{"id":15811,"date":"2015-11-24T14:58:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15811"},"modified":"2015-11-24T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:58:03","slug":"diy-kit-for-aircraft-band-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/diy-kit-for-aircraft-band-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Kit for Aircraft Band Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aircraft-Band-Radio\"<\/a>There is an interesting kit<\/a> being sold on eBay designed specifically for aircraft monitoring of 118-136 MHz (meaning it could also cover a number of ACARS frequencies). The receiver is being sold as a DIY kit, a completed kit, or an assembled kit and enclosure. Prices range from ~$16 to $38 plus shipping from Hong Kong. I purchased a kit and enclosure, as building it is part of the fun for me. I will let you know how the construction goes and how the receiver performs after I get the kit together. Delivery time is estimated to be between 2 and 3 weeks, typical of things coming from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of an assembled board:<\/p>\n

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If anyone has experience with this kit let us know your results!<\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an interesting kit being sold on eBay designed specifically for aircraft monitoring of 118-136 MHz (meaning it could also cover a number of ACARS frequencies). The receiver is being sold as a DIY kit, a completed kit, or an assembled kit and enclosure. Prices range from ~$16 to $38 plus shipping from Hong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[344,3],"tags":[4404,4442,4443,4095,4014],"class_list":["post-15811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","category-news","tag-acars","tag-air-band","tag-aviation-receivers","tag-kits","tag-robert-gulley-ak3q"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-471","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17436,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/1-8mhz-9th-order-high-pass-filter-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":15811,"position":0},"title":"1.8MHz 9th Order High Pass Filter Kit","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In reply to our post about a home brew high-pass filter, SWLing Post contributor Guy Atkins replied: I recently purchased one of these high pass kits and an enclosure from an Australian company, and look forward to assembling it:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.minikits.com.au\/electronic-kits\/filter-kits\/hf-highpass-filters\/HPF9-1M8 The price was just $14.95 USD at the current exchange\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"hpf9-1m8a-500x500","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hpf9-1m8a-500x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45336,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/ron-reminds-us-that-mfj-still-offers-a-shortwave-radio-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":15811,"position":1},"title":"Ron reminds us that MFJ still offers a shortwave radio kit","author":"Thomas","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Following up on our recent MFJ post, SWLing Post contributor, Ron, writes: Another thing about MFJ is they still offer the MFJ-8100 as a kit or built. 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