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03-01-26 Scanners in unheated / uncooled garage I was thinking about leaving my SDS200 in an unheated and uncooled garage. What are thoughts on possible damage to the units if they are left in the garage and subject... 03-01-26, 06:55 am I was thinking about leaving my SDS200 in an unheated and uncooled garage. What are thoughts on possible damage to the units if they are left in the garage and subject to heat, cold and humidity? View article »
03-01-26 Pinellas County P25 (802.BEE00) and Clearwater... trying to figure out the sites for Pinellas County. Some of this is just opinion ... so YMMV. reference: Pinellas County Trunking System, Pinellas County, Florida -... 03-01-26, 06:37 am trying to figure out the sites for Pinellas County. Some of this is just opinion ... so YMMV. reference: Pinellas County Trunking System, Pinellas County, Florida - Scanner Frequencies Their FCC licenses... of which there are several, seem to be set up as a Simulcast-like system .... which isn't what they seem to have on the air. I will start with Site 1.12 (the 700Mhz site) - which seems to be correctly licensed as WQLM585 and operating on three channels (769.10625, 769.50625 and... Read more View article »
03-01-26 APX CPS drag and drop? So can you do a "Top node drag and drop operation" with the APX CPS like you could in the XTS and XTL CPS? 03-01-26, 06:33 am So can you do a "Top node drag and drop operation" with the APX CPS like you could in the XTS and XTL CPS? View article »
03-01-26 NanoVNA-F V2 I am thinking of buying this model. It is in my price range. Anyone have any experience with this model and manufacturer? 03-01-26, 06:19 am I am thinking of buying this model. It is in my price range. Anyone have any experience with this model and manufacturer? View article »
03-01-26 SDR newbie question Hello, l recently got UniTrunker up and running and now I’m looking for the best solution out there that would allow me to pick up my VIPER feed on my phone while... 03-01-26, 06:17 am Hello, l recently got UniTrunker up and running and now I’m looking for the best solution out there that would allow me to pick up my VIPER feed on my phone while I’m away from home. Just looking for the ability to listen while I’m remote. There are no Broadcastify feeds for my area. Trying to keep this as low budget as possible. I’m also looking into using SDR Trunk as it seems that it may be better suited for playing audio streams. Thanks in advance View article »
03-01-26 all static in trunk-recorder I'm trying to setup a raspberry pi and an RTL-SDR dongle to broadcast the local PD on broadcastify. I am using the broadcastify image and after mucking around with the... 03-01-26, 06:16 am I'm trying to setup a raspberry pi and an RTL-SDR dongle to broadcast the local PD on broadcastify. I am using the broadcastify image and after mucking around with the config for trunk-recorder it only records static, I get nothing audible. Right now I'm using the local NOAA as a test. Local PD is non-trunked analog also, so it seems like a relevant test. I can dial this into Gqrx and listen in fine. I'm assuming it's some config that I'm overlooking. Is anyone seeing something obvious and... Read more View article »
03-01-26 Base station build: Meeting NEC 810.21... I'm posting this thread in the interest of sharing my experience and to document setting up a base station antenna system that complies with NEC 810.21 parts A-K. My... 03-01-26, 06:08 am I'm posting this thread in the interest of sharing my experience and to document setting up a base station antenna system that complies with NEC 810.21 parts A-K. My reference material is from this PDF from Mike Holt Enterprises. First step, acquire material for grounding. 40' # 8 solid copper wire from the antenna to a grounding rod directly below the antenna, no sharp bends. 30' #6 wire from antenna grounding rod to house grounding rod, buried. 20' #10 wire for bonding coax ground... Read more View article »

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