jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller) (06/08/88)
i am looking for a good quality portable airband (AM 108MHz-136MHz) receiver.
i have very minimal requirements/preferences:
* digital or thumbwheel or ratchet tuning - not AM-radio style
* squelch
* reasonable sensitivity (superheterodyne prefered)
* low cost
i went out and spent $20 at Ripoff Shack and got an AM radio with a switch
that changes the band to 108MHz-136MHz. internally, all it does is change
a resistor.
sure, a scanner would be nice, like the Sony Air-8 (which is only sold at
Sporty's Pilot Shop, i'm told), but i don't need that capability and i don't
want to pay $220 for an AM receiver.
i am a software engineer, but i have hacked hardware a bit. does anyone in
netland have schematics for what i'm after? anybody play with the LM1820,
basically an AM-radio on a chip?
anybody have such a beast that they want to sell cheap? i would settle for
a non-portable unit if the price were right.
please email, as i don't typically read these newsgroups. if mail fails,
you can reply to rec.aviation.
thanks in advance,
-- jdm
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