I am new to SDR and know absolutely nothing about it. I realize I have lots to learn but I am home most of the time because I am a caregiver for my spouse who is a disabled U.S Army veteran. I have always liked listening to scanner traffic. I have a brand new hackRF one still in the box, and a brand new raspberry pi, still in the box.
I am working with a 7 year old hp pavillion laptop (not my main computer). It has 750 gb hdd and 6gb ram.
About 2 months ago I managed to get ubuntu installed on it., but have been too busy to do anything with it.
What I would like to be able to do.... is listen to local digital police/fire channels and maybe some tow trucks or private businesses etc.
(I'm easily entertained).
Should I do this with with windows 10 (which is on my much newer regular computer--hp laptop; 4 gb ram, 500 gb hdd) or should I use the ubuntu (where I need to learn some Linux, maybe Python, and install gnu radio)??
Thanks.
I am working with a 7 year old hp pavillion laptop (not my main computer). It has 750 gb hdd and 6gb ram.
About 2 months ago I managed to get ubuntu installed on it., but have been too busy to do anything with it.
What I would like to be able to do.... is listen to local digital police/fire channels and maybe some tow trucks or private businesses etc.
(I'm easily entertained).
Should I do this with with windows 10 (which is on my much newer regular computer--hp laptop; 4 gb ram, 500 gb hdd) or should I use the ubuntu (where I need to learn some Linux, maybe Python, and install gnu radio)??
Thanks.