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Phil Kane · March 15th 08, 03:51 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:50 EDT, wrote:

A balloon is an aircraft so that makes it illegal to transmit.
No transmitting equipment may be operated from an aircraft other than
type approved aviation band equipment under the control of the commander.

This may be the case in the UK - I'm not up to speed on that, though -
but as far as US-registered aircraft is concerned, non-aviation radio
equipment, such as amateur radio, common-carrier radio, private mobile
("two-way") radio, and broadcast auxiliary radio is installed and
operated routinely by persons other than the aircraft commander, as
long as the station is authorized either by specific license or by
blanket authorization.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net