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PODCAST

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about the Scanner Radio Hobby

Phil Lichtenberger

Welcome to Scanner School, a podcast dedicated to the Scanner Radio Hobby. Each week we cover another topic related to scanning and will be answering all of your questions to take you from Scanner Radio Student to Scanner Radio Scholar.

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173 - What Can You Do When They Encrypt?

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2021/04/13

Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- On today’s episode, we talk about the encryption of police and fire department frequencies, and how to get around them and discover new frequencies

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172 - Ask Scanner School v31

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2021/04/06

Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. You may submit questions at www.scannerschool.com/ask This month I answer: What do you feel are

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33:08

171 - The Ultimate SDR Training Courses are Here!

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2021/03/30

Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Today, we introduce our two new SDR courses. This past week, we released a free intro course, and a paid advanced course. These courses will teach

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170 - SDRplay with Jon Hudson

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2021/03/23

On today’s episode, host Phil Lichtenberger interviews Jon Hudson, the co-creator of the SDRplay devices. They talk about the evolution of radio scanning software, the advantages of SDRplay and SDRuno, where they think the scanner hobby is headed, and more. What You Need To Know Jon Hudson is a co-creator of the SDRplay device. SDRplay manufactures both hardware and software. Before about 20 years ago, processing the radio chain was done exclusively on the hardware. Now computers are powerful

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55:09

169 - SDR++ with Alex Rouma

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2021/03/16

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- A cross platform, open source, free SDR software! In this episode, Phil talks to Alex Rouma, author and creator of SDR++. They discuss how Alex got into SDRs, where SDR++ is now and where he hopes

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01:19:38

168 - Using a SDR as Your Scanner

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2021/03/09

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- Do you want to dive deep on Software Defined Radios? In this episode, Phil talks to listener Greg Weamer about his SDR setup. They get into the history of SDR development, what you can do with an

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39:10

167 - Ask Scanner School v30

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2021/03/02

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. You may submit questions at www.scannerschool.com/ask This month I answer: If police and fire stations move to TDMA, does that mean they’re

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31:16

166 - The New Face of Uniden

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2021/02/23

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, we learn about Joe Bearcat, the new Product Service Representative at Uniden America. What you will take away from this week's podcast: Uniden has a new public-facing

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33:17

165 - This is Why You Need an SDR

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2021/02/16

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be February 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, Phil walks through the basics of what an SDR is, its history, and how you can get set up with one. The perfect introduction to his upcoming SDR webinar and course. What you

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57:18

164 - Raspberry PI and SDR w/ Fuzz the Pi Guy

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2021/02/09

Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be January 26, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, Phil talks to "Fuzz the Pi Guy". Fuzz has a large YouTube channel and has a ton of SDR and Raspberry Pi Videos. Fuzz and I discuss how he uses his Software Defined Radios and

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32:07

163 - Ask Scanner School v29

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2021/02/02

Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them. This month I answer: What makes the SDS200 so much heavier than the SDS100, and what more are you getting

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37:24

162 - Crash Course 2021 Pt 3 - Hardware

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2021/01/26

Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26, 2021 at 8pm Eastern US time. Register for the live webinar or catch the replay at

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47:12

161 - Crash Course 2021 Pt 2 - Trunking

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2021/01/19

Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26, 2021 at 8pm Eastern US time. Register for the live webinar or catch the replay at

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41:54

160 - 2021 Crash Course Pt 1 - The Basics

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2021/01/12

Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26, 2021 at 8pm Eastern US time. Register for the live webinar or catch the replay at

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33:03

159 - Ask Scanner School v28

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2021/01/05

Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them. This month I answer: The first question is more of a comment regarding the improvements made to the Unication G5 scanner. Will Phil update his review of this scanner to mention these

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18:46

158 - The Secrets are in the Searches

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2020/12/29

Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com Have you wondered how you can best use the search function on your scanner? In this episode, Phil walks through some tips for how to use your scanner to search for new frequencies, from pre-programmed search ranges to scan and search mode, and more. What You Need To Know There is

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26:04

157 - Uniden Close Call vs Whistler Spectrum Sweeper

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2020/12/22

Uniden Close Call vs Whistler Spectrum Sweeper Which is better: Uniden Close Call or Whistler Spectrum Sweeper? In this episode, Phil puts them to the test in a head-to-head comparison on speed, distance, and technology. Listen in to find out who wins! What You Need To Know Close Call and Spectrum Sweeper are used to seek out nearby frequencies that are stronger than a set value over the scanner’s noise floor. You would use this function to listen to, for example, news helicopters flying overhead

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156 - Whistler Signal Stalker & Spectrum Sweeper

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2020/12/15

Whistler Signal Stalker & Spectrum Sweeper Do you want to know how to use Whistler’s signal stalker or spectrum sweeper functions? In this episode, Phil explains how to access and use these features, the options you have, use cases, and more. What You Need To Know The signal stalker and spectrum sweeper features are found on many RadioShack Pro series scanners, as well as GRE Whistler object-oriented scanning. Signal Stalker and spectrum sweeper are the same. The scanner will rapidly search for a

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26:00

155 - Uniden's Close Call

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2020/12/08

Do you have questions about how to use Uniden’s close call function? In this episode, Phil explains the purpose of close call, shares examples of times he has used it successfully, and what the different close call settings on your scanner mean in practice. What You Need To Know Close call is an option on just about every available Uniden radio. It’s a way to find frequencies that are close to you with a very strong signal. Close call does not work over long distances or with weak signals. Close

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44:43

Ask Scanner School v27

Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about... ·

2020/12/01

Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them. This month I answer: On the SDS100, what are the most useful items to have shown on the display screen to get the most information out of the scanner as possible? What should someone do if their SDS200 isn’t locking on to the control channel right away? Should the Service Types name be changed on an SDS100? How can someone whose laptop uses the same plug for both the speaker and microphone set up their

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