Can you purchase an Aircraft Radio without having an license?

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Hi there, I am wondering if you can purchase an Aircraft Radio without having a license? I’m interested in getting an radio that only has the Aircraft Frequencies…Although I would never transmit on those frequencies. Any help is greatly appreciated. TIA

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There are Apps that let you listen in on Live Traffic. Unless you really want to spend the money on a scanner.

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Hi, @CasualClick Thanks for the reply… What apps would those be, Please?

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This is not an app, but liveatc.net is somewhere I’ve visited.

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Back before the Internet existed, I used to have a radio scanner. It had a number of slots for plug in quartz crystals. These crystals had a specific resonant frequency they tuned. The scanner would run through the crystals, looking like and ALSF system as it did its scan. I was actually “tasked” with monitoring 121.5.

There was no Amazon, but an aviation store near the airport sold the crystals, along with the paper charts.

I have no idea what happened to that scanner or the crystals, but I wish I still had it. My parents probably got rid of it when I went of to college.

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I also use this in our hangar, quite good actually

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You cant listen to ATC in the UK

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LiveATC has an app!

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That a real bummer. It would be really fun to listen to the Heathrow controllers!

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Absolutely there are hundreds of handhelds you can buy on all the pilot supply stores