w1av
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- Joined
- Jan 12, 2006
- Messages
- 81
Hello....long time ham, but out of it for YEARS. I am now retired and like to fool with radio and computer. Just monitoring really as I have long since sold all my radio gear. I would like some basic info on what types of digital signals I can tune into on my scanner and decode on computer. So far I have been able to monitor APRS using a program called "DIREWOLF". Seems to work well but not very exciting. I also have had luck monitoring ACARS (131.55) using "ACARSD" software. Lastly and most boringly, I found a program that lets you monitor ACARS as well as POCSAG and weird pager transmissions. There is a VERY POWERFUL pager on 152.600 that must be local. Nothing to write home about as far as monitoring that. Are there OTHER SIGNALS out there that I could tune in to and what software would be good? I am using soundcard setup. I am not sure regular packet freq's are going to have much on there these days. What about weather maps the you can intercept on VHF? I seem to be chasing my tail Googling all this so thats why I came here. I am unfamiliar with modern amateur radio digital modes. I dropped out of the hobby back around 2001 and sold my station. I am using a homebrew vertical dipole up about 20' connected to a Bearcat BC700A scanner. Computer running Win 10 and Linux. I live in a suburban area with decent elevation.