airband radio

So how will a airband radio pick up the jet flying outside my window?

and is the range good|?

A good one is anything between £40 and £140....it will pick up the aircraft outside your window....but usually only what the pilot is saying.....I used to be able to pick up an airport from about 30 miles away, but usually the signal is line of sight, so the signal from the air traffic control is better from the top of a mountain than in a valley.....but the lower price band would still get you a good receiver.

2008-06-08 12:58:39 by HawaiiFishCave

my dad getting mad at his airband radio

Does anyone else have a scanner/airband radio?

Thanks
Also could someone give me a link to a good uk radio site?
Also could someone give me a link to a good uk radio site?

Its legal......I used to have a scanner, but not any more....

2008-06-08 12:27:31 by HawaiiFishCave

Price: $160.00

SYNC detector for AM with selectable sideband reduces adjacent channel interference and fading distortion at night
Includes stereo earphone, wire antenna, and carrying pouch
Built In Dc 5v USB Jack, Earphone Jack, FM SW Antenna Jack, Built-In Charging System To Charge the supplied Ni-Mh Rechargeable batteries
Dual Conversion, AM, SW-SSB, AIR Band reception
Convenient rotary dial or Auto Tuning Storage Function (ATS) For FM, MW, LW SW Band; six tuning modes in all

I live aprox 2 miles away from heathrow control tower and wanted to know would this product be able to connect and listen to live air traffic control ?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabI D=1&ModuleNo=46459&doy=8m5

Thanks

It should work fine. The air band it has listed is the standard for aircraft. You should be able to find out which channels Heathrow uses, they won't use all of them, and scan only those frequencies.

Also, the airlines will have their own frequencies that the pilots use to talk to their people at the gates, etc., to let them know exactly when to expect them. You may be interested in these channels as well.

The only thing that puzzles me about this scanner is what they list as: UHF - 88-108MHz. This is in the VHF section of the spectrum, not UHF. In the US, it's the area where all the commercial FM broadcast stations are located. But that doesn't affect the air channels.

2007-05-08 08:15:54 by demonsiege101

Price: $249.00 $182.00

Rugged Submersible , NOAA Weather Alert!
250 mem channels, VOX Operation, Loud Audio More!
Backlit Keypad Display!
One Touch Emergency Frequency ( 121.50Mhz) Access!
8 Char AlphaNumeric Display!

It's not hard...just search Google or something for frequencies in your area and tune them in on the scanner. A complete idiot could do it without trouble.

2008-06-08 13:25:52 by HawaiiFishCave

These airband radios dont connect to the police to they? because ive read that that is illegal?

Im only intrested in listening to atc and jets above me?

Thanks

It is illegal to listen into Police Broadcasts in UK, but most of them are now encrypted anyway.....if you go on-line there are loads to choose from, but you want a good multi channel one.

2008-06-07 01:45:58 by HawaiiFishCave