Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about the Scanner Radio Hobby
Summary: 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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- Artist: Phil Lichtenberger
- Copyright: All Podcast Content and Artwork copyright 2018-2019 Monitor Long Island, Inc.
Podcasts:
Does your area have a lot of rail traffic that you want to scan? How can you get started? In this episode, we have guest Joe Curtis. He shares about his background, his setup, how he monitors train location while trackside, and more. You can help support Scanner School by visiting our support page at www.scannerschool.com/support
Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them.
The Uniden SR30C is the newest release by Uniden. Hitting the market in late 2019, this scanner replaces the BC75XLT as a their entry level scanner. With 500 memory channels, 10 banks, and limited features, is this a good scanner for the money? How does it compare to the BC75XLT, BC125AT, or UBC126AT? We break it all down in this week's podcast
In this podcast, we have guest Garrett Farwell. He shares about his background, his setup, how he records his scanner audio to PC, and why.
Today we remember Rodney Paul "Upman" Opitz. Paul was the Director of Marketing and Product Development for Uniden. It is his work that gave us scanners such as the HomePatrol 1 & 2, The BCD436HP and BCD536HP, and the SDS100 and SDS200. Paul passed away at the age of 59 after losing his battle with cancer on Dec 28, 2019.
Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them.
Who would have though that at the start of the 2010's we would see touch screen scanners, be able to receive DMR and NXDN, and also use SDR's to pickup almost any signal out there? What will the next one hold?
I've been in the scanning hobby for about 30 years now. Here are some of the observations that I've made about the hobby since I started.
In this podcast, we discuss where you can find high-quality reviews for the equipment you are looking for.
Are you not able to afford completely new equipment? How do you go about finding the best "used" equipment? What do you look for when buying "used" gear? In this podcast, we talk about what's changed in finding new gear, how to go about looking for used scanners and the best and safe ways for finding good used equipment. In this podcast, we talk about what's changed in finding new gear, how to go about looking for gear and the best and safe ways for finding good used gear.
Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them.
The holidays are just around the corner! Here is my scanner radio and accessory buyer's guide for the 2019 Holiday Season.
We made it to session 100 of the podcast - and I have something new for you. A new community for all of you Scanner School members, called scannerschool.club
Harrison Wilson returns to the podcast to discuss some tips and tricks on how to install your scanning in your vehicle.
On this month's Ask Scanner School, I answer: 1. Why can't I update my SDS 200e? 2. Is there a setting to allow me to listen to just My fire station or equipment that I need to do so? 3. What external antennas do you recommend? 4. How do you input frequencies when not using the Radio Reference Database?
