Re: King 5 has a 2nd copter

Posted by zach on September 27, 2000 at 15:16:59:

In Reply to: Re: King 5 has a 2nd copter posted by TVguy on September 26, 2000 at 18:59:08:

Ya know... I had a feeling that neither 710KIRO nor KING/5 had new choppers. That sure explains that... I believe the ATC callsign for this helo is "Metro 2", FYI.

zach

: KING's 2nd chopper is actually the same Metro chopper doing KIRO710's reports it's a combo radio/TV ship that belongs to Metro traffic (and actually they lease it from an aviation firm)... The radio reporter sits up front, the TV reporter sits in back --

: The radio guy uses the VHF KIRO710 radio for reports, the TV reporter's audio/video go via 2Ghz microwave to one of several KING microwave receive sites. Coord and cues get to the chopper via the usual KING UHF radio freqs.

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: : the 2nd copter is dedicated to the morning commute sais the advertisment.. are they sharing freq?? or did anyone spot them on new freqs?

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: Ya know... I had a feeling that neither 710KIRO nor KING/5 had new choppers. That sure explains that... I believe the ATC callsign for this helo is "Metro 2", FYI. : zach : : KING's 2nd chopper is actually the same Metro chopper doing KIRO710's reports it's a combo radio/TV ship that belongs to Metro traffic (and actually they lease it from an aviation firm)... The radio reporter sits up front, the TV reporter sits in back -- : : The radio guy uses the VHF KIRO710 radio for reports, the TV reporter's audio/video go via 2Ghz microwave to one of several KING microwave receive sites. Coord and cues get to the chopper via the usual KING UHF radio freqs. : : : : : the 2nd copter is dedicated to the morning commute sais the advertisment.. are they sharing freq?? or did anyone spot them on new freqs?

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