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How to hack a transistor radio to hear Air Traffic Control

Views: 16,565 Length: 3:53 Date added: 08/04/08 Rating: A

Normally, when standing outside your local regional airport, you'd need a special radio or scanner to pick up the transmissions coming from that Air Traffic Control tower. Well, not anymore.

Kip Kay from Make Magazine will show you how to take an old vintage AM/FM transistor radio and make a quick modification so that it picks up the VHF band of Air Traffic Control, Air Shows and other Civil Aviation Band transmissions.

This is one amazing radio hack!

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deathminister 10 months ago
Awesome, I wonder if it works in airplanes
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datyate 9 months ago
which one
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leopold 8 months ago
way to give ideas!
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Markd 5 months ago
Is this a good site ?
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300man04 last month
uhhh..thats sorta complicated..good for terrorists..they better not see this
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victor2112 2 weeks ago
The aircraft band uses Amplitude Modulation. You modded Fm Band change still leaes the unit receiving Fm or Frequency Modulation. I doubt this works very good
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