Airband Scanner

By: MancFrank - 25th August 2010 at 15:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Yupiteru MVT 7100 which, sadly, is no longer manufactured. Best by a country mile.

Evilbay is your friend!

Regards,
Frank

By: tornado64 - 26th August 2010 at 09:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

not mentioning a priceband

but as previously mentioned yupituru is aknowleged as the best

but there are many available and at varying prices

digital tuning is the way to go ( ignore the big unwieldy anologue tuned steepletone ) you will only upgrade two minuites after

i baught mine new in town and replaced it two hours later at the airport shop !!

but as said ebay is your friend , my friend picked up a nice one last week for 20 quid

By: davecurnock - 26th August 2010 at 11:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I've had my Radio Shack PRO-63 for over 10 years - not sure it's still available.
Scans up to 100 preset/stored channels allocated in 10 banks of 10 - at 25 channels/per sec. Runs on 6 AA batteries or 9v external supply.

Depending on aircraft altitude/atmospheric conditions I can pick up aircraft talking to Scottish zone ATC from Bristol with only the supplied 'rubber-duck' aerial

By: Rockhopper - 2nd September 2010 at 14:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Things to bear in mind are that ideally you need a scanner that will cover both the civil VHF airband and also the military UHF airband. Also remember that both bands use AM rather than FM so check that the scanner you are looking for is switchable between the two modes.