On 2 Jul 2005 14:58:44 -0700, "SP Cook" wrote:




Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Scanner as it it receives broadcasts other than SW, AM and FM
commercial bands? Like a police scanner?

If you are asking whether you can use it on a plane, it probably won't
work anyway. If you are asking if it is legal to use in Australia, you
should contact the Australian Embassy or the Australian equilivant of
the FCC directly. You will probably need some sort of Australian
liscense, and you may find that the freqs. used for various purposes
are different there.

Perfectly legal to use in Australia, without the need for a licence.
And despite what the police will try and tell you, it is not illegal
to listen in to police radio either (they will try to tell you it is
illegal, but when they catch you doing so they will have nothing to
charge you with).

Dave

=====

There are 10 types of people - those who understand binary, and those who don't.

the frequencies used in australia are readily available if you do a
google yahoo or altavista search several people have comprehensive lists
of australia frequencies on their web pages

same applies for Germany and europe I tool two scanners and a sony 2010
shortwave with me.... no real problems....I found that the airline
operation frequencies ar the same as in the us 460.6 to 461 mhz

there are many australian scanner web sites, go do a search for
australian scanner frequencies and ask the web page operator

I have bought scanner radios from UK and Australian merchants nad had
them shipped into the USA, they work just fine..

I also frequently with at least one (usually 2) scanners and a shortwave
radio (sony-2010) plus I have a frequency database in my laptop

It's fun to listen to the tower, approach, and center frequencies as
well as the airline ground frequencies. The civil aviation frequencies

are the same 108-118 mhz for navigational nd airport beacons and
118-137mhz for voice and ACARS data.

ARINC (aeronautical radio incorporated) also has an international HF or
shortwave radio network they operate for aircraft flying internationally
and over oceans to report positions and receive traffic clearances. This
in addition to the USA network. ARINC VHF frequencies are in the
128-132mhz range and AM modulated.

the first time they saw me, airport security asked what the scanner was,
now, I usualy have the tower or one of the active TRACON (approach or
departure) frequencies in the scanner when I go through security, IF I
dont, the security people often ask to listen to the tower more as a
matter of curiousity.



SP Cook wrote:


Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:


Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?


Scanner as it it receives broadcasts other than SW, AM and FM
commercial bands? Like a police scanner?

If you are asking whether you can use it on a plane, it probably won't
work anyway. If you are asking if it is legal to use in Australia, you
should contact the Australian Embassy or the Australian equilivant of
the FCC directly. You will probably need some sort of Australian
liscense, and you may find that the freqs. used for various purposes
are different there.

Just got back from a trip to Australia. Took my Radio Shack PRO-94,
had no problems whatsoever. The security people just asked me to turn
it on to make sure it worked. We had a 24hr layover in Narita Japan
the motel was right next to Narita airport, listened to the tower just
about all night long.
While in AU, I scanned all the air freq's till I heard something, the
fact we spent most of our time in Cairns, the airport was fairly busy.
I then scanned all the HF fereq, till we heard something, so in short
there was always something to listen to.


On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:28:25 -0700, jamoran wrote:


there are many australian scanner web sites, go do a search for
australian scanner frequencies and ask the web page operator

I have bought scanner radios from UK and Australian merchants nad had
them shipped into the USA, they work just fine..

I also frequently with at least one (usually 2) scanners and a shortwave
radio (sony-2010) plus I have a frequency database in my laptop

It's fun to listen to the tower, approach, and center frequencies as
well as the airline ground frequencies. The civil aviation frequencies

are the same 108-118 mhz for navigational nd airport beacons and
118-137mhz for voice and ACARS data.

ARINC (aeronautical radio incorporated) also has an international HF or
shortwave radio network they operate for aircraft flying internationally
and over oceans to report positions and receive traffic clearances. This
in addition to the USA network. ARINC VHF frequencies are in the
128-132mhz range and AM modulated.

the first time they saw me, airport security asked what the scanner was,
now, I usualy have the tower or one of the active TRACON (approach or
departure) frequencies in the scanner when I go through security, IF I
dont, the security people often ask to listen to the tower more as a
matter of curiousity.



SP Cook wrote:


Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:


Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?


Scanner as it it receives broadcasts other than SW, AM and FM
commercial bands? Like a police scanner?

If you are asking whether you can use it on a plane, it probably won't
work anyway. If you are asking if it is legal to use in Australia, you
should contact the Australian Embassy or the Australian equilivant of
the FCC directly. You will probably need some sort of Australian
liscense, and you may find that the freqs. used for various purposes
are different there.

Was the scanner in checked or carry on luggage? I have always been
toocowardly to take mine with me for fear that I will be told that I cannot
take it with me (admittedly I normally use an amateur HT as my scanner).




