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[marconi949]

Seeing that theres a lot of Ham's on the CB Radio forum :0)

Can i set up a HF radio for scanning purposes only if i dont have a Ham ticket ?

 

[ka3jjz]

Well yes, but due to the sensitivity to any typical squelch circuits to noise of any kind, 'scanning' as we understand it on the higher bands is impractical at HF. Anything that even resembles a noise burst - even from a nearby thunderstorm - would trip it.

best regards..Mike

 

[K9WG]

That being said, I set my HF to "scan" quite often. I have several frequencies programmed into memory that I will scan.

 

[Daniel_Boone]

Instead of setting the radio to scan - you might want to turn the knob manually.

The question I have for you is - which frequency are you talking about.

It doesn't make much sense to turn a radio to scan on the 160 meters - if you don't have the right kind of antenna.

My guess is that you are talking about the 2 meters - 140 mhz or the 440 mhz
Those frequencies can be listened to by anyone that has a regular old police type programmable scanner - there is nothing special to either of those frequencies.

The 6 meters - takes a much better radio - receive and a much better antenna to receive them with.

The 10 meters you can receive with a regular old Chicken Band antenna.

 

[Ohio_359]

You can receive on a piece of baling wire.

 

[Token]

Seeing that theres a lot of Ham's on the CB Radio forum :0)

Can i set up a HF radio for scanning purposes only if i dont have a Ham ticket ?

marconi949, several people have responded with the difficulties of scanning on HF. But, I am not quite sure that is your question?

Are you asking if it is OK to set up an HF receiver if you do not have a ham license? Not the facts of scanning, but rather the legality of it?

A little clarification on this point might help, your question can be interpreted a couple of ways.

T!

 

[zz0468]

Seeing that theres a lot of Ham's on the CB Radio forum :0)

Can i set up a HF radio for scanning purposes only if i dont have a Ham ticket ?

You have your location listed as "planet earth". That makes it a bit difficult to nail it down, but in the U.S. you can receive HF with no license required. I can't speak for other parts of the planet.

 

[marconi949]

marconi949, several people have responded with the difficulties of scanning on HF. But, I am not quite sure that is your question?

Are you asking if it is OK to set up an HF receiver if you do not have a ham license? Not the facts of scanning, but rather the legality of it?

A little clarification on this point might help, your question can be interpreted a couple of ways.

T!

Yes by scanning a meant turning the knob ,sorry about the confusion,Yes I meant having a HF rig
if i dont have a ham license,I would monitor the 160,80,40,20 and 10 meter band by turning the knob real slow :0)

 

[canav844]

You can do that, but most save themselves some money and get a wide band receiver, sometimes a little more sensitive to get more out of listening, and always not having to pay for all the transmit side of the radio.

 

[LtDoc]

I'm not aware of any HF frequencies that are 'restricted', that you can't listen to. Really doesn't make any difference if you happen to be licensed for some particular service or not. What you 'do' with the information you gather by doing that monitoring/scanning, and 'why', definitely does have some limitations.
- 'Doc