[ale] Linux radio scanner

[Doug McNash]

I ran programs on my AOR AR-3000 back in the DOS days. I would free run
it and log signal strength across various bands looking for frequencies
in use that I was not aware of.  Worked pretty well.  The RS232
interface was funky and I had to make BIOS calls to control each line. 
It would be so much easier with linux, I could even digitally record!
But since I moved seven years ago into a valley I have not setup my
antenna farm again.

Most police and fire is trunked nowdays in the 800 bands and each keyup
can get a new frequency.  That can make conversations difficult to
follow.  Newer scanners are able to follow the conversations from freq
to freq but I don't have one so I can't tell you how well that works.  

On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 16:49, Michael E. Barker wrote:
> I'm looking for someone who is familiar with linux ham radio or just 
> understands enough about it to tell me what the feasibility of a linux 