Matt

wrote in message
...
Just got back from a trip to Australia. Took my Radio Shack PRO-94,
had no problems whatsoever. The security people just asked me to turn
it on to make sure it worked. We had a 24hr layover in Narita Japan
the motel was right next to Narita airport, listened to the tower just
about all night long.
While in AU, I scanned all the air freq's till I heard something, the
fact we spent most of our time in Cairns, the airport was fairly busy.
I then scanned all the HF fereq, till we heard something, so in short
there was always something to listen to.


On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:28:25 -0700, jamoran wrote:


there are many australian scanner web sites, go do a search for
australian scanner frequencies and ask the web page operator

I have bought scanner radios from UK and Australian merchants nad had
them shipped into the USA, they work just fine..

I also frequently with at least one (usually 2) scanners and a shortwave
radio (sony-2010) plus I have a frequency database in my laptop

It's fun to listen to the tower, approach, and center frequencies as
well as the airline ground frequencies. The civil aviation frequencies

are the same 108-118 mhz for navigational nd airport beacons and
118-137mhz for voice and ACARS data.

ARINC (aeronautical radio incorporated) also has an international HF or
shortwave radio network they operate for aircraft flying internationally
and over oceans to report positions and receive traffic clearances. This
in addition to the USA network. ARINC VHF frequencies are in the
128-132mhz range and AM modulated.

the first time they saw me, airport security asked what the scanner was,
now, I usualy have the tower or one of the active TRACON (approach or
departure) frequencies in the scanner when I go through security, IF I
dont, the security people often ask to listen to the tower more as a
matter of curiousity.



SP Cook wrote:


Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:


Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I
of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned
to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?


Scanner as it it receives broadcasts other than SW, AM and FM
commercial bands? Like a police scanner?

If you are asking whether you can use it on a plane, it probably won't
work anyway. If you are asking if it is legal to use in Australia, you
should contact the Australian Embassy or the Australian equilivant of
the FCC directly. You will probably need some sort of Australian
liscense, and you may find that the freqs. used for various purposes
are different there.

"Christopher O'Callaghan" wrote in news:d9n2va
:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned
to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Chris


Of course it's legal! Granted, once you get there, if you go into the
bush, it's gonna be deaf.

Took my AR8200 into the bush in 2001, (Flinder and Gawler ranges, SA) and
didn't get any comms, DUH!

I'd suggest bringing one of the new scanners with "near field" frequency
features. The pro 83 or pro 97 (in my stable) but don't know what steps
and bands are predominant in Oz.

Good luck!

Q



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http://tinyurl.com/bczgr

Many went way out of the subject here ,except for 1 or 2 people that were
kind enough to give their opinions on what i posted and actually answered
the question i asked.
Many thanks to those who answered my Question!

Chris

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:12:28 +0100, "Christopher O'Callaghan"
wrote:


Many went way out of the subject here ,except for 1 or 2 people that were
kind enough to give their opinions on what i posted and actually answered
the question i asked.
Many thanks to those who answered my Question!

Chris


You've only been on usenet a couple of months, then?

Where do you intend to go Chris? That will play a big part in what you can
hear.

Urban areas will be just like the U.S. Outback areas are serviced by HF and
satphone, so you won't hear a great deal.

Troy

Q wrote in message .. .
"Christopher O'Callaghan" wrote in news:d9n2va
:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned
to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Chris


Of course it's legal! Granted, once you get there, if you go into the
bush, it's gonna be deaf.

Took my AR8200 into the bush in 2001, (Flinder and Gawler ranges, SA) and
didn't get any comms, DUH!

I'd suggest bringing one of the new scanners with "near field" frequency
features. The pro 83 or pro 97 (in my stable) but don't know what steps
and bands are predominant in Oz.

Good luck!

Q



--
Andy
http://tinyurl.com/bczgr

I plan on visiting relatives in New South Wales from newcastle to
sydney.Then i go to Brisbane for a holiday.

chris



"Troy Rowland" wrote in message
news
Where do you intend to go Chris? That will play a big part in what you
can hear.

Urban areas will be just like the U.S. Outback areas are serviced by HF
and satphone, so you won't hear a great deal.

Troy

Q wrote in message .. .
"Christopher O'Callaghan" wrote in news:d9n2va
:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned
to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Chris


Of course it's legal! Granted, once you get there, if you go into the
bush, it's gonna be deaf.

Took my AR8200 into the bush in 2001, (Flinder and Gawler ranges, SA) and
didn't get any comms, DUH!

I'd suggest bringing one of the new scanners with "near field" frequency
features. The pro 83 or pro 97 (in my stable) but don't know what steps
and bands are predominant in Oz.

Good luck!

Q



--
Andy
http://tinyurl.com/bczgr