Hi all,
I'm brand new to scanning and looking for a little guidance. I'm located on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne Australia. Long term I'd like to be able to listen in on the CFA (country fire authority) channels near me, as I'm a volunteer. They operate on Phase 2 P25, unencrypted, from what I've been able to tell.
I've just purchased an RTL-SDR v3, with a dual telescopic indoor antenna, and have installed op25 and GQRX on Ubuntu, and have been able to successfully listen to commercial FM broadcast channels on GQRX
Now I'm trying to get something happening in op25, but so far have had little success. Unfortunately none of the tutorials I've found are local to me, so it's difficult to follow along. When I try any of the command lines to start OP25, it starts, but I have all zeros in the top line, and it doesn't look like it's receiving anything.
The frequencies are here - Victoria - Country Fire Authority Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and here - RMR Network Sites, with Arthurs Seat being the closest tower to me, but no matter where I enter those frequencies, in op25 or GQRX, I don't seem to see any traffic.
Is anyone familiar with scanning CFA near Melbourne?
Thanks in advance... I realise I'm a bit vague, but still trying to get my head around all this!
Cheers
I'm brand new to scanning and looking for a little guidance. I'm located on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne Australia. Long term I'd like to be able to listen in on the CFA (country fire authority) channels near me, as I'm a volunteer. They operate on Phase 2 P25, unencrypted, from what I've been able to tell.
I've just purchased an RTL-SDR v3, with a dual telescopic indoor antenna, and have installed op25 and GQRX on Ubuntu, and have been able to successfully listen to commercial FM broadcast channels on GQRX
Now I'm trying to get something happening in op25, but so far have had little success. Unfortunately none of the tutorials I've found are local to me, so it's difficult to follow along. When I try any of the command lines to start OP25, it starts, but I have all zeros in the top line, and it doesn't look like it's receiving anything.
The frequencies are here - Victoria - Country Fire Authority Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and here - RMR Network Sites, with Arthurs Seat being the closest tower to me, but no matter where I enter those frequencies, in op25 or GQRX, I don't seem to see any traffic.
Is anyone familiar with scanning CFA near Melbourne?
Thanks in advance... I realise I'm a bit vague, but still trying to get my head around all this!
Cheers