Unfortunately I don't have a full room of my own yet, but I've got half a room and that's a good start!
Here is a wide shot of my desk :
A closer view of items on the left :
What you are seeing is a Netset Pro 2032 and RadioShack Pro 2036 used for Airband monitoring.
The Uniden alarm clock scanner monitors any analog additional frequencies I want to focus in on - usually something I find during a search, but also handles airband comms if I need to monitor a third channel.
The Uniden BCT15X is primarily used for Public Safety (trunked system), usually holding on the division I live in.
The black laptop runs Unitrunker and SDR Sharp with DSD Plus. It also handles all the scanner programming.
Unitrunker is set to display the large Public Safety system so I can see PD, FD, EMS, and City radio traffic at a glance. This is displayed on the monitor on top of the 2 Airband scanners.
DSD Plus is used for discovery and logging of newer digital networks that are springing up.
Next you see the Uniden BCD436HP which is used mostly for DMR voice now, but pulls other duties from time to time.
The silver laptop is linked to an Airspy SDR, and also pulls data from a remote mounted ADSB Pi-Aware installation on the roof of my workplace a few miles away. Seen here displaying data from FlightRadar24 which I contribute to.
It is also my commercial radio programming PC. Running Windows 10, but with Virtual Machines for Windows 7 and Windows XP. The USB cords run in multiple directions to the radio programming areas.
Beneath it is a BCD996P2 which has multiple roles, including monitoring P25 systems (including a Phase 2 system nearby).
The 2 monitors you see in this machine are generally not used for radio duties. This is the "fun" PC set up for my online flying adventures and home network maintenance ;-) The picture on the right-hand monitor is from a topic in this forum, and is that to which I aspire!
Further on the right you see the bookcase that houses the PC on the lowest level and the commercial mobiles & HTs. You can see those better in the next pic.
So the top left is an Icom VHF mobile is used for monitoring Rural Emergency Services in addition to Railroad and regular VHF LMR traffic.
Next to it on the right is a UHF Vertex radio. Currently set to scan various Security Channels (malls, expo center etc) and the local News Helicopter channels.
The last mobile is a Motorola CDM1250 which simply monitors the local Air Ambulance helicopter channel.
Then we have the HTs.
The Icom passively monitors a NXDN48 trunked system. The XPR6550 to its left scans several DMR repeaters, but typically sits on Security at casinos & hospitals.
These 5 radios are also programmed for local HAM (analog and DMR) and can be used for QSOs on VHF & UHF.
Lastly, the LPE-200 gives me another Public Service monitoring option and is mostly used for ProVoice channels, or parking on a Fire, EMS or Office of Emergency Management channel during an incident.
This area has a USB cord for updating radio programming from the silver programming laptop.
Lastly I have a radio closet.
This is my main programming area. These are radios that are waiting to be programmed, tested and sold on the local used market. These are what have paid for everything else in the room and what will get me a NXDN scanner when they come available ;-)
The weakest link in all this is the antenna. It is simply a magmount 2m/70cm dual bander thrown on a baking tin on top of the programming closet, with a hole drilled in the ceiling to let it protrude into the attic.
It is split 8 ways via a TV multicoupler which works quite well to supply the scanners, and commercial HTs. The Unitrunker SDR has its own antenna, as do the commercial mobiles. Although all the those antennas are actually in this room :-( One day I'll get a discone, a 2m HAM antenna, 70cm antenna, 2 x 800MHz antennas mounted on the roof outside. Then things will get even better
Even though the images are linked above, it looks like you're going to see them again. Enjoy!
Here is a wide shot of my desk :
A closer view of items on the left :
What you are seeing is a Netset Pro 2032 and RadioShack Pro 2036 used for Airband monitoring.
The Uniden alarm clock scanner monitors any analog additional frequencies I want to focus in on - usually something I find during a search, but also handles airband comms if I need to monitor a third channel.
The Uniden BCT15X is primarily used for Public Safety (trunked system), usually holding on the division I live in.
The black laptop runs Unitrunker and SDR Sharp with DSD Plus. It also handles all the scanner programming.
Unitrunker is set to display the large Public Safety system so I can see PD, FD, EMS, and City radio traffic at a glance. This is displayed on the monitor on top of the 2 Airband scanners.
DSD Plus is used for discovery and logging of newer digital networks that are springing up.
Next you see the Uniden BCD436HP which is used mostly for DMR voice now, but pulls other duties from time to time.
The silver laptop is linked to an Airspy SDR, and also pulls data from a remote mounted ADSB Pi-Aware installation on the roof of my workplace a few miles away. Seen here displaying data from FlightRadar24 which I contribute to.
It is also my commercial radio programming PC. Running Windows 10, but with Virtual Machines for Windows 7 and Windows XP. The USB cords run in multiple directions to the radio programming areas.
Beneath it is a BCD996P2 which has multiple roles, including monitoring P25 systems (including a Phase 2 system nearby).
The 2 monitors you see in this machine are generally not used for radio duties. This is the "fun" PC set up for my online flying adventures and home network maintenance ;-) The picture on the right-hand monitor is from a topic in this forum, and is that to which I aspire!
Further on the right you see the bookcase that houses the PC on the lowest level and the commercial mobiles & HTs. You can see those better in the next pic.
So the top left is an Icom VHF mobile is used for monitoring Rural Emergency Services in addition to Railroad and regular VHF LMR traffic.
Next to it on the right is a UHF Vertex radio. Currently set to scan various Security Channels (malls, expo center etc) and the local News Helicopter channels.
The last mobile is a Motorola CDM1250 which simply monitors the local Air Ambulance helicopter channel.
Then we have the HTs.
The Icom passively monitors a NXDN48 trunked system. The XPR6550 to its left scans several DMR repeaters, but typically sits on Security at casinos & hospitals.
These 5 radios are also programmed for local HAM (analog and DMR) and can be used for QSOs on VHF & UHF.
Lastly, the LPE-200 gives me another Public Service monitoring option and is mostly used for ProVoice channels, or parking on a Fire, EMS or Office of Emergency Management channel during an incident.
This area has a USB cord for updating radio programming from the silver programming laptop.
Lastly I have a radio closet.
This is my main programming area. These are radios that are waiting to be programmed, tested and sold on the local used market. These are what have paid for everything else in the room and what will get me a NXDN scanner when they come available ;-)
The weakest link in all this is the antenna. It is simply a magmount 2m/70cm dual bander thrown on a baking tin on top of the programming closet, with a hole drilled in the ceiling to let it protrude into the attic.
It is split 8 ways via a TV multicoupler which works quite well to supply the scanners, and commercial HTs. The Unitrunker SDR has its own antenna, as do the commercial mobiles. Although all the those antennas are actually in this room :-( One day I'll get a discone, a 2m HAM antenna, 70cm antenna, 2 x 800MHz antennas mounted on the roof outside. Then things will get even better
Even though the images are linked above, it looks like you're going to see them again. Enjoy!
