Amelia Earhart project 80th anniversary flight HF Radio Flight route

In June 2017, pilot and radio amateur Brian Lloyd WB6RQN will embark to retrace the historic worldwide equatorial flight route, commemorating 80 years since Amelia Earhart’s famous attempt at circumnavigating the world in 1937. Brian’s aircraft is equipped with HF Automatic Link Establishment (HF ALE), and will be active on the radio amateur ALE channels during the flight. Amateur radio operators worldwide will be able to connect directly with Brian WB6RQN/AM Air Mobile on High Frequency SSB, ALE and AMD text messaging during the flight. The 125 Watt radio system is equipped with an under-fuselage HF antenna and SGC SG-237 antenna tuning unit.

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