What is good for picking up military radio signals?

Is there any thing legal i can that will allow me to understand it?

If it was that easy...we simply wouldn't need spies, now would we? There is an entire agency that is tasked with doing the same for other countries. It is the FBIS (foreign broadcast information service-I know, because I almost joined it, hehe....) It takes us an entire service within the CIA to do this for the world, so I'm not so sure you have a prayer of doing the same with the US military's communications... And though not technically "illegal", believe you me...they will trump up enough solid evidence to do what they want with you...

So gazrok you are saying it is legal for me to intercept the radio signals and it is legal for me to decrypt them. If that is the case i am going to learn how to do both of them. If the FCC has to check all comunication technology then they by law have to check the one's the government have. If i am doing nothing illegal i will find a way. I am not a push over and will not let the government walk over me.

a reply to: ilovepizza

I just bought a baofeng 2 way radio for around $30 and it picks up military frequencies. I have the baofeng uv-5r

Military active operations coms are of course scrambled. But training...or just listening to MPs, base activity, ect isn't illegal and you can't get into any trouble for that. Once it's out in the air...I served, my brother is stationed at Carson and is an Apache pilot, my son's boyscout leader is a current Air National Guard pilot, I checked with both..and they both echo what I said. They also said they use civilian frequencys a lot. You should look at the Radio Shack PRO-97 and the Uniden BR-330. Both of these are handheld models and both pick up Military Air Frequencies. If you are looking for older units, the Realistic (Radio Shack) PRO-43 is a good choice , but parts for these older radios are getting hard to find.