rather use of county/park land. One has nothing to do with the other.
LCS
The best course of action would be to impress on the county officials the club's superior rights, as the preexisting entity, to the frequencies we use by pointing out the dangers and liabilities of allowing others to use the same channels. Once the county is made aware of the dangers of potential frequency conflicts it should not be a problem for them to minimize their liabilities and make needed changes. I am sure the county can come up with a sure-fire plan that will guarantee that no further problems exists.
Exactly. In this case they are the only controlling authority. They, and they alone, have the power to fix the problem whether by removing the rogue "site" (park area set aside for boat docks/launching) or by a set of restrictions.