[aprssig] N4243B

[KB5ILY - Travis W. Burton]

The guy has been on the Arkansas map on and off since around Christmas. 
The general thought around the state is that he just got a number off a 
plane at the Fort Smith airport, as that seems to be his home area.

Travis KB5ILY

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Earl Needham wrote:

> At 12:05 PM 4/18/2008, Chuck.Gooden at comcast.net wrote:
>> N4243B looks like  the callsign for a plane.  Check the FAA database.
>
>        It is.  It's registered to a Bellanca Viking, but the owner's name 
> doesn't show up in a search at QRZ.com.  Well, that's going by 
> <http://home.att.net/~bsviking/dec06.html> -- and the FAA database shows the 
> same name, so I guess it's still a puzzle, as the packets from N4243B do no 
> contain a valid amateur radio callsign.
>
>        BTW, the station identifying as N4243B today was only moving at about 
> 55-60 MPH.  A Viking should make 150 or more.
>
>        7 3
>        Earl
>
> KD5XB -- Earl Needham
> Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
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> Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT
>
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