Radio Scanner

Hi there,

I am looking to getting into airband scanning, I was wondering if anyone here has a scanner, or knows much about them.

My local airport is about 20 km (12 miles) from my house, that is by road, not sure about distance in a straight line though.

Would you have to have quite a powerful scanner to pick up these frequencies?

I am not sure if I would require a desktop scanner.

Thanks,
Jarred

I hope these helps you

They are the bests:

http://www.universal-radio.com/

Suggested models:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners.html

Also check this specific model:

http://www.transair.co.uk/product4.asp?SID=2&Product_ID=4099

jarred_01,

I bought a Radio Shack programmable scanner about 10 years ago for $299.00. It has the capability to scan 100s of channels and works great with the antenna that came with it, a short runnerized one. Of course the ones made today probably have more capabilities than the one that I bought. But one thing you will need to ahve are the frequesncies for what you want to scan. If you have a Radio Shack in New Zealand they have the frequencies there. I hope that this has helped you.

Regards,

We had a discussion a while back about them, take a look at these.

http://www.liveatc.net/forum/

http://flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/7304/listen-in-to-atc/

Thanks for the info guys,

I will keep considering.

Thanks again,
Jarred