Hangar radio

[Roadracin]

What are you guys using to listen to local frequencies in the hangar? Looking for a speaker base station that I can play tower etc while I’m there.
thanks.

 

[Ryan Klems]

I use one of these: https://www.sportys.com/air-scan-ii-radio-with-aviation-interrupttm.html they usually have a sale for $99 once or twice a year.

 

[GeorgeC]

I picked up an old scanner off ebay for $40.

 

[Daleandee]

Yep ... bought an old Radio Shack scanner years ago at a close out sale. Forget what I paid but the old thing seems to be about bullet proof ...

 

[unsafervguy]

plenty of old radios out there to be had cheap. a power supply, a speaker and your in business

 

[Huckster79]

So old scanners cover our frequencies? I’m going to have to hunt ebay!

 

[Huckster79]

How does one set a scanner to just listen to a single frequency? I’ve not touched one since I was a child listening to my grandmas scanner..

 

[flyingron]

Some scanners cover airband, some don't. You need to pick one that does. I've never seen a scanner that DOESN'T let you enter one frequency without scanning.

I've bought a used UNIDEN off ebay for $10 a long time ago. The guy who sold it said it didn't scan. Fine by me, I say, I don't need it to scan. Turns out he was an idiot. The thing works normally (scanning and all). I've got it set to the airport CTAF and it feeds a channel on the whole house audio system.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

No, not all have av freq.

You can lock out all the other channels and just listen to one or two.

I have a handheld scanner that I carry in my truck, sit at the fence under short final. I listen to ATIS prestart, throw it in the flight bag in case COM craps. Listen to ground, tower, and appch in the hangar.

 

[GRG55]

...Listen to ground, tower, and appch in the hangar.

Hmmm. No wonder I don't fit in.
I'm still listening to The Stones, Chuck Berry, some Elvis, a bit of CCR, Dylan (Bob, not Thomas ) on the old Sansui receiver and speakers that arrived with my wife (along with some other stuff from her apartment) when I got married, and got relegated to the hangar (not me, the Sansui stuff ).

 

[GMascelli]

The scanner I have set up in my hangar has a manual or scan setting. When I use the scan mode I lock out all except CTAF and AWOS. In manual mode I monitor CTAF only.

 

[Stan Cooper]

I use my Sporty's PJ2 handheld plugged into an AC-to-USB adapter.

 

[Salty]

I've got a sportys in the hangar, but a Uniden BCS365CRS in the house, and the Uniden is MUCH better IMO. I don't think it has bluetooth if that's important to you.

https://uniden.com/products/bc365crs-alarm-clock-radio-scanner

 

[Ravioli]

I use my handheld on it's charging base. I think a base station type radio with an external antenna would be better, since big metal boxes aren't conducive to radio reception.

 

[wrbix]

Standard Horizon used to make a model of handheld marine/aviation/wx/FM bands radio. Don’t have the model number right now but will edit it in later. Waterproof. Can broadcast on Marine but receive only on Av. I carry one in Cedar Key when kayaking and just around house monitoring CTAF.
Show up on eBay occasionally
<edit: Standard Horizon model “SUBMERSIBLE HX600S”>