SDR for Hennepin County listening

[garage_logician]

I have had an RTL-SDR but I am thinking of getting something better. One question I had was this, will an SDR be able to follow trunked systems? How about simulcast? I am looking at a SDRPlay DUO if it makes a difference (is there something else I should consider?).

Thanks!

 

[wogggieee]

I'm using three Airspy R2's and they work great. The SDRplay Duo is a great SDR but is overkill for what you need. From the SDRplay line the RSP1B is adequate. I went with the Airspy for scanning stuff because if I remember correctly the SDRplay did't work with all the different software I wanted to used. I chose the Airspy over the RTL because having 10mhz of bandwidth requires me to only need one unit to cover what I wanted rather than the multiples required from RTLs. That made setting up things less complicated.

SDR will follow trunked systems and is good with simulcast.

 

[garage_logician]

Which antenna would you recommend for the Airspy? Also, do you have any experience puttinng on the network via a Raspberry Pi?

Thanks!
-Gary

 

[mmtstc]

I run 2 Nooelec RatLsnake's on my 4 Nooelec NESDR SMArt v5's and have found ti to be the best antenna setup i have tried over the years...

 

[wogggieee]

Which antenna would you recommend for the Airspy? Also, do you have any experience puttinng on the network via a Raspberry Pi?

Thanks!
-Gary

I use a pair of yagis which I've been using for a long time and dont remember the brand or other info about them.

I haven't used a raspberrypi for it before. I do know there are some doing so though.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

I am looking at a SDRPlay DUO if it makes a difference (is there something else I should consider?).

I run a few SDRPlays, one of them being a Duo. They work great to bring in simulcast trunked systems in my region