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</head><BODY BGCOLOR="#F8F8F8" ><div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;">The locations I checked were on a highway, at highway speeds, and at ground elevation. I suspect the aircraft is being transported on the ground .. or the tracker is, anyway. Owner may not be aware it is on.<br /> -- 73 --<br /> J. Gary Bender, WS5N<br /> Fence Lake, New Mexico USA DN54rp<br /><br /></span></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;">On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:14:56 -0600, Earl Needham wrote:</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> At 12:05 PM 4/18/2008, Chuck.Gooden@comcast.net wrote:</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:maroon;">>>N4243B looks like the callsign for a plane. Check the FAA database.</SPAN></div>
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<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> It is. It's registered to a Bellanca Viking, but the</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> owner's name doesn't show up in a search at QRZ.com. Well, that's</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> going by <<a href="http://home.att.net/~bsviking/dec06.html>">http://home.att.net/~bsviking/dec06.html></a>; -- and the FAA</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> database shows the same name, so I guess it's still a puzzle, as the</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> packets from N4243B do no contain a valid amateur radio callsign.</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> BTW, the station identifying as N4243B today was only moving</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> at about 55-60 MPH. A Viking should make 150 or more.</SPAN></div>
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<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> 7 3</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> Earl</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> KD5XB -- Earl Needham</SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;">> Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk</SPAN></div>
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