[FedCom] "On Scene" Barnes MAP/ANGB

[ken windyka]

Hello Paul & the Group:

Well Barnes MAP/ANGB is a controlled airport.  I was parked with 150 feet
of the tower.  I was not in the "stealth" mode, in fact I took the
magnamount monitor antenna out of the trunk & placed it right on the roof
when I got there.  The local PD came by once & didn't even slow down.
Perhaps there's more emphasis on this new law at passenger type airports.
I didn't see any signs that indicated this was against the law.  Of course
there is a chain link fence to the flightline area with appropriate warning
signs about only authorized personnel, etc....  BTW I also had binoculars
and looked directly at the control tower!!!!

Ken

  


At 07:30 PM 4/22/02 -0400, "Paul Cobb" <pcobb@bellsouth.net>
you wrote:
>Afternoon Gents:
>A word of caution from the south.
>Two different friends were monitoring at Peachtree-DeKalb & Hartsfield
>Int'l. They were approached by the
>local airport police unit. They were asked for ID and told that the FAA has
>asked that NO ONE monitor aircraft activity at airports. A call to the FAA
>PIO stated that there is a NEW provision in the Terriorist Controls to
>prohibit monitoring of aircraft AND other critical radio
>activities at ALL CONTROLLED airports.