https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/5f1d89de-e32a-45a1-8c95-185553871118 This is an introductory video to my new series aimed about monitoring aviation communications. Throughout the series we will talk about Civil Airband (aka VHF airband) Military Airband (aka UHF airband) HF Aeronautical communications Decoding aircraft data on HF and VHF Decoding CPDLC transmissions and much more! Good frequency scanners to use, like the Uniden BC125AT and BCT-15X Recommended Software Defined Radios (SDR) ----Product Links---- Uniden BC125AT (US) : https://amzn.to/3aYQNno Uniden UBC125XLT (UK) : https://amzn.to/3uDNYzP but may be cheaper at https://frugalradio.com/yourls/125 Uniden BCT15X (US) : https://amzn.to/31Y2F4F Uniden BCT15X (UK) : https://frugalradio.com/yourls/bct15x RTL-SDR v3 (US) : https://amzn.to/2NIGGGZ RTL-SDR v3 (rest of world) : https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ Nooelec NESDR SMArtee (US) : https://amzn.to/3kuY6q9 Nooelec NESDR SMArtee (UK) : https://amzn.to/3dVxYn2 SDRPlay RSP1A (US) : https://frugalradio.com/yourls/1 SDRPlay RSP1A (UK) : https://frugalradio.com/yourls/2 ----Additional Footage / Audio---- Thank you to Martin Pauly for permission to use some footage of the Air Traffic Control Centre. The original video can be found at ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zwzOpG5v4 Thanks to Yissachar Ruas for the USCG footage. You can check out his channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLEFJYf71lV5H3_vitsqKA?fbclid=IwAR2VjcV8_0YhE1jXUobliMcb3uS1Np_6t1RbF22FhInPEiWHvVUXySnox-w Helicopter audio sounds courtesy of https://www.freesoundslibrary.com The Budget SDR Shootout episode referenced in the video can be found at https://youtu.be/FDwTGk6c2Qg ----Timecode---- 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - VHF Airband 02:34 - Other Airport Communications 02:46 - Flight Tracking 03:16 - Airband Communications on HF (shortwave) 03:58 - CPDLC 04:29 - UHF Military Airband (Milair) 05:10 - Handheld scanner recommendation (Uniden BC125AT/UBC125XLT) 06:40 - Base scanner recommendation (Uniden BCT15X) 08:07 - Recommended Budget SDRs (RTL-SDR v3 / Nooelec SMArtee) 09:22 - Recommended 'step up' SDR (SDRPlay RSP1A) 10:06 - Get ready for the next episode! As always, thanks for watching the Frugal Radio (FR) channel 😃 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:34:37 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/5f1d89de-e32a-45a1-8c95-185553871118 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.