decent radio to listen to atc?

[AndoniP]

morning all

i'm looking for a small radio to listen to atc - what can people recommend? i've seen loads advertised in magazines, so i was wondering what current users could suggest in terms of price etc. not looking for anything amazing, just something to plug headphones into and listen in.

thanks in advance

andoni

p.s. if this is the wrong forum, feel free to move it - as far as i know only spotters use these things

NOTE - sorry I've read the sticky in the ATC forum. does anyone know how to delete their own posts???

[simonchowder]

I thought it was illegal for spotters to eavesdrop on closed broadcasts

[BeaconInbound]

http://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/206...tions-law.html

[simonchowder]

Happening on the manchester thread at the moment, some idiotic spotters debating a conversation they were beaking in on between ATC and a pilot

[frostbite]

does anyone know how to delete their own posts

Click Edit, then Delete.

Tens of thousands listen, and have done for years. Just don't stand around with your radio blaring, and don't discuss what you hear. The Yupiteru MVT7100 is a pretty good piece of kit and covers a LOT more than airband.

[One Outsider]

It's voyeurism.

[JimmyTAP]

Have a look at the Maycom AR-108. Very small and neat with excellent reception.

[DILLIGAFF]

I agree with Frostbite above, have had an MVT7100 since it came out and it is a great piece of kit. Covers VHF / UHF and lots more with the right antenna.

[trident3A]

Have a look at the Maycom AR-108. Very small and neat with excellent reception.

I've got one of these, very small with good reception. The only drawback is the speaker which you'll struggle to hear if anywhere near planes. You can of course use headphones.

[Skipness One Echo]

Have you met Simon?

I thought it was illegal for spotters to eavesdrop on closed broadcasts

He's a troll who likes to stir up s*** regardless. He's always in the spotters forum even though he hates spotters.

Anyhoo - the listening into of ATC is technically illegal, however like a great many things in a liberal 21st century democracy, it is not enforced and a common sense approach is taken by the Police. Any airshow attendee will see that all the time.

The MVT-7100 is good but I have never beaten my old and sadly lost VT-225. What's the best equivalent to that?


Hey Simon, just tell me if this is your opinion

some idiotic spotters debating

why are you in this part of the forum? I mean all you ever do is insult people. Does it make you feel like a big boy?

[Malaysian28]

I hate to be rude, but this something like the 6 forum about recommending an airband radio / Scanner and its quite boring having to recommend and dicuss this topic so many times

I use a PSR282 200 Channel Scanner.

[TrafficPilot]

I also use a Yupiteru MVT-7100 - best airband receiver I've ever used (pretty good for other bands as well!).

Only available second hand now sadly. I picked mine up from someone on eBay.

And before anyone asks...I use it to check the ATIS before leaving for the airfield to go flying

Adam
TrafficPilot

[Capetonian]

Question : I understand that listening to ATC broadcasts is not regarded as an offence as long as you don't pass on the contents.

If this is the case, how do websites such as Listen to Live ATC (Air Traffic Control) Communications | LiveATC.net manage to operate?

[TrafficPilot]

Capetonian if you perform a whois request on liveatc.net you'll see that the website is based in the United States. The radio communication laws in the U.S.A are less antiquated than they are here in the U.K.

Regards

Adam
TrafficPilot

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<Question : I understand that listening to ATC broadcasts is not regarded as an offence as long as you don't pass on the contents.>>

Sorry, that is wrong. It is absolutely illegal to monitor the airband. Full stop. It's stupid using the argument that many people do it..... many people break the speed limit but it is still illegal. So long as the user is fully aware that he is contravening the law and if he gets prosecuted then he knows why.

<<If this is the case, how do websites such as Listen to Live ATC (Air Traffic Control) Communications | LiveATC.net manage to operate?>>

In some other countries it is not illegal to monitor air, police, etc., and if it gets on the internet there is not much that can be done. Any web site operating in the UK and doing so would be breaking the law.

[Skipness One Echo]

if he gets prosecuted then he knows why.

Since the end of the Second World War, some 65 years ago, how many aviation enthusiasts have been prosecuted?

How many have been prosecuted full stop?

There's your answer....

[JimmyTAP]

It may be illegal to listen in to ATC but as far as I know no-one has ever been prosecuted for listening to the airband. A law that is never enforced is not a law worth having.
Speeding is also illegal and many do it. It is also dangerous in many cases and many have been prosecuted for breaking that particular law. I cannot see any reason why listening to the airband could in any way be construed as dangerous. Probably the reason it isn't illegal in many other countries.

[Malaysian28]

http://www.pprune.org/spectators-bal...iles-away.html

As I said earlier there have been many posts regarding purchasing and legality of listening in to ATC.

And yes people in the past have been prosecuted for listening in. (there's post somewhere on PPRuNe about it)

[One Outsider]

Could an enthusiast explain why it is acceptable to listen in on communication which is not public, not addressed to them and by law off limits?

[simonchowder]

Because these idoits seem to think that as "spotters "they have some god given right to interfere with and listen in to people carrying out their legal duties and to post what they have quite unlawfully gathered on forums such as this,.. complete morons, a few need to be prosecuted to get the message across to these numpties