"Brian Sturges" wrote in message ...
Well, I just got my new Ramsey catalog this week, and I've been thinking
that the AR1C Aircraft Receiver kit might be a fun project. I live in a
fairly large city, so there is lots of air traffic around. I was wondering
if this would be fun to listen to? Would the receiver still be usable these
days- or are the channels now scrambled- or using some other technology that
would make them un-listenable? Is anyone using this particular kit? Thanks!

I haven't seen the kit, but if it's not a digital type scanning radio,
I wouldn't bother. There is plenty of traffic, all on AM, but I
recommend a cheap police scanner that also covers the aircraft band. I
think it would work out a lot better. I wouldn't bother with anything
you have to manually tune, as you need to cover quite a few different
freq's, and a scanner is more practical. You can get a scanner that
covers air band pretty cheap. I've got a cheapy rat shack scanner that
is 20 ch, and covers air band. It probably went for $100 new...
Of course, a higher quality radio is even better, but more costly. A
scanner is pretty good for "gov work"...Just connect a decent antenna
to it...MK

(Mark Keith) wrote ...

You can get a scanner that covers air band pretty cheap. I've got a cheapy
rat shack scanner that is 20 ch, and covers air band. It probably went for
$100 new... Of course, a higher quality radio is even better, but more
costly. A scanner is pretty good for "gov work"...Just connect a decent
antenna to it...MK

Another source of scanners .. your local pawn shop. Friend of mine
got a pretty good RS 100 channel programmable for $30.00 last year.
Test drive 'em in the store to make sure they work - ask what
accessories are included - and quite often the price is negotiable.
And sometimes VERY negotiable.