Trying to listen to Shannon High Level

mr_jackapple · 27-07-2018 08:40PM #1

Hello everyone,

I'm living in Cavan and have a very simple Uniden Scanner.

My goal is to try listen to Shannon High Level frequencies but I'm not having much luck.

Found a great list of frequencies to tune in to : https://flyinginireland.com/frequencies/

The problem is I rarely hear much.

The odd time, I'll get some half-sentences on 119.0750 and today I picked up some stuff on 129.6666.

I'm fairly new to this kind of stuff so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. Am I simply out of range or am I listening to the wrong frequencies?

I've got my scanner connected to one of these antennas: https://amzn.to/2LEKnhf

....and I know the equipment works because I've heard some ATC and also the odd chatter from local taxi services.

Any advice would be great. Thanks!

jmcc · 28-07-2018 01:48PM

That antenna probably will not give any decent results. An external antenna would be better. Even a dipole made from two pieces of wire, a connector block and some coaxial cable would probably provide better results. Those ATC frequencies are just above FM broadcast frequencies so there can be a range issue.

What you could do, if your scanner covers Shortwave frequencies, is to listen to Shanwick control.

https://www.iaa.ie/air-traffic-management/north-atlantic-communications
http://www.kinetic.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9448

These are some of the Shannon frequencies.

https://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=einn

Regards...jmcc

Trying to listen to Shannon High Level

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