On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Hans Fugal wrote:
> Why is the static (noise) where there's no signal (e.g. between
> channels) so loud? It seems to be the same effect on TV, AM, FM, etc. as
> long as there's nothing squelching. Why, if the noise floor is so far
> below the signal floor, is the noise so loud?
Hi Steve et al,
I tried this with the not-so-old alarm clock radio and although I found
4 screws none of them seemed to change the tuning range. So I fished on
eBay until a radio that receives air band came up within my budget.
I can hear the airport quite well, and I'm overall quite happy with m
Hans Fugal wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 at 11:40 -0800, Hill, Greg wrote:
Down in Southern Provo is Central Utah Electronics. They have a better
selection and prices than Radio Shack. It's on the old Highway 89 that
goes down to Springville, east of East Bay. If you know where the
drive-in i
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 at 11:40 -0800, Hill, Greg wrote:
> Down in Southern Provo is Central Utah Electronics. They have a better
> selection and prices than Radio Shack. It's on the old Highway 89 that
> goes down to Springville, east of East Bay. If you know where the
> drive-in is, it's not too
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around.
Greg
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> Subject: Re: seeking radio hacking advice
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> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 at 11:36 -0700, Justi
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 at 11:36 -0700, Justin Findlay wrote:
> On AD 2007 January 15 Monday 10:32:32 AM -0700, Hans Fugal wrote:
> > I can go to Radio Shack
> > and buy parts,
>
> No. Don't go to Radio Shack. Go to the local electronics supply house
> and get the components for 1/3 - 1/8 the cost o
One other thing,
This may have been because I was living in orem at the time, but I
also used to recieve airtraffic control from provo airport when I was
growing up.
I did this by taking a really old TV, again from the 70's or 80's, the
kind with the tuner nobs. This one had a fine tune adjustmen
On AD 2007 January 15 Monday 10:32:32 AM -0700, Hans Fugal wrote:
> I can go to Radio Shack
> and buy parts,
No. Don't go to Radio Shack. Go to the local electronics supply house
and get the components for 1/3 - 1/8 the cost of Radio Shark.
> and I know my way around a soldering gun,
I hope th
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 at 10:53 -0700, Steve wrote:
> No, you'll not be able to mess with an FM radio and tune AM traffic.
> However AM radios especially if you can find an AM older AM radio, at
> like DI or savers or something, are a deffinite candidate.
That would have been my thought too, but it s
No, you'll not be able to mess with an FM radio and tune AM traffic.
However AM radios especially if you can find an AM older AM radio, at
like DI or savers or something, are a deffinite candidate.
Here's what you do.
The "tuner" in an AM radio is really just a variable capacitor.
That capacitor
I'd like to listen to "airband" traffic. That's 108-137 MHz amplitude
modulated.
They sell scanners that cover airband, but they start at $80 minumum and
I'm much too cheap for that at the moment.
I've found a few options.
First, I see a couple of people vaguely recommending that if you take a
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