mikegreen
Pre-takeoff checklist
Howdy friday afternoon folks,
So in most of training, I didn't go very far.. and when I did, it wasnt under flight following. Now that I am flying around Chicago and ANG bases and such, I use it 100% when I can.
Often, when I leave Grissom ARB's airspace and passed to Chicago Center, I'll hang out with them on the handoff freq, then CC will say "Slow-ass-rental-plane, switch to my frequency 132.xx". He or she will generally give this to a few aircraft around the same time.
Two questions:
1 - What is happening here? Am I moving too far from a physical radio tower?
B - What do I say? I have been switching and saying "Crappy-rental-radio-plan, 132.10, hi" and that seems to work. I still talk to the same person.
Thanks,
Mike
So in most of training, I didn't go very far.. and when I did, it wasnt under flight following. Now that I am flying around Chicago and ANG bases and such, I use it 100% when I can.
Often, when I leave Grissom ARB's airspace and passed to Chicago Center, I'll hang out with them on the handoff freq, then CC will say "Slow-ass-rental-plane, switch to my frequency 132.xx". He or she will generally give this to a few aircraft around the same time.
Two questions:
1 - What is happening here? Am I moving too far from a physical radio tower?
B - What do I say? I have been switching and saying "Crappy-rental-radio-plan, 132.10, hi" and that seems to work. I still talk to the same person.
Thanks,
Mike