Air Band & scanners.

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Air Band & scanners.

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Hi I don't know much about air band but enjoy listening to air traffic. I understand that their is a military air band frequency between 230MHz - 400MHz why don't air band scanners have those frequencies available? Are those frequencies still in use?

I also listen to a HF frequency somewhere around 17MHz I can't remember the exact frequency but its a Volmet broadcast witch is repeated on some other frequencies. I'd really appreciate it if somebody could give me a complete list of all the Air Band frequencies HF/VHF/UHF.

I'm also interested in obtaining a home-base Air Band receiver "preferably something 1980's vintage looking" but have no idea of makes or models of any. The batteries in my scanner don't last for long :lol:
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work wrote:Hi I don't know much about air band but enjoy listening to air traffic. I understand that their is a military air band frequency between 230MHz - 400MHz why don't air band scanners have those frequencies available? Are those frequencies still in use?
Yes these freqs are still in use. You will need a scanner that can receive this band to listen to them.
work wrote: I also listen to a HF frequency somewhere around 17MHz I can't remember the exact frequency but its a Volmet broadcast witch is repeated on some other frequencies. I'd really appreciate it if somebody could give me a complete list of all the Air Band frequencies HF/VHF/UHF.
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125.725 Scottish Volmet
126.6 London Volmet North
127.0 Dublin
128.6 London Volmet South
135.375 London Volmet Main
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3413 Shannon
5505 Shannon
8957 Shannon
13264 Shannon
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Hi

To answer your first Q)
A) the 230-400 'mil air' band is seen as more of a niche specialist area of the hobby by scanner manufacturers.
It's more expensive to add it,
it's difficult for newbies for various reasons (including : there's less traffic, it's harder to find stuff, you're not 'supposed' to be able to find frequencies published, etc),
and the authorities of most countries would frown upon people intercepting mil radio traffic.....

- so it doesn't tend to end up on 'banded' receivers, only the wide continuous coverage ones.

HTH
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work wrote:I'm also interested in obtaining a home-base Air Band receiver "preferably something 1980's vintage looking" but have no idea of makes or models of any. The batteries in my scanner don't last for long :lol:
Does it have a plug-in power socket? :D
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RogerD wrote:
work wrote:I'm also interested in obtaining a home-base Air Band receiver "preferably something 1980's vintage looking" but have no idea of makes or models of any. The batteries in my scanner don't last for long :lol:
Does it have a plug-in power socket? :D
The old Realistics make good base scanners, something like a Pro2006 or Pro2042 would suite your needs and should probably be picked up cheap enough.

I tend not to use the power pack with my handhelds, I find they pick up too many spurious freqs running on mains for some reason. I use Duracell/Energizer 2450`s with the Energizer 1 hour charger.
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I have a Grecom PSR 295. It's not in the least retro but it does cover the military freqs.
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I have a PSR 295 and it would be ideal for your needs
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I also have a PSR295 with mil band and various accessories inc PSU which i will be looking to sell if you are interested.PM me for more details if interested
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What a c--k up i made,just seen date of original post,so might advertise them in for sale section
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