[TheList] Air Traffic

Sat Oct 2 15:08:33 AEST 2010

Buy a decent radio???

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From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
[mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Phil W
Sent: Monday, 27 September 2010 1:41 p.m.
To: Radio Wiki
Subject: [TheList] Air Traffic

Oh wow! Choice!
I'm thinking about going into scanning air traffic, once Police go digital.

But I need some help please?

What I'm wanting to do is pick up the air traffic comms from my house.
I live in Pukekohe...
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pukekohe&sll=-
41.244772,172.617188&sspn=47.776056,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pukekohe,+A
uckland&ll=-37.208388,174.931355&spn=0.049834,0.111494&z=14

Which is about a 40min drive from Auckland International Airport... 
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=pukekohe&daddr=Auckland+(
Auckland+International+Airport)&hl=en&geocode=FQpdyP0dStFsCimbgZht7aoSbTGE0L
lj7zIhrg%3BFY9Yy_0d5vtqCiFHVOi6gL7mBA&mra=pd&mrcr=0&sll=-37.115431,174.96688
8&sspn=0.798325,1.783905&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.131856,175.01564&spn=0.399075,0.8919
53&z=11

I've got the freqs off the wiki, and every now and again I visit the airport
and have a listen.
The trouble is, my Uniden 93XLT has trouble picking up the aeroplane
transmissions even when they're in line of sight. The tower seems to be ok
though.

If my 93xlt has trouble when I'm within 100's of metres of the planes, what
can I go about doing, to pick the comms up from my house?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks heaps,
Phil.

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