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  • Airband radio recievers

    Hi. Soon I should be recieving a radio reciever. It is the Maycom AR-108. Do any of you have one? Tell us about yours and which frequencies do you use most of which airport.

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      I just got Sporty's SP-125. It's a decent transciever...wish it would pick up signals better though from my house (a few miles from the nearest airport).
      Click below.

      [http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=3669]

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      • #4
        My local airport is Manchester (EGCC,MAN) and I live 23 miles away with my radio on my window-sill and I can hear almost every transmission from there

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        • #5
          777 captain. i think we caught up in my scanner topic in the off topic section. I am waiting to get my Maycom AR-108 that ive also orded. Its new years day so i dont think couriers are working. Because it is due in about today, and if not defiently tomorrow

          cant wait

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          • #6
            is there any way to listen to the atc- pilot convo's or is that illegal ?
            you might be an island hopper pilot if:

            1. Turning on the airconditioning involves opening the cockpit window

            2. The cabin door is in need of ductape

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            • #7
              Originally posted by nox
              is there any way to listen to the atc- pilot convo's or is that illegal ?
              That is what an "airband receiver" is, it receives all transmissions on the frequency range that aircraft and ATC use.

              Transmitting is illegal. That would involve using a transceiver instead of just a receiver. They can actually be bought at pilot stores and over the internet for several hundred dollars.

              In some European countries, I think that the receivers may actually be illegal too. I think this was from previous interference..

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              • #8
                In the UK listening to airband communications without a licence, or the authorisation to do so directly contravenes the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, so yes you are breaking the law in the UK, though it is rarely enforced.

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