Many cities, including CYVR might even place some of their transmitters or nearby high-stands of ground or buildings. I believe Vancouver arrival and departure frequencies are located on the north-shore mountains. I receive ground and tower communications about 5 miles south (perpendicular) to the 8R/28L CYVR runway. I bought a Maycom FR-108 radio from my local aviation store for my son and myself. It was the equivalent of $110USD. On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 04:15 PM, damiross2@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Depends on what you are listening to. Because aviation band is VHF, > you > receive in line-of-sight. YOu can listen to the aircraft calling the > ATC > centers but you can't hear the controllers reply unless you are fairly > close to > the center. You may be able to pick up the control tower from a few > miles away > but, again, it depends on line-of-site. I can listen to the Hayward > tower even > though I live a few miles away from it but because I live on a hill, I > have a > line of sight to it. > > David R >> how close do I have to be? >