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[tango-16]

Hello all,

Could anyone instruct me on how I can listen to my local military air traffic (i.e. what radio receiver to purchase)

I fly at the local military facility and would love to be able to come home and listen to the air traffic. But despite using the radios in the aircraft I am pretty clueless as to the technical end of the radios and how I'd go about listening to them at home

I'm not looking for anything super fancy, just want to be able to scan through a few of the FM, VHF, and UHF frequencies that we use around here.

Any help you guys can provide would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you guys!

-Tango

 

[DickH]

Hello all,

Could anyone instruct me on how I can listen to my local military air traffic (i.e. what radio receiver to purchase)

I fly at the local military facility and would love to be able to come home and listen to the air traffic. But despite using the radios in the aircraft I am pretty clueless as to the technical end of the radios and how I'd go about listening to them at home

I'm not looking for anything super fancy, just want to be able to scan through a few of the FM, VHF, and UHF frequencies that we use around here.

Any help you guys can provide would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you guys!

-Tango

I have a PRO-162 (Radio Shack) and it covers all the mil air freqs. You won't find a new one, but e-bay may have used ones. It is a portable so you can take it with you, too.
Here are the freqs. it covers:
Frequency Coverage
25.0000-54.0000 (in 5 kHz steps)
108.0000-136.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps) - - - Air Band
137.0000-174.0000 (in 5 kHz steps) - - - - - Police/Fire, etc.
216.0000-224.9950 (in 5 kHz steps)
225.0000-399.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps) - - - Mil Air?
400.0000-512.0000 (in 6.25 kHz steps) - - - Police/Fire, etc.
764.0000-775.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps)
794.0000-823.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps)
849.0125-868.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps) - - - Police/Fire, etc.
894.0125-956.0000 (in 12.5 kHz steps)
1240.0000-1300.0000 (in 12.5 kHz steps)

 

[N8IAA]

Hello all,

Could anyone instruct me on how I can listen to my local military air traffic (i.e. what radio receiver to purchase)

I fly at the local military facility and would love to be able to come home and listen to the air traffic. But despite using the radios in the aircraft I am pretty clueless as to the technical end of the radios and how I'd go about listening to them at home

I'm not looking for anything super fancy, just want to be able to scan through a few of the FM, VHF, and UHF frequencies that we use around here.

Any help you guys can provide would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you guys!

-Tango

BC-125AT is the most current Uniden that covers the VHF/UHF commercial and military airbands. Not sure what Whistler has. RS Pro-164 and the 162 were the last analog scanners from the shack.
What I personally use is the Alinco DJ-X11, along with my 125.
HTH,
Larry

 

[DickH]

Larry,
You are from Fortunately, Georgia? I thought it was Humidly, Georgia (at least in summer)

 

[N8IAA]

Larry,
You are from Fortunately, Georgia? I thought it was Humidly, Georgia (at least in summer)

They reason it is Fortunately, GA, is there is someone in the GA forum that states Unfortunately, GA:lol:
I live in N GA, so, when summer hits, it truly is Humidly, GA. But, not as bad as the east coast or southern GA.
My best milcomms were before and after 9/11. There was a marine corps wing that flew out of Dobbins. The lead pilot lived in my city, and used to do fly-overs. They left, and all I hear is occasional refueling and some helos from the Ranger training camp NW of me. Used to have a DJ-X-10 then. One of the best aircraft receivers made by Alinco.
Larry