Hi:
I'm a scanner newbie trying to figure out some software capabilities. Stumbled across Winrad and Spectran freeware website www.weaksignals.com
From what I gather, Winrad is a software defined radio while Sectran is a software defined spectrum analyzer. What I can't figure out is how does one get output from a receiver into the soundcard of a PC/laptop for these programs to process.
On the Winrad site there is reference to a receiver SD-14 which is sold my Universal radios, kinda pricey over $1,000. But can one send audio from a scanner's audio output like the earphone jack into the mic input on a laptop? Or does the scanner need a discriminator tap to send unfiltererd signal to the soundcard?
The Spectran faq, I think it states the input to the laptop soundcard can be simply the audio output of a receiver. Do they mean the earphone jack or a discriminator tap?
I'm interested in seeing a visual waterfall type display of different types of signals across a given spectrum, for example, the difference between CW and analog FM voice and P-25 digital trunking, etc.
Thanks!
Pete
I'm a scanner newbie trying to figure out some software capabilities. Stumbled across Winrad and Spectran freeware website www.weaksignals.com
From what I gather, Winrad is a software defined radio while Sectran is a software defined spectrum analyzer. What I can't figure out is how does one get output from a receiver into the soundcard of a PC/laptop for these programs to process.
On the Winrad site there is reference to a receiver SD-14 which is sold my Universal radios, kinda pricey over $1,000. But can one send audio from a scanner's audio output like the earphone jack into the mic input on a laptop? Or does the scanner need a discriminator tap to send unfiltererd signal to the soundcard?
The Spectran faq, I think it states the input to the laptop soundcard can be simply the audio output of a receiver. Do they mean the earphone jack or a discriminator tap?
I'm interested in seeing a visual waterfall type display of different types of signals across a given spectrum, for example, the difference between CW and analog FM voice and P-25 digital trunking, etc.
Thanks!
Pete