DIY Airband Radio Receiver Aviation Band Receiver Kit

Description Like many scanner enthusiasts and ham operators you are interested in listening in on all the excitement manifest in aeronautic communication but lack the equipment to pursue your interest then maybe the Aviation Band Receiver described in this article is for you The Aviation Receiver designed to tune the 118 135MHz band features exceptional sensitivity image rejection signal to noise ratio and stability The receiver is ideally suited to listening in on ground and air communication associated with commercial airlines and general aviation Powered from a 9 volt alkaline battery it can be taken along with your to local airports so that you wont miss a moment of the action And even if youre nowhere near an airport this little receiver will pick up all the ground to air and vice versa communications of any plane or ground facility within about 130 miles 190Km Color GreenMaterial CCLConstruction Once you have obtained all of the components and the board for the Aviation Receiver construction can begin A parts placement diagram is shown in Fig When assembling the project take special care that polarity sensitive components electrolytic capacitors keep leads as short as possible diodes and transistors are installed properly Just one part installed backwards can cause grievous harm Inductors Aircoils L1 L3 L5 can be made easily on a 5mm drill bit Before you wind them scrape the enamel of each end about 5mm Then wind the 1 5 turn 2 turns i