Listening in to pilot rt calls
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From: Chichester, UK
Radio 4 had a report on this - including some 'security' chap calling for ownership and use to be illegal... 
To quote: "They can only be used for illegal activity. It's similar to saying to somebody: 'It's OK to have a gun, as long as you don't put bullets in it'."
Surely I (or any FRTOL holder) can legally use them while sitting in a UK registered aircraft...
To quote: "They can only be used for illegal activity. It's similar to saying to somebody: 'It's OK to have a gun, as long as you don't put bullets in it'."
Surely I (or any FRTOL holder) can legally use them while sitting in a UK registered aircraft...
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From: Sandwich, Kent, UK
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From: Sandwich, Kent, UK
...and here's Paul Wey's site, although it seems to have (understandably!) exceeded its bandwidth limit for now and is inaccessible. Various other people are up to same thing - Google finds them easily enough.
Surely the 'security forces' must take some responsibility for broadcasting such information in 'clear' in the first place?? I'm amazed that they do so, personally... I thought the Met had recently been issued with encrypted digital radios, for precisely this sort of reason??
cbl.
Surely the 'security forces' must take some responsibility for broadcasting such information in 'clear' in the first place?? I'm amazed that they do so, personally... I thought the Met had recently been issued with encrypted digital radios, for precisely this sort of reason??
cbl.
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From: Northants, UK
Paul's PROMA site is simply a searchable list of frequencies, or it was last time I looked at it. Obviously a slow news day for the BBC, taking some unsuspecting bloke up on the roof and asking him to demo his scanner on the off chance he picks up something juicy.
He certainly doesn't publish transcripts of anything heard, and refused point blank to assist a Milwall supporter with police frequencies when it was asked about on a scanner newsgroup.
It should be noted that there are plenty of publications out there that list the same frequencies published on Paul's site. But hey, the internet! Terrorism! Gullible bloke who lives with his parents! Terrorism! Ban something! Anything! Terrorism!
Funny how nobody was concerned about scanner use over the last 30 or so years of IRA attacks eh.
He certainly doesn't publish transcripts of anything heard, and refused point blank to assist a Milwall supporter with police frequencies when it was asked about on a scanner newsgroup.
It should be noted that there are plenty of publications out there that list the same frequencies published on Paul's site. But hey, the internet! Terrorism! Gullible bloke who lives with his parents! Terrorism! Ban something! Anything! Terrorism!
Funny how nobody was concerned about scanner use over the last 30 or so years of IRA attacks eh.
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From: England
I was browsing the net the other day and put my aircraft type and station into Google. Among the things it came up with was a sight which had transcripts of London Mil Rx/Tx. It gave time and Callsign (mine included).
