Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Cluny** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:21 pm

Time to resurrect this dead thread

My ickle scanner has finally died and im looking for a new one , Military and civilian frequencies and under £150 .
Help $:-\$ :))

Edit
Mental note , read the whole thread before asking for help , it may already be there :))

I will be getting Helens one , not her actual one but a brand new one when I get paid

by **Hihonyr8811** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:58 pm

Good choice, but then I would say that

If you need any help with it you know where I am

by **Yorkie** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:56 pm

I have a Yupiteru MVT7100 and it is fab

no gaps, straight through freq and does what it says on the tin... a bit bulky but it's solid and holds up well to a base antenna.

Step sizes and mode

FM: 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz,(Very nice) 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz.

Wide FM: 50 KHz, 100 KHz

AM: 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz, 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz

USB/LSB: 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz, 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz.

It is very sensitive and does a great job of picking up signals, especially military. I have has ISS, RAF Linton/Leeming?LBIA/Humberside from York on a base antenna and I have connigsby tower from Skegness on a handheld! Maritime works well.

I just wish the police hadn't gone digital, was great fun listening in to them.

by **Hihonyr8811** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:27 pm

That's nothing, I don't have any fancy antenna, just the standard little one that came with the scanner and I can pick up Manchester approach from my bedroom in Lincoln

And this morning a fast jet (missed the call sign) took off from Newcastle and asked Scottish control for the latest weather at Glasgow =))

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I love getting random transmissions :))

When we go up into the wolds near Belmont, I pick up Brize sometimes too which always amuses my mum :))

Before I was born my dad had one of those big box ones with a massive antenna on the house. Not sure what happened to it though, even mum can't remember where it went.

by **Cluny** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:40 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:When we go up into the wolds near Belmont, I pick up Brize sometimes too which always amuses my mum

Which is the reason why i've gone for yours as my old one struggled to pick up Brize when I was standing at the perimeter fence let alone hundreds of miles away :))

by **Dan4th** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:48 am

So, what izzit, then?????????

You never NAME Hony's Scanner!!!!!!

Danf.

by **Hihonyr8811** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:27 am

The bigger one on the left Dan

it's a PSR-295.

Took this one as well, I think this is the basic equipment you need right? =))

by **Nickolas** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:55 pm

Yorkie wrote:I have a Yupiteru MVT7100 and it is fab

no gaps, straight through freq and does what it says on the tin... a bit bulky but it's solid and holds up well to a base antenna.

Step sizes and mode

FM: 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz,(Very nice) 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz.

Wide FM: 50 KHz, 100 KHz

AM: 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz, 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz

USB/LSB: 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 KHz, 5 KHz, 6.25 KHz, 9 KHz, 10 KHz, 12.5 KHz, 20 KHz, 25 KHz, 50 KHz and 100 KHz.

It is very sensitive and does a great job of picking up signals, especially military. I have has ISS, RAF Linton/Leeming?LBIA/Humberside from York on a base antenna and I have connigsby tower from Skegness on a handheld! Maritime works well.

I just wish the police hadn't gone digital, was great fun listening in to them.