Possible to receive aviation or police frequency with FM radio?

[Dairyfarmer]

Most modern police frequencies are encrypted.

Why would you want to listen into the police frequencies? Unless you are KFC and want to know the order.

 

[thehuman]

Why would you want to listen into the police frequencies? Unless you are KFC and want to know the order.

Totally iligal. Used by some tow truck drivers.
Aviation a big hobby overseas . But also iligal here

 

[Foxhound5366]

Yeah, the newer models of aeries I fly rarely have interference issues. But it's a very real situation with older equipment and mobile phones. It's the same sort of thing that happens with my PC speakers when the mobile is nearby, but for longer duration and increased intensity. Flew with a passenger in the cockpit of a lighter, older aerie the other day (wasn't your usual routine flight) and when his phone rang, both myself and the pilot monitoring received substantial interference. It's not uncommon, same equipment is just more vulnerable than others.

If you flew 1Time a while back (when they still existed), keep in mind mobiles would cause their inertial system to be affected and their electric compasses (best way to explain it to those outside aviation) to drift. There were tests conducted on 727s which showed they were most vulnerable, particularly during descent. Fortunately, after the 727s, the affect mobiles had on inertial systems decreased to a point where some say it's nonexistent. I'm still an advocate for keeping cellphones on flight mode when flying. If there's WiFi onboard (something I'm not a fan of either, but hey, some flights are long and people want connectivity), fine, but flight mode allows WiFi use for a reason

Very interesting post, thanks for sharing! It's so rare to hear from an actual expert on these forums, and pilots are always awesome

 

[Slootvreter]

Why would you want to listen into the police frequencies? Unless you are KFC and want to know the order.

I don't :erm:

 

[X-Gamer]

Apologies for not replying sooner.

On what?

We get interference on the radio, tuned to FM band 100MHz, community radio station.

 

[Idiosyncratic]

Apologies for not replying sooner.



We get interference on the radio, tuned to FM band 100MHz, community radio station.

Weird, the frequencies we use range from (VHF) 108 to 136 MHz and the lower end of that band isn't used for comms. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can explain exactly how that works then...

 

[Idiosyncratic]

Actually, I recall that back when my grandma was with us (a few years back when I was doing basic training), she would be able to hear aircraft transmissions on 124.80 MHz when her radio was on a different frequency. Not clear, and fairly fuzzy, but still something. No, there was nothing wrong with her head, but no, I never checked it out to confirm....

 

[thehuman]

Apologies for not replying sooner.



We get interference on the radio, tuned to FM band 100MHz, community radio station.

1. Your radio receaver could be bad design.

2. Even expensive radios can have problems blocking out if you right next to the transmitter.

3. The transmitter could have a problem and transmiting on frequencies it not tuned to.