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    From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Sean Dennis on Sat Oct 18 12:42:59 2025
    Re: SDR
    By: Sean Dennis to Nigel Reed on Fri Oct 10 2025 13:07:18

    As for being off-topic, I know the moderator and don't think he minds. <G>

    Never met a moderator that does.
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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Daryl Stout on Sat Oct 18 13:14:33 2025
    Re: Re: SDR
    By: Daryl Stout to Nigel Reed on Fri Oct 10 2025 16:55:50

    ...it was a hamfest version of the opening scene with "The Jetsons" cartoon.

    At least George got to keep /some/ money. :)
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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 18 13:25:48 2025
    Re: SDR
    By: Nigel Reed to deon on Sat Oct 11 2025 01:04:35

    I can pick up aircraft comms on my old Radio Shack scanner...

    Same here. I have the Realistic 20-119, which lasted about 40 years...before I accidently spilled pop into the top vents. I now do all my aircraft monitoring via LiveATC.com.
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  • From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to Mortar M. on Sun Oct 19 01:25:13 2025
    Re: SDR
    By: Mortar M. to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 18 2025 12:40:53

    I'm not a ham, so I use other people's SDRs via the various receiver web sites. I mostly use KiwiSDR sites as they're more flexible in what you can receive, but WebSDR setups tend to have better reception. There's also OpenSDR, but they seem like a trimmed down KiwiSDR, and there's not many of those.

    You can use SDR without being a ham since it doesn't transmit, but sure, there's plenty out there on the internet to pick up.
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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Mortar M. on Mon Oct 20 22:05:39 2025
    On Sat 18-Oct-2025 1:25p, Mortar M.@1:124/5016.0 said to Nigel Reed:
    Re: SDR
    By: Nigel Reed to deon on Sat Oct 11 2025 01:04:35

    I can pick up aircraft comms on my old Radio Shack scanner...

    I used to listen to San Diego tower on my way to and from work on the sub band of my Kenwood TMD-700A. That was actually how I found out about 9/11. "No traffic! Maybe I should turn on the radio and see if there is any news."

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mortar M. on Sun Oct 19 12:56:01 2025
    ...it was a hamfest version of the opening scene with "The Jetsons" cartoon.

    At least George got to keep /some/ money. :)

    Not what he meant to happen, though. :P

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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