Another SDRTrunk update
So, I posted a while ago about my SDRTrunk setup using a USB hub and a couple RTL-SDR sticks. This setup worked, but I wanted it to be more capable,…
Cable Modem Spectrum Analyzer
Another solution in search of problems, right? I work every day with spectrum analyzers and receivers – so it’s natural that they would have a place on my workbench. When…
Anytone 878 – Talk Permit Tones
This is a short post… just something I didn’t want to lose, and can no longer find the original source for. The talk permit and post-call tones are, to say…
Mobile Install 3.0… Equipment Installation
In this installation of my rambling… how did I physically install the radios. This one is not entirely groundbreaking. Both pros and well disciplined amateurs have been using modular or…
Mobile Install 3.0… Ground versus return…
So…. this is as good a place as any to discuss this concept. In many professional applications, the power harness for the radio has a long positive lead that is…
Mobile Install 3.0… physical attachment of wires to things
As I said, there’s going to be more to come on this. Shortly after publishing my last entry on this overall topic, I realized that this was something I wanted…
Mobile Install 3.0… a Journey towards an end product…
Let me start by stating one thing. I am NOT in the same ballpark as a professional 2-way installer. Those guys do hundreds of installs a year, and have methods…
Wire gauge – what is really overkill?
So another mobile install, and more worries about how much space I have for wire….. things are always tight. I’ve been trying to plan this one out a bit, and…
SDRTrunk…
So, I sold my scanner. I needed something that could monitor P25 Phase 2, in addition to Phase I and analog signals. I could have spent $600 or more on…
MMDVM on P25…
It took over a week, a complete network reconfiguration, and a lot of google searching to figure this one out. I wanted my MMDVM on P25 for a number of…