back4more70 Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 Can anyone recommend an HT that can receive only 120 to 130 MHz? I live across the street from an airport and I enjoy listening to the traffic, but none of my radios go this low and I get tired of relying on the internet broadcast sites. Maybe a HT scanner? -------------------------------------- Never mind, I found a $4 app for my phone hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAF6045 Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 You may have changed the thread title, but you can't hide... The main thing is that Air band is AM -- so unless the HT can receive AM it is unlikely to include that frequency range (which is actually something like 118-136MHz; MilAir is somewhere in the upper 300/lower 400MHz range, also AM mode). FM-mode-only units won't be candidates -- not even dedicated scanners if they only do FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxCar Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Air band HH are not cheap either. You can find some of the Baofengs, TYT and others will receive air band as well as normal V/UHF channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 14 hours ago, back4more70 said: Can anyone recommend an HT that can receive only 120 to 130 MHz? I live across the street from an airport and I enjoy listening to the traffic, but none of my radios go this low and I get tired of relying on the internet broadcast sites. Maybe a HT scanner? -------------------------------------- Never mind, I found a $4 app for my phone hahaha Another inexpensive way to listen to air frequencies (or just about any other frequencies between 25MHz-1750MHz and any analog mode) is to use one of the USB SDR dongles. https://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr-mini.html back4more70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back4more70 Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 12 hours ago, KAF6045 said: You may have changed the thread title, but you can't hide... You'll never take me alive, copper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAF6045 Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, back4more70 said: You'll never take me alive, copper! See... You aren't hiding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Yaseu FTM-400 will receive AM airband. I use it quite a bit more than I thought when I'm around the airports. Kenwood D-74, Yaesu FT5D, Icom ID-52 , Yaesu FT60, Yaesu FT70, Yaesu VX6R, and those are just a few of the amateur radios that can receive. Yaesu/Vertex Standard make actual airband radios you could look at as well. wayoverthere and back4more70 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 37 minutes ago, tweiss3 said: Yaseu FTM-400 will receive AM airband. I use it quite a bit more than I thought when I'm around the airports. Kenwood D-74, Yaesu FT5D, Icom ID-52 , Yaesu FT60, Yaesu FT70, Yaesu VX6R, and those are just a few of the amateur radios that can receive. Yaesu/Vertex Standard make actual airband radios you could look at as well. I'll have to check my vx7r, but I know the icom 2730a in my truck does decently receiving air band from airport a few miles away, on both the sbb1 and ca2x4sr I run it through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, wayoverthere said: I'll have to check my vx7r, but I know the icom 2730a in my truck does decently receiving air band from airport a few miles away, on both the sbb1 and ca2x4sr I run it through. I think the VX7R does, I know it will transmit 1W AM in 6m. wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, tweiss3 said: I think the VX7R does, I know it will transmit 1W AM in 6m. Checked just now, and it will tune down to the right range, and tx & receive am. Not picking up anything on airband at the moment though. That said, I'll be picking the better half up from the airport today, so I'll see what i can hear from closer in. (6m is why I wanted it to begin with ) Edit: forgot the radio on my desk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAF6045 Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 9 hours ago, tweiss3 said: Kenwood D-74, Yaesu FT5D, Icom ID-52 , Yaesu FT60, Yaesu FT70, Yaesu VX6R, and those are just a few of the amateur radios that can receive. Besides the discontinued TH-D74A (Rx 0.1-76MHz, 76-108MHz [broadcast WFM], 108-524MHz; FM/NFM, AM, SSB), the even older and also discontinued TH-F6A spans 0.1-824MHz, 849-869MHz, 894-1300MHz; FM, AM, SSB, CW -- though the internal ferrite bar antenna isn't the best for the HF region) also supports air band. Note: Both of those also cover mil-air range (which can be interesting if you catch a Blue Angels or similar performance team). The (again, a discontinued model) Yaesu VX-8DR spans 0.5-999.9MHz (less cellular) FM and AM (no SSB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrci350 Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 8/18/2022 at 6:30 PM, back4more70 said: Maybe a HT scanner? Uniden BCT125AT. You can get one for just over $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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