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Postby Craig. » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:37 am

Could anyone recommend a good but cheap military band scanner, I looked on ebay uk but no luck.
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby a1 » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:53 am

Aren't those illegal? :-?
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby expat » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:55 am

Could anyone recommend a good but cheap military band scanner, I looked on ebay uk but no luck.


How cheap are we talking then?

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Re: mil band scanner

Postby Mictheslik » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:02 am

Aren't those illegal? :-?


Nope  :)

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Postby Craig. » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:07 am

Could anyone recommend a good but cheap military band scanner, I looked on ebay uk but no luck.


How cheap are we talking then?

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I was being very hopeful for about
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby expat » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:18 am

Could anyone recommend a good but cheap military band scanner, I looked on ebay uk but no luck.


How cheap are we talking then?

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Re: mil band scanner

Postby Craig. » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:21 am

I have the first, it doesn't pick up the military freqs. I'll think about the second though. Thank you.
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby expat » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:29 am

I have the first, it doesn't pick up the military freqs. I'll think about the second though. Thank you.



Sorry, I was so pleased with the price I missed the frequency on the first one. Probably explains why I end up buying stuff twice ;D

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Re: mil band scanner

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:56 pm

When I was in the USAF we used simple 3-band Motorolas.  ;D Channel 3 was tuned to ATC frequency, channels 1 and 2 are a secret.  ;D
BTW, aren't ship to ship signals encoded digital these days?
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby Craig. » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:31 pm

only the police are encrypted as far as I know.
I do know when we were at the mach loop a guy there had a scanner which was picking up the planes as they navigated the low level which included a trainee sounding rather lost asking the guy above him for directions. :)
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Re: mil band scanner

Postby Mictheslik » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:42 pm

only the police are encrypted as far as I know.
I do know when we were at the mach loop a guy there had a scanner which was picking up the planes as they navigated the low level which included a trainee sounding rather lost asking the guy above him for directions. :)


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