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I have a friend who looking for an entry level scanner which doesn’t break the bank. My assumptions are it must be digital and hand held. The scanner can’t be as costly as my Uniden BCD-436HP. Tons of bells and whistle are not needed. My friend’s main goal is to monitor local emergency...

I finally got my sds100 and I'm having trouble I'm coming from sdr dongles and using sdrtrunk and dsdplus. So I put my zip code In and it's just showing way to much , since I've been using sdrtrunk and dsdplus i pretty much know what frequencies i can listen to and what ones I can't, so how do...

My first question and most important one is With the sds100 how does it work with P25 control channels and scanning, so lets say i have 10 freqs i want to listen to and three of those freqs are P25 trunking control channels and the rest of the channels are conventional such as a conventional...

This device was bought not to long ago about October of 2023 It really hasn't been used much, I bought it but just don't have time to use it anymore so i'm selling it. Please message me on here RR or email me at raystacy@proton.me RSPdx Multi antenna port 14 bit SDR The SDRplay RSPdx is a...

Hi everyone, i am just wondering if their is any tips and stuff for sdrtrunk. like i have recording enabled and everything is being saved to the recordings folder but is their a way to import them into anything, like universal scanner audio player for dsdplus. something that will organize them...

So i have been struggling to figure the answer out to this question for a while now. I bought the RTL-SDR kit and i don't know how to configure the antenna, videos on youtube have conflicting answers i see one person say use it one way and then another person in a different video says to use it...

Hello all you radio junkies! Lol Ive had a fair share of scanners in the past from when i was in my teens till now. I love to listen to whats going on around me. Then awhile back everything went encrypted, but i just recently discovered my area has fire rescue back on the scanner radio app so...

Can anyone help me out here i have been trying to get dsdplus up and running on linux mint i got it setup with my RSPdx to where it's detecting the audio from gqrx and i have it set on a P25 control channel i know their is traffic on it because my other radio is working but the dsdplus event log...

So i just bought the RSPdx and i'm a newbie when it comes to really understanding everything but what would i use the three antenna inputs for? i basically just listen to the local police and ems type stuff between 150 to 450mhz will either antenna input work or do i have to use a certain input...

Hi i am having some problems with what i should buy and not buy. right now i have three RTL-SDR v4's and i'm using one to listen to a p25 control channel on OP25 and the other two are being used with dsdplus fastlane i have two instances of fastlane open and each one scanning a set number of...

Scanner is in excellent condition, one owner. OS535 board was professionally installed. It ran the Signal Intelligence software just fine and has a lightning fast scan rate under computer control. I dont have any computer system to run it with. Software/RS232 cable not included. Will ship...

What would be the CHEAPEST scanner besides a rtl-sdr dongle could get by with to listen to everything in my area? Thanks a lot. My Area My Area

Hey guys i'm using dsdplus fastlane and i set my scanlist up but when i put p25 CC in it i notice my scanning will get interrupted by getting stuck on the p25 channel it only does this with a p25 freq if i leave out the p25 it scans just fine. is this how it's suppose to work or is their a fix i...

Hi So, I been listening to the cottonwood heights Police Dept, And I notice they have dispatch, and car to car, but not a tactical channel, I tried listening on other talk groups, but I don't hear anything when they talk. If anyone could help me I would be happy. Thanks! I just wanna be informed...

Does anyone know what causes this. notice the bottom of the waterfall, That is normal it's showing the signal and everything is good and then about every minute or so i will see the top part of the waterfall do this. i have played around with the gain and everything else but nothing fixes it...

Hello all! So, the emergency services are all encrypted in my country (they all use some form of custom encrypted TETRA, impossible to monitor), last week I was monitoring my scanner and I heard what sounded like traffic police conducting a raid. I've heard it before last year back when I...

Ok i got a problem here and i can't find any answers about it. When i am on SDR++ i can go to the 800 mhz and see all kinds of signals and when i search for those signals on RR it shows that they are signals but when i put them in on SDRTrunk i don't see anything. Now if i put in 152.6825 it...

I have a question that i hope someone can help me with. i'm using two rtl-sdr dongles with sdrtrunk and i am able to lock onto 3 different control channels but i am only hearing these 4 talgroups. VSP Wyt 2 DWR 3 LAW DOC OP W Buch Sheriff 1 but according to my site their are a LOT more...

Just wanted to show everyone my setup i'm using a pi 4 with two dongles and a LNA going out to a J Pole on top of my house i'm running SDRTrunk i'm also testing out OP25. i'll attach pictures. Thanks to everyone on this forum that has helped me so much, it's really meant more than you know and...

Hello, I’m planning on getting an SDS100 soon and we’re coincidentally getting a new SUV and naturally I started thinking about how I could integrate the two (lol) for when I’m in the car. What came to mind was how to improve the scanner’s reception while in the vehicle. Then I thought I...