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jarred_01 Captain
Joined: Aug 29, 2005 Posts: 938 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:02 am

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 🙂

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Greekman72 Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 5418 Location: Hellas
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:54 am

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

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Ed Reagle (edr1073) First Officer
Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia
Answered
Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:07 pm

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,

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
Answered
Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:44 pm

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

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

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

Radar

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jarred_01 Captain
Joined: Aug 29, 2005 Posts: 938 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:27 pm

Thanks for the info guys,

I will keep considering.

Thanks again,
Jarred 🙂

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