Posted:
Mon May 12, 2014 5:38 pmby Dash8captain
Are looking to buy a scanner for listening in on ATC - when spotting
Is this a good scanner? - seems to have good reviews on the net
http://www.pilotshop.co.nz/Avionics/scanne...airband-scanner
Posted:
Mon May 12, 2014 6:25 pmby Ian Warren
I have a UNIDEN brand 10 years old now, looking at that, looks very simplistic and ideal , more than likely it has the same components, listen in is fun but you may find Nelson very quiet but if you head up to Auckland to across to Wellington you find it handy - the UNIDEN brand has an auto-scan so it picks up the tower then to the aircraft , then across to ground control and back to the next call .
Posted:
Mon May 12, 2014 6:29 pmby Dash8captain
Ian Warren wrote:I have a UNIDEN brand 10 years old now, looking at that, looks very simplistic and ideal , more than likely it has the same components, listen in is fun but you may find Nelson very quiet but if you head up to Auckland to across to Wellington you find it handy - the UNIDEN brand has an auto-scan so it picks up the tower then to the aircraft , then across to ground control and back to the next call .
Yeah Im going up to Auckland next week so I want to get one - what Uniden one would you suggest? - don't really want to spend more than $150
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Mon May 12, 2014 6:52 pmby Ian Warren
I would simply go to your local comm's shop and just tell them what you want it for, look for the local UNIDEN stock shop, one addon recommendation is a clip-on earpiece, recommendation I'd probably go for what looking at, one thing you may want to no, you have to program the frequentcies and channels to each airport.
Posted:
Mon May 12, 2014 8:34 pmby Splitpin
That looks as good as any for the price Dash ... Ive got a little Maycom AR-108 , i think it set me back $120 , its just a basic unit but works well.
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Mon May 12, 2014 8:51 pmby scaber
This is the Uiden one. I've got one and generally happy with it though it does seem a bit hungry on the old battery.
http://www.uniden.co.nz/New_Zealand/p_ubc72xlt_index.aspI think I got mine from JayCar electronics or something similar.
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Tue May 13, 2014 12:06 amby HamiltonWest
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Tue May 13, 2014 1:41 pmby SeanTK
If you have a laptop or mobile (if you are doing this while spotting) may I also suggest looking at
http://www.liveatc.net/EDIT: Disregard, as they don't seem to have New Zealand feeds...
Posted:
Tue May 13, 2014 5:22 pmby Dash8captain
HamiltonWest wrote:I Have purchased this one now anyway thanks
SeanTK wrote:If you have a laptop or mobile (if you are doing this while spotting) may I also suggest looking at
http://www.liveatc.net/EDIT: Disregard, as they don't seem to have New Zealand feeds...
Yeah - good site apart from that reason!
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Tue May 13, 2014 6:27 pmby Splitpin
"good site apart from that reason" .... it is a great site , but good old NZ cant be bothered getting involved , i think Ardmore was there once , but not the same as JFK
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Tue May 13, 2014 6:38 pmby HamiltonWest
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Tue May 27, 2014 11:13 amby HamiltonWest