Looking for an Iphone controlled SDR

[dragon48]

Hi,

I enjoy my stand alone scanners but my eyes are getting worse and it is hard to work with the dials and small text on the keys. Also, SDR's seem like a good deal for the price. I've performed some google searches, but am sure that I can get better advice here.

I'm looking for a good unit that I can control (over WIFI I assume) with my iPhone. Can somebody lead me in the right direction. Ideally, this would be something that I could just plug in and not have to connect to a PC, but I'm not sure if these exist.

Please advise.

Thanks

 

[br0adband]

At this moment there's no such tool that I'm aware of and I've always wondered why some talented developer hasn't created a front-end remote control app for most modern scanners since they all tend to use the same control protocols/etc (meaning all the Uniden scanners work with their protocols for remote stuff and so on).

There's a market for such apps, definitely, maybe not a huge one but it can't be that hard to create a simple interface to allow for controlling the scanners remotely. Having said that since no modern scanners that I'm aware of allow for that kind of control using Wi-Fi then yes they'd have to be plugged into a computer of some kind with an application on the computer that can then be interfaced with the iPhone/Android/Windows Phone/etc app.

So, complicated yes, difficult probably not, with an opportunity to make a few bucks from it too - sounds like a win-win to me if the right developer came along.

 

[Voyager]

Two routes:

1. Get an 8" Windows tablet that has a USB port and use that.

2. Use any home PC or laptop with a VNC server (and client on your iPhone). Your reception area will be limited to your home range, but you also won't lose coverage from your home range.

I use both methods, BTW.