OBSERVER WATCHES AS 2 ACFT AT NON TWR ARPT LAND DOWNWIND; FORCING ACFT LNDG CORRECTLY TO MAKE A GAR. FREQ PROB MAY BE AN ASPECT.

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WIND W 12-15 KTS; SKY CLR; 3 ACFT LNDG AT OH09 GRASS RWY 1800 FT LONG; RWY 9/27. #1 SMA X LNDG E; #2 SMA Y LNDG W. #2 ACFT ENTERED L DOWNWIND FOR NORMAL APCH. #1 ACFT ENTERED A MODIFIED R BASE AND LANDED E FORCING #2 ACFT TO GAR. #2 ACFT REENTERED PATTERN AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG. ENTERS #3 ACFT SMA Z. #3 ACFT MAKES A MODIFIED R BASE LOW AND DOWNWIND. #2 ACFT IS ON THE LNDG ROLL AND TOTALLY COMMITTED SO #3 ACFT MADE A GAR; REENTERED AND LANDED W. WIND SOCK CLRLY IS OUT FULL AND INDICATING A W WIND. TREES AND WATER INDICATIONS THE SAME INDICATION. RADIO FREQ IS A MAJOR PROB WITH SEVERAL ARPTS WITHIN A 5 MI RADIUS; OH09 IS 122.9. OTHERS USE 123.0 AND 122.8. A COMMON FREQ 123.05 WOULD HELP SINCE THE COMMERCIAL CARRIER OPERATES IN AND OUT OF ARPTS WITHIN 2-3 MI OF EACH OTHER AND CHANGING FREQS THAT QUICK IS A PROB. MANY OF US MONITOR BOTH FREQS BUT THE NOISE IS A PROB. I HAVE CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE COMMERCIAL OP AND HE WILL INSTRUCT HIS PLTS IN THE NEED TO LAND INTO THE WIND. THE PLT OF ACFT #3 HAS A HABIT OF DOING THIS TYPE OF OP. AS A PROFESSIONAL CAPT FOR A MAJOR CORPORATION FOR 28 YRS; I TRUST MY COMMENTS TO THE INVOLVED PLTS WILL DO SOME GOOD. I ALSO WISH YOUR OFFICE COULD PUT SOME PRESSURE ON FCC AND THE PORT AUTHORITY OPERATING THE ISLAND ARPTS TO CHANGE TO A COMMON FREQ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE WAS AN OBSERVER ON THE GND WHILE THIS SCENARIO WAS TAKING PLACE. WHAT BOTHERS HIM IS IT HAPPENS ALL TOO OFTEN. THIS IS AN ISLAND ARPT; PRIVATELY OWNED BUT DOES HAVE A COMMERCIAL CHARTER OP. THE MGR OF THE OP HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND HIS PLTS NOW USE THE STANDARD; ACCEPTED UNCTLED ARPT PATTERN. IN DESCRIBED INCIDENT; THE #2 ACFT HAD OVERFLOWN THE ARPT AND MADE THE PROPER PATTERN; LNDG IN PROPER DIRECTION. #3 ACFT WAS PLTED BY A PLT WHO USES HIS ACFT TO COMMUTE TO WORK AND SEEMS TO DO WHATEVER IS CONVENIENT TO COME AND GO. MANY PLTS FLY FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER AND RPTR FEELS THE COMMON FREQ WOULD HELP GREATLY WITH THE PARTY LINE ASPECT AND ELIMINATE THE FAST FREQ CHANGE.