gonnahavemesomefun
New Member
Simply looking for a cost effective scanner (I think), advice sort please.
I am new to the forum but not new to watching planes since our 5 y/o never lost his love of planes.
We live 12 miles from Manchester airport (as the crow flies) and so are lucky to have planes fly over us at a comfortable 2,500 to 4,000 ft (thanks to the Pinkfroot's Plane Finder App for the info!!) --they are high enough not to go unnoticed, but low enough to spot if you are looking
For Christmas I was thinking of buying our son a scanner - which I understand is a radio that can listen on medium wave to pilot's comms.
Is this realistic to be used at home, based on the height of planes or am I missing the point here?
We do regularly visit the Manchester Airport viewing park, so if the scanner will only work there that would still be a good purchase.
Thank you for any help.
I am new to the forum but not new to watching planes since our 5 y/o never lost his love of planes.
We live 12 miles from Manchester airport (as the crow flies) and so are lucky to have planes fly over us at a comfortable 2,500 to 4,000 ft (thanks to the Pinkfroot's Plane Finder App for the info!!) --they are high enough not to go unnoticed, but low enough to spot if you are looking
For Christmas I was thinking of buying our son a scanner - which I understand is a radio that can listen on medium wave to pilot's comms.
Is this realistic to be used at home, based on the height of planes or am I missing the point here?
We do regularly visit the Manchester Airport viewing park, so if the scanner will only work there that would still be a good purchase.
Thank you for any help.