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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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All Episodes

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253 - How to Safely Buy and Sell Scanners Online

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2022/10/25

Nobody wants to get burned when buying and selling online. The internet can be a very unsafe place to exchange cash for goods, especially when you let your guard down. I’ve been buying and selling radios online for several decades now, and I’ve learned a few hard mistakes, and I’ve also learned how to be cautious as well. Here are some tips to staying safe online when you buy and sell radio equipment. What You Need To Know When Selling Online, create a detailed title to grab a buyer’s attention

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252 - Citizen Journalism with Clayton from Moorpark...

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2022/10/18

Clayton runs “Moorpark Scanner”, a popular Facebook Page which is a citizen journalist style account. At only 20 years old, Clayton has an edge that many of us do not have when it comes to social media. His pages have a professional appearance and he understands how to bring attention to his photos and updates online. To help him monitor local activity, he has been able to trade his way up from entry-level handheld scanners to more advanced P25 radios. Pretty impressive! What You Need To Know

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251 - Searching, Seeking, and Finding Anomalies with...

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2022/10/11

Do you know how to find Pirates, Anomalies, and odd transmissions? Our guest today, “Radio McRadioface” hunts out these transmissions from his location just outside of Washington DC. He is always tuning around looking for interesting transmission and keeping logs on what he is finding. McRadioface’s setup is a bit extreme, but today he will share how anyone can have fun logging these oddball transmissions with equipment you already own at home. What You Need To Know Radio McRadioface became

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250 - Ask Scanner School v49

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2022/10/04

Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask Don't forget to join us on YouTube on the first Tuesday of every month for our live Q&A session. Click here to Subscribe! Questions answered on this week's podcast Greg has a question about using his SDR with SDR Trunk Jeff is interested in backup power for his shack Les has a few questions about SDR and

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249 - HOA, Apartment, and Rental Antenna Solutions

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2022/09/27

Can’t put up an antenna due to restrictions? Do you rent, hate heights, or have Homeowner’s Associations that have rules you need to follow? Today's podcast is dedicated to all of those who have antenna restrictions. For those of us who have free access to what we put on our homes, we can forget at how difficult this hobby can be for those who can’t have outdoor antennas. Here are some creative antenna solutions for those who can’t attach antennas to their homes, rentals, or live in apartments. What

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248 - How to Set Up Your Scanner Listening Room with...

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2022/09/20

Today we welcome Jim Heinrich. Jim is here to share how he built his radio room. We will cover how his old gaming room slowly became a listening post. We’ll also cover some of the equipment you can find on his desk as well as some other resources Jim uses beyond radio hardware. What You Need to Know Jim started off as a teenager, almost 40 years ago, listening just to his local police department on VHF. His listening habits have changed over the years, covering Public Safety to Aviation. It

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247 - Building Antennas with Andrew Murphy

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2022/09/13

Today, we welcome Andrew Murphy. Andrew loves to build and work on his own antennas. Whether it's improving or rebuilding a commercial design, something that he has seen in a magazine, or one he has designed himself, Andrew has an antenna for every situation and band. What makes today’s conversation with Andrew truly amazing is that Andrew doesn’t have acres of property to play with. Most of his antennas are inside his apartment and they work great! What You Need to Know Andrew became

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246 - Ask Scanner School v48

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2022/09/06

Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask Don't forget to join us on YouTube on the first Tuesday of every month for our live Q&A session. Click here to Subscribe! Questions answered on this week's podcast Bill has a question about using a negative delay Dylan plans to move to Sullivan County, Tennessee. He has a question about what scanner to use

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245 - Don't Be Like Scanner Stan and Ricky Radio

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2022/08/30

Ricky Radio, Ricky Rescue, or Scanner Stan. These are the stooges we want to not emulate when we are out in public with our scanners. We don’t want to draw extra attention to ourselves and become the guy who goes overboard. Don’t be the guy with the scanner radio up to his ear at full volume. We don’t need to be the guy at the fire with the radio up telling everyone around what is going on. And we don’t need to be the guy at the accident scene giving out information when we hear the ambulance

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244 - A Warning About Trunk Systems

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2022/08/23

This is a warning about trunk systems. There are issues that can arise when trying to setup your scanner to monitor trunked radio traffic. Today’s podcast contains some hints to help you keep your sanity when programming your scanner for large trunk systems with multiple sites. What You Need To Know Trunk system has a couple of different components that make it work. We need a transmitter or tower to receive or tune to. We need a control channel that tells the scanner what talk groups are active

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243 - Do You Really Need a New Antenna?

