Gmork
Member
Afternoon,
I have used SDR dongles for years decoding mainly trunked systems in Unitrunker. Occasionally using them to monitor voice transmissions.
Recently I started decoding the county fire pager frequency to monitor calls. I am currently using a R820T2 which I had previously used for Unitrunker. Last week I started using PDW and cannot get a decent signal on it. The signal fluctuates for no reason going from 100% to 60 to 80 & so on.
I have searched this topic, and cannot find an answer. I am using an attic antenna which works great as I have used it to monitor audio. I can decode some pages but it gets buggy at times. I am using VB Virtual audio cable, I actually used a different audio cable thinking that may be the culprit.
I am at a point where I may actually purchased a legitimate SDR receiver. What is everyone else using to decode or even monitor RF in general? I have ferrite beads on the USB cables. I have no idea what to do at this point.
I have used SDR dongles for years decoding mainly trunked systems in Unitrunker. Occasionally using them to monitor voice transmissions.
Recently I started decoding the county fire pager frequency to monitor calls. I am currently using a R820T2 which I had previously used for Unitrunker. Last week I started using PDW and cannot get a decent signal on it. The signal fluctuates for no reason going from 100% to 60 to 80 & so on.
I have searched this topic, and cannot find an answer. I am using an attic antenna which works great as I have used it to monitor audio. I can decode some pages but it gets buggy at times. I am using VB Virtual audio cable, I actually used a different audio cable thinking that may be the culprit.
I am at a point where I may actually purchased a legitimate SDR receiver. What is everyone else using to decode or even monitor RF in general? I have ferrite beads on the USB cables. I have no idea what to do at this point.