Where abouts does Melb centre hang out these days?
I remember quite a few years ago with a cheap Uniden scanner and nothing other than the supplied rubber ducky I could hear it inside my house quite loud on 120.000mhz.
I have a feeling it's now somewhere towards 120.8 (would that be correct) but I find that I can only hear it at certain times of the day with just the same supplied antenna.
I do have a broadband scanning antenna but it's only sitting on a mag base in the gutter. Should I be able to hear it with that?
Thanks
Bonez
Melbourne Centre
Moderators: Infernal, Nafenn, numloxx
Melbourne Centre are on:
120.3 for aircraft at more than 5000ft, and 36-80nm S/SE of Perth
122.4 for aircraft outside 36nm N-W of Perth
125.2 for aircraft 90-160nm from Perth
133.9 for aircraft 36-90nm from Perth
With airband AM, antenna location is everything. The higher the better. In a lot of cases you're looking to receive a simplex transmission from an aircraft and while it's a good line of sight if they're flying over your house at 10,000ft, if they're on descent into Perth Airport and some miles away, the signal could be quite weak.
120.3 for aircraft at more than 5000ft, and 36-80nm S/SE of Perth
122.4 for aircraft outside 36nm N-W of Perth
125.2 for aircraft 90-160nm from Perth
133.9 for aircraft 36-90nm from Perth
With airband AM, antenna location is everything. The higher the better. In a lot of cases you're looking to receive a simplex transmission from an aircraft and while it's a good line of sight if they're flying over your house at 10,000ft, if they're on descent into Perth Airport and some miles away, the signal could be quite weak.