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hi phil,<BR>
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sounds like you might have "sick" scanner , out where you are you should be receving all aircraft siginals !!!!!! (both sides ) are you using a rubber duck antenna ? or a teloscopic antenna? , or some times with cheap antennas the center pin is 2.5mm where it should be 2.1mm so you may not be getting all of the siginal, suggest a discone antenna for home use (diamond dj130 is a good one and good coaxila cable (i use lmr 240) .<BR>
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perhaps other scanner users in your area could check it out for you , or take it to the com-center !! for a check (i have never use uniden brand for scanning i found they overload with a good antenna ) in my view the aor 3000a or 8200/mk 3 re the best )<BR>
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hope this helps,<BR>
cheers,<BR>
mike<BR> <BR>
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From: suckerpunchnz@hotmail.com<BR>To: thelist@radiowiki.org.nz<BR>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:41:28 +1300<BR>Subject: [TheList] Air Traffic<BR><BR>
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Oh wow! Choice!<BR>I'm thinking about going into scanning air traffic, once Police go digital.<BR><BR>But I need some help please?<BR><BR>What I'm wanting to do is pick up the air traffic comms from my house.<BR>I live in Pukekohe...<BR>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,+Auckland&ll=-37.208388,174.931355&spn=0.049834,0.111494&z=14<BR><BR>Which is about a 40min drive from Auckland International Airport... <BR>http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=pukekohe&daddr=Auckland+(Auckland+International+Airport)&hl=en&geocode=FQpdyP0dStFsCimbgZht7aoSbTGE0Llj7zIhrg%3BFY9Yy_0d5vtqCiFHVOi6gL7mBA&mra=pd&mrcr=0&sll=-37.115431,174.966888&sspn=0.798325,1.783905&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.131856,175.01564&spn=0.399075,0.891953&z=11<BR><BR>I've got the freqs off the wiki, and every now and again I visit the airport and have a listen.<BR>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>Any help would be much appreciated.<BR><BR>Thanks heaps,<BR>Phil.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ TheList mailing list TheList@radiowiki.org.nz http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz </body>
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