Enthusiasts during the 1960’s used to get En Route Flight Supplements free from crews at airshows.
As far as I’m aware there were no frequency guides sold to the public until 1979 with the release of the UK VHF Airband Guide by Ken Davies.
Please see this page which is dedicated to the AIRWAVES publication www.airband-radio.co.uk/airwaves
Ken Davies
UK VHF Airband Guide – December 1979
UK VHF Airband Guide 2nd Edition – June 1981
Air Traffic Radio – 1985
Air Traffic Radio – 1986
Air To Ground – 1993
Air To Ground Radio Frequencies – 1995
Lowe Electronics (Chesterfield Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LE)
Air Band Guide (No date)
The Airband Guide (No date)
The Lowe Airband Guide (No date)
The Lowe Listener’s Guide (No date)
The Lowe Scanner Guide (No date)
Waters and Stanton Electronics (18-20 Main Road, Hockley, Essex)
VHF/UHF Airband Frequency List – Edition No I (Want)
VHF/UHF Airband Frequency List – Edition No II
VHF/UHF Airband Frequency List – Edition No II (New Edition)
The Scanner Operator’s Guide To The VHF-UHF Spectrum (No date)
The Scanner Operator’s Guide To The VHF-UHF Spectrum (No date)
UK Listeners Confidential Frequency List – 1st Edition (Want)
UK Listeners Confidential Frequency List – 2nd Edition (Want)
UK Listeners Confidential Frequency List – 3rd Edition 1986
UK Listeners Confidential Frequency List – 4th Edition 1987
UK Listeners Confidential Frequency List – 5th Edition 1988
The Aviation Hobby Shop (4 Horton Parade, Horton Road, West Drayton, Middx, UB7 8EA)
The Travellers Airband Guide – 1st Edition May 1981
Michiel Schaay
Aeronautical Radio Handbook – 1st Edition 1987 (Want)
Aeronautical Radio Handbook – 2nd Edition May 1990
EWOL Publications (P.O. Box 88, Matlock, Derbys, DE4 5WF)
The Airband Frequency Guide – 1st Edition January 1992
The Airband Frequency Guide – 2nd Edition August 1992
DPR Marketing & Sales (The World Of Transport, 37 Heath Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 4AW)
The All New VHF Airband Guide – July 1985
The Complete UK VHF & UHF Airband Guide – Feb 1989
JAVIATION (Carlton Works, Carlton Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DA)
VHF/UHF Frequency Listing – 17th Sep 1993
VHF/UHF Airband Frequency & Callsign Guide – 1st April 1997
In the 1993 edition it stated the last edition was 23rd July 1993
In the 1997 edition it stated the last edition was 8th December 1995
MGT Publishing
Air Scan UK 1996/97 (Want)
Touchdown (Mildenhall Aviation Group)
Frequency Guide VHF / UHF (No date)
Air Supply (97 High Street, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7TA)
The “No Frills” Frequency Guide (No date)
The “No Frills” Frequency Guide – June 2003
darren@airband-radio.co.uk
