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"Pred02" wrote in news:1124752412.873051.266350
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Hmm.. I cannot hear any frequencies on the airband. I tried tuning into many of the local frequencies, but even with the search function on the airband I cannot hear anything. There is a blank noise on 125.0, other than that nothing. The scan function works fine with tunning to weather and police/fire frequencies, but nothing for airband. I suppose I am doing something wrong. I have the Pro-83. Any suggestions? Around Boston there must be quite a few active freqs. Things to consider: * All air comms are AM * In search, use 25 khz steps [or 12.5 or 50] from 119 to 140 mhz * You might hear only the aircraft side on the transmissions at 10 miles with a rubber duck antenna. Still, during any day you should have no problems finding active freqs as aircraft travel to and fro. |
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Nothing on the airband around my house. Perhaps I am using the scanner
the wrong way or something, when I search the airbamd 108-134. Perhaps I will drive closer to the airport and try to get some frequencies over there to see if it works at all. But I bet I am doing something wrong. |
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With the squelch set all the way clockwise, it scans the entire band
without finding anything. If I put the squelch all the way counterclockwise, it stops the search as it finds static. Perhaps the squelch should be set differently? Thanks, George |
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Pred02 wrote:
With the squelch set all the way clockwise, it scans the entire band without finding anything. If I put the squelch all the way counterclockwise, it stops the search as it finds static. Perhaps the squelch should be set differently? George, the usual way to set the squelch is to start all the way clockwise (fully on), begin scanning, and slowly turn the squelch anti-clockwise until you hear noise--that is, until the squelch is below the ambient noise level. From that point, turn the squelch back clockwise enough to make the noise stop, plus just a bit more. With the squelch set all the way ON, as you had it, only a very strong nearby signal will be enough to break the squelch, so this may well be why you aren't hearing anything yet! Good luck! _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD ken . kuzenski at duke .edu _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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On 23 Aug 2005 07:31:21 -0700, "Pred02" wrote in
rec.radio.scanner: Nothing on the airband around my house. Perhaps I am using the scanner the wrong way or something, when I search the airbamd 108-134. Perhaps I will drive closer to the airport and try to get some frequencies over there to see if it works at all. But I bet I am doing something wrong. Search from 118.0 to 137.0 in 25 KHz increments. Make absolutely sure you are using AM modulation and not FM, NFM or WFM. If you keep it going for long enough you *must* hear something eventually, unless you scanner is broken. Regards Peter |
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