What Aircraft Monitor Do You Use?

davidhcrocker

Just curious, but when you are at an airport shooting photos, do you use an aircraft monitor and, if so, what do you use? I use a Radio Shack PRO-97 scanner.

Helicopterfriend

I use a Maycom AR-108

wiith SPECIAL FEATURES:

•10 Weather Channels

•Scan Capabilities

•99 Memory Channels

•Dual Watch Feature

•Volume & Sqelch Controls

•Battery Life Indicator

•Back Lit LCD Display

•Key Lock

GlennE.Chatfield

I have an old Terra TPX720!

DougRobertson

I have two, a Sporty's JD-100 with 1,000 VHF comm freqs (118.000 to 142.975) and 7,200 UHF comm freqs 220.000 to 399.975) 20 memory channels-easiest to use with key lock & beep tone activate/deactivate. Covers all civilian VHF/military UHF air freqs.

Also an old Radioshack Pro-51 (pre-ECPA model with no cell blocking-but who uses analog cell phones anymore?) 108 VOR to 136.975 aircraft in 25 kHz steps. 200 channel memory-direct entry. Selectable band search and priority channel are good features. More compact and "friendlier" shape than the JD-100.

All scanners will have squelch and volume controls and low battery indicator.

CKennedy92

I have four portable scanners, but the one I use the most for aircraft is a Uniden Bearcat BCD396T. It can monitor UHF military air channels, which most handheld scanners can't, and I also have it programmed for the local police and fire departments, so I can listen to those if I want to.

Actually, at DVT, where I go most often, they have monitor speakers on the observation deck for both of the tower frequencies plus ground control, so I don't even take a scanner there. It can be somewhat confusing though when there is a lot of traffic, which is often, and all three freqs are active at the same time.

DanielIhde

I just use an Icom 2meter handheld radio that is a ham radio that receives the airport frequencies. I've thought about getting a scanner but the radio I already have does the trick.