Best Aircraft Monitoring Scanner

[krazybob]

@prcguy -- I see by email that you replied but I don't see your message. Re: the antenna, negative. The ferrite beads were literally destroyed in transit.

One more clarification. I normally use Motorola's for VHF reception with a 6dB gain antenna tuned at 160.That gives me adequate performance at 150 for CALFIRE and county VHF as well as USFS from 165 up to 171ish. They don't do AM but kick butt as a commercial radio doing FM and FMN. I also have Vertex that perform equally as well as the CDM750's. I absolutely agree that a commercial rig will outperform a scanner hands down. That's why all of my ham HT's are Motorola and my mobile is a Motorola Astro Spectra P25. I also have a FT-8900 in the mobile for the VFO moments.

 

[krazybob]

After extensive testing I have discovered that the best combination for forest fire monitoring is an amateur 2 meter radio. I can hear FM/FM-N from 135-175mHz and AM from 118-135mHz. I have tested it using a West Mountain radio ClearSpeech DSP but haven't really noted a major improvement except when using a scanner (BC780/BC785). They have mediocre sensitivity but not the FT-8900 quad band amateur mobile radio!!! Crystal clear. The TYT TY9800+ is available for about $200 on eBay and if you don't need trunking it is a great scanning ham radio. Helicopters on the left and fixed wing on the right along with all of the NIFC and Forest Service channels. 0.20uV sensitivity sure beats an Icom A120 at 2.0uV!!!

 

[krazybob]

I don't want to dedicate a quad band radio to aircraft monitoring. It appears that the current Yaesu's don't RX in the aircraft band. Regardless of manufacturer what ham radios seem to excel on the aircraft band and maybe even MILAIR? As a poor example an Icom A120 commercial aircraft band transceiver is over $700 and only has a a 2uV RX sensitivity while my FT-8900 has a .20uV!!! A huge difference and great audio recovery (how loud the AM is.) Any suggestions?

 

[gewecke]

Uniden BC780 or BC 785D

+1 . 73, n9zas

 

[Your_account]

for home usage why not an (old) Professional Radio?
The are 1000x Better and Could handle it perfect.

 

[gewecke]

for home usage why not an (old) Professional Radio?
The are 1000x Better and Could handle it perfect.

Because most commercial radios do not have AM detectors in them, making them useless for aircraft. Nor are they easily tunable. :roll: 73, n9zas

 

[Your_account]

äähhhmmmm? I mean commercial Aircraft Radio Receiver who are used in Aircraft Control Stations.
I got mine from Ebay (to cheap *gg*).

 

[gewecke]

äähhhmmmm? I mean commercial Aircraft Radio Receiver who are used in Aircraft Control Stations.
I got mine from Ebay (to cheap *gg*).

. Well yeah, I suppose anyone could cobble together an aircraft tranceiver at home, but its not very convenient since they require a different power source. 13.8vdc or 110vac isn't going to cut it, as their usually 24-28 vdc. Its much simpler and convenient to use a good aircraft scanner like we've mentioned already. 73, n9zas

 

[Your_account]

I suppose anyone could cobble together an aircraft tranceiver at home

So for mine I had to plug an Antenna on and an Serial Cable + Audio. That work fine. In theorie the support "Data" to but no with the current Firmware.

but its not very convenient since they require a different power source.

230V so plug it into your Wall.

 

[prcguy]

Can you enter a bunch of different frequencies into your commercial receiver and have it scan like the OP wants to do?
prcguy

äähhhmmmm? I mean commercial Aircraft Radio Receiver who are used in Aircraft Control Stations.
I got mine from Ebay (to cheap *gg*).

 

[theoldcop]

The best airband received I ever owned was a Yupitero MVT-7100. Bar none.

 

[Your_account]

Can you enter a bunch of different frequencies into your commercial receiver and have it scan like the OP wants to do?

The Band start at ~117mhz? and goes up to 137Mhz. AM 8330khz for example.

 

[gewecke]

So for mine I had to plug an Antenna on and an Serial Cable + Audio. That work fine. In theorie the support "Data" to but no with the current Firmware.230V so plug it into your Wall.

Like I said, NOT convenient. NOT everyone has 220 - 230vac in their shack or even home. :roll: 73, n9zas

 

[Your_account]

NOT everyone has 220 - 230vac in their shack or even home.

lol... good joke.
You cant find any Operator who have not 230V this days.

 

[mule1075]

lol... good joke.
You cant find any Operator who have not 230V this days.

Where you are at I am sure.Not in the states so much.

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[prcguy]

Yes, but can you enter say 10 different frequencies as channels and scan them like a police scanner? Or does the receiver sit on one frequency until you manually enter another frequency?
prcguy

The Band start at ~117mhz? and goes up to 137Mhz. AM 8330khz for example.

 

[gewecke]

lol... good joke.
You cant find any Operator who have not 230V this days.

No joke at all, I don't have 220vac nor do I need it! Hell I don't even OWN anything that needs 220vac, so AGAIN no not everyone uses 220 vac in the U.S. 73, n9zas

 

[Your_account]

Where you are at I am sure.

Austria.

Or does the receiver sit on one frequency until you manually enter another frequency?

Yes but you can control them by an Serial Cable!
Why do you want scanning around? I stay at a Freq. for the Day and waiting for traffic.

No joke at all, I don't have 220vac nor do I need it! Hell I don't even OWN anything that needs 220vac

god that the chance here to 230V.

 

[bigcam406]

I use my Uniden BC125AT and BC898T for aircraft monitoring exclusively.

 

[krokus]

äähhhmmmm? I mean commercial Aircraft Radio Receiver who are used in Aircraft Control Stations.
I got mine from Ebay (to cheap *gg*).

The latest Icom aviation radio has a desktop power/mount/speaker option. The radio itself runs either 12 or 24 volts. That said, I doubt it has the scanning options asked for, by the OP.

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