AIRBAND RADIOS and SCANNERS

Many Air-band radios are available today costing from just twenty pounds. The cheaper radio is usually able to pick up transmissions from civilian aircraft but are limited by the absence of accurate tuning so you cannot say exactly which frequency you are listening to.

A scanner, while more costly (£50+), usually consists of a keypad to enter a particular frequency, LCD display, a memory which will remember stored frequencies, and the ability to scan through a certain set of frequencies.

The cheaper scanners/radios can receive just the VHF aircraft band (108-137MHz) which is ideal if you want to listen to civilian aircraft transmissions. More expensive models allow you to receive the UHF aircraft band (225-400MHz) in addition to the VHF aircraft band. These scanners can receive military aircraft transmissions as well as civilian. In order to listen to the Red Arrows display team at an air show talking to each other you would require the UHF band.

Here are some UK Airport frequencies
Here is a useful web site for military air shows

Our Price

£18.80

Albrecht Aircontrol M8 Multi band Radio

Air, PB, WB, TV1, FM and CB channels.

Telescopic Metal Antenna 42 cm for maximum reception.

Squelch, cuts background hiss.

Easy tuning by rotary regulator

Our Price

£16.45

Albrecht Aircontrol M9 Multi band Radio

Air, PB, WB, TV1, FM and CB channels.

Telescopic Metal Antenna

25-28 MHz
54-108 MHz
108-176 MHz

Our Price

£25.85

Steepletone SAB9 new MK3 version

Handheld Air and Marine band radio. Covers air, marine, FM, MW and LW bands. Rotary tuning with a fine tune control for air band. Telescopic aerial, frequency lock indicator.

Our Price

£38.78

Steepletone SAB2006 PLL Digital Radio with 35 Pre-Sets.

At an air show you will hear the ground control as well as all the aircraft, and at home you can hear the aircraft flying above you and in your locality. Also covers Marine Band.

£57.52 inc UK VAT

£63.40
inc UK delivery

Maycom AR108 Air band scanning receiver
A compact lightweight air band and VHF handheld scanner with modern styling makes this a very popular scanner with air band enthusiasts. The AR-108 is a palm sized scanner covering 108 to 180 MHz. It gives the best possible receive sensitivity in the CIVIL AIRBAND.
108-136.975

136-180MHz

£72.50 inc UK VAT

The Maycom FR-100 is now back in stock.

It is a great little handheld scanner, with some very useful features including AM/FM/WFM modes, and up to 150 memory channels.
The Maycom FR-100 has 8.33 kHz spacing in the airband, which is unusual for a scanner in this price range.

66-88,
88-108,
108-136,
136-174,
420-470Mhz

Price £52.29
inc UK VAT

£58.17
inc UK delivery

Uniden Scanning receiver UBC30XLT

New compact pocket sized handheld scanner receiver with 200 channel designed especially for the air band enthusiast in mind, this unit covers air, marine, VHF public services as well as normal FM radio broadcasts.
88-108
108-137
137-174 MHz

Price £81.08
inc uk VAT

£88.72
Inc UK delivery

Uniden Bearcat UBC 72XLT Airband Digital Radio

This handheld scanner with full frequency display offers 100 programmable memory channels - 7 bands. Offering the new Ground Breaking Technology “Close Call RF Capture Technology” this scanner automatically ‘Listens” for any nearby or ‘close’ transmissions.
25-88
108-174
400-512 MHz

Price 142.18
inc UK VAT

£149.82
inc UK delivery

New UBC 3500XLT Handheld scanner

The new UBC3500XLT is the new flagship in handheld scanners, with the most comprehensive list of features ever offered by bearcat. They include 2500 dynamic channels, close call, quick keys,ctcss and dcs squelch modes, repeater reverse,dropout delay,channel alert,memory check,scan and search operation,custom alerts,automatic channel steps,quick recall,text tagging,data skip, memory backup, pc control and cloning, and much more.
25-512
806-1300MHz

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