[Scan-DC] SDR Question(s)

[Scott, KB3JQQ via Scan-DC]

There may be SDR support in PRO96COM soon.The developer now has an SDR to play with.
http://www.psredit.com/pro96com/index.html
 == Have scanners, do listen.
      From: Lawrence Whetzel-Katz <larryka at gmail.com>
 To: Kenny Lorber <kmlsubscription at gmail.com> 
Cc: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 5:51 PM
 Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] SDR Question(s)
   
Hi Kenny,

I haven't used PiAware specifically, but I've run other ADS-B software with
my cheap SDR dongles inside of my house with their included antennas and
have had surprising success. I've seen flights 40-60NM out from my
location. An antenna outside of the house should work better, even with
tree coverage.

The Unitracker software is another nice way to use the cheap dongles for
scanning purposes.

- Lawrence
On Sep 14, 2015 16:37, "Kenny Lorber" <kmlsubscription at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have done a bit of minimal exploration with SDR - mainly just listening
> to a few FM radio stations and fooling around with the free SDR software
> out there.
>
> I'm looking to get a bit more involved in that community but had a few
> questions.
>
> One of the things I'm interested in is putting together something like
> PiAware with a cheap dongle and a Raspberry Pi 2. I have a TON of trees in
> my neighborhood and the amount of completely open sky is pretty limited.
> Would I be wasting my time with an application like PiAware or is there
> SOME signal reach even through trees?
>
> I do realize that I can take it someplace more open if it's built using a
> Raspberry Pi - but I'd be using it mainly around my house.
>
> Have any of you done anything really neat with SDR that you'd like to
> share? I don't want to break the bank or have to do any serious hardware
> mounting on my house - but just curious what kinds of things you folks are
> doing with this tech.
>
> Thanks!
> Kenny Lorber
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