Thanks for that Deano. For informational purposes only, obviously 🙂

What kind of range would something like this give? http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?menuno=12599&menul1=1716&menul2=12599&minprice=20&maxprice=50

Chris, assuming you’re somewhere close to Newcastle, with this set’s built in aerial you’ll do fine listening to traffic into and out of Newcastle, and some of the overhead stuff too (126.925 is a good one to look out for where we live). But really, if you get bitten by the bug like I did some 25 years back, you’ll need something a little more capable that will let you store some actual precise frequencies and scan between them, and will let you attach an external aerial. You won’t need to spend a fortune though, there’s plenty of older sets to be found on ebay and the like and even for a new starter scanner these days you can get going for £50 with something like this http://www.radioscan.co.uk/uniden_ubc30xlt.html. It’s by no means top-end, but will really get you going.

It’s also worth noting that the EGNT ground frequency is used extensively daily in the busy periods such as early morning.

Any Q’s just ask 🙂

Graeme

Flew out at lunchtime today to Newcastle, got to say the place is absolutely breathtaking. And a real breeze to travel through. OK we were a bit delayed due to the bags issue that now has become far worse than earlier in the day, but aside of the teething troubles today (which will get sorted), I think its a stunning terminal and has totally raised the bar of expectation as to what a world class terminal should be like. Well done BA and BAA (but slapped wrists all round for day 1 teething troubles)

Aircraft was being towed at the time and the tow bar from the tug went defective according to Jetphotos.net here: http://www.jetphotos.net/news/index.php?blog=1&title=singapore-cancels-a380-flight-puts-passe-400&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1. Imagine how annoyed you’d be if you’d been bumped onto a 747-400 having been due to do your first A380 flight!

Gotta agree – 40 mins to get through at 530am, queue all the way downstairs then back to WH Smiths, nasty. Also at passports on the way back in, a similar 30 min wait, totally out of the ordinary for NCL.