> Do balloon pilots use an aircraft band radio frequency to communicate
> with their ground crews? If so, what frequency is used, and how does
> the ground crew identify itself? I would expect the FCC to require
> that some type of "station ID" be used by this "station".

> kellyz gmail.com> wrote:

>> Do balloon pilots use an aircraft band radio frequency to communicate
>> with their ground crews? If so, what frequency is used, and how does
>> the ground crew identify itself? I would expect the FCC to require
>> that some type of "station ID" be used by this "station".

>
> The answer for balloon flight in the U.S. is in the FAA "Balloon Flying
> Handbook" which may be downloaded for free as an Adobe PDF document from
> this site:
>
> http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/Balloon%%20Flying%%20...
>
> Here are what appear to be the relevant FCC web pages describing the
> rules for ground personnel and the page pilots:
>
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=operations&id=aircraft...
>
> http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/rp.html
> ...