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From: jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: need Airband receiver
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Date: 7 Jun 88 22:40:48 GMT
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Reply-To: jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller)
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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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