PDW bogus data

[charlieone]

Hey all.

I've been noticing that after 12-24 hours of running PDW the decoding percentage drops off to 60% or less. After a fresh re-start of the computer, not just PDW, I get 100% decode again.

Has anyone else experienced this? I'm looking for a better solution that just restarting the computer every day.

 

[SCPD]

Just curious why you monitor pager traffic?. It's not legal and pretty stupid in my opinion.

 

[poltergeisty]

PDW does more than monitor pager traffic. Besides, pager traffic is B-O-R-I-N-G.

 

[tampabaynews]

Ah, the Self Appointed Radio Reference Police....

I could never get it to work for me, but I do know from others that the success rate depends on reception and possibly what you have going on in the background of your computer. Try adjusting/upgrading your antenna or using a dedicated computer.

 

[exkalibur]

Just curious why you monitor pager traffic?. It's not legal and pretty stupid in my opinion.

How is it not legal? It isn't being sent encrypted.

 

[Saint]

Pagers

How is it not legal? It isn't being sent encrypted.

The law in the United States is very clear on this , It's illegal in the U.S. to listen to pages, but it is not illegal in Canada to listen to this traffic.
Steve

 

[TEKurtz]

He's correct, I had previously looked up this topic and found it's illegal to monitor a telephone call, pager traffic and anything encrypted.

 

[cg]

Definately sounds like a computer issue rather than a PDW issue. Is it new to your setup or has it happened since you started using PDW? You could bump PDW back a version fairly easily, but be sure to save your filter file as they are not compatible between versions. The other way would be to shut down Windows programs until you did not run into a problem. Other than those suggestions, I can't help you.

chris

 

[charlieone]

Definately sounds like a computer issue rather than a PDW issue. Is it new to your setup or has it happened since you started using PDW? You could bump PDW back a version fairly easily, but be sure to save your filter file as they are not compatible between versions. The other way would be to shut down Windows programs until you did not run into a problem. Other than those suggestions, I can't help you.

chris

It's not a particularly new phenomenon, but I have noticed it happening in 24 hours more frequently. The computer also hosts a couple of audio feeds. It might be time to dedicate a computer...

 

[cg]

I like the Thin Clients for dedicated radio stuff. They are relatively cheap and almost always have real serial ports for something like a 4 level decoder.

chris

 

[dcr_inc]

The "garbage" pages you are getting are due to the input level being either too high or low.. Another issue is noise on the paging channel.. If the freq is shared with another carrier or is site selective, you could be trying to decode a noisey signal..Usually the level is too high..

As for decoding being legal.. It is if you are decoding a Public Safety paging system..