I am planning on a Caribbean cruise at the end of March. I will probably bring along a radio to monitor marine radio and shipboard DMR traffic. Would it be worthwhile to try and listen to VHF-AM aviation traffic while at sea or will I not hear much being so far away from the mainland?
I don't typically monitor the aviation frequencies, so I am just assuming that I might hear some aircraft to tower communications for aircraft taking off and landing at island airports. With regards to aircraft in flight over the Caribbean sea, would that be a minimum of traffic?
Also, would it be worthwhile to scan the UHF-AM band from 225-400 MHz from time to time? I assume that there might be a bit of military aircraft communications traffic, but I have never tried listening there on previous cruises, so I really don't know what to expect.
I don't typically monitor the aviation frequencies, so I am just assuming that I might hear some aircraft to tower communications for aircraft taking off and landing at island airports. With regards to aircraft in flight over the Caribbean sea, would that be a minimum of traffic?
Also, would it be worthwhile to scan the UHF-AM band from 225-400 MHz from time to time? I assume that there might be a bit of military aircraft communications traffic, but I have never tried listening there on previous cruises, so I really don't know what to expect.