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2022/08/16

Do you need an aftermarket antenna for your scanner? Will changing your antenna help or impair your scanner’s performance? What You Need To Know Stock antennas included with your scanner can cover large frequencies. Antennas with wide coverage will sacrifice performance. Antennas with too narrow coverage can also impair your reception. You don't want to have an 800 MHz antenna on your scanner when you're trying to also listen to VHF. However, if you have an 800MHz antenna and need to monitor

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242 - How to Post a Question for the Most Helpful...

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2022/08/09

How should you ask your questions online? What do you need to do to get the most helpful responses? What can you do to help others answer your question? Knowing how to phrase your question can yield better responses from those willing to help you with the hobby. What You Need To Know Knowing what type of information to put into your question can help you get an answer quicker than a poorly written request for help. The more information you can give up front, the more likely it is that responses to

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241 - Ask Scanner School v47

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2022/08/02

Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask Don't forget to join us on YouTube on the first Tuesday of every month for our live Q&A session. Click here to Subscribe! Questions answered on this week's podcast Dan asks about listening to aviation from his apartment. Alan is using an SDS200 and is having trouble setting limits on search ranges. Raymond is

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240 - War Driving

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2022/07/26

Today we will be talking about War driving with your scanner radio to find frequencies that are in use during your day-to-day travels. War driving is a term that comes from the Wi-Fi cracking or hacking hobby which basically means searching for open Wi-Fi wireless networks usually from a moving vehicle using a laptop or a smartphone. “War Driving” can be one of the more interesting ways to find new frequencies. What You Need To Know War driving is kind of a hit and miss type of deal, but it's very

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239 - Airspy SDRs

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2022/07/19

When I bought my first Airspy, I realized that I was really starting to get serious into the SDR side of the hobby. Before my Airspy’s, I was buying the cheap SDR’s that did not have a TCXO and would seriously drift. It was a joy to start using the Airspy receivers. Since then, cheap RTL style SDR’s with TCXO’s have come out on the market that reduce the drifting issue. If you are looking for a reliable Software Defined Radio that works right out of the box, then you want an Airpsy SDR.

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238 - Marine Monitoring

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2022/07/12

Being here on Long Island, we are obviously surrounded by water on all sides. One of my favorite things to scan during the summertime are the VHF Marine Channels, as well as the USCG “CG”, “LANT” or “NET” frequencies (whatever they are called these days). I’d like to thank Greg Weamer for suggesting this week’s podcast topic. If you have a topic you’d like me to cover, please let me know. What You Need To Know VHF Marine Frequencies are globally carved out of the VHF Spectrum USCG is the

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237 - Ask Scanner School v46

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

2022/07/05

Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask Don't forget to join us on YouTube on the first Tuesday of every month for our live Q&A session. Click here to Subscribe! Questions answered on this week's podcast Mike has a question about his Home Patrol scanner and the "Extreme Upgrade" features Dylan is having issues with his Uniden BCT-8 Lloyd has a

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236 - Severe Weather and Disaster Preps and Checklists

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2022/06/28

Today we will talk about severe weather monitoring and prepping. This doesn't just stop at severe weather, but this could be any type of natural disaster. Today's podcast episode is all about how to set up your scanner. What scanner should you have on hand? What kind of radio should you have on hand and what to know before the event happens, so that you can prepare? What You Need To Know In the U.S., severe weather alerts will be broadcasted over NOAA weather radio Any VHF radio is going to be able

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235 - Radio Reference Database 2.0

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2022/06/21

Radio Reference released version 2.0 of their Database. This is the first complete overhaul and rewrite of the database in about 10 years. There are many changes when it comes to navigating the new database and once you learn where things are, the new database is much quicker and easier to navigate. If you are looking for a video version of this podcast, you can view one at https://www.scannerschool.com/session235v What You Need To Know When we open the database for the first time, we will see a

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234 - Anytone 878 UV-II Plus

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2022/06/14

The Anytone TT-878UVII Plus is a very popular Amateur Radio used for DMR. Since it also covers outside the VHF and UHF Ham Band and covers DMR, it could be used to scan some conventional traffic. Or can it? Let’s discuss using this popular radio for scanning and decide if this radio is worth adding to our scanner radio collection. What You Need To Know Since DMR is included out of the box, this could be a cheaper alternative to buying a Digital Radio with the optional DMR upgrade Out of the box,

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