I have sent off my message to the CAA asking for a dedicated chat frequency but
as a short term solution to the problem perhaps I could suggest the following:
With a little bit of common sense I guess we could get away with using
one
of the gliding frequencies. 130.1 and 130.125 are used almost entirely for
gliding chat, with typical messages of 'Where have you got to,Jim?' or 'I've
found
a cracking thermal over Moreton in the Marsh'.Occasionally one or other
frequency
will be used more professionally to control a competition, but this should
be obvious on listening in and the other frequency could be selected. If
only the last two letters of the call sign are used our radio traffic should
be indistinguishable from glider chat and not cause any problem. David Joyce
G-XSDJ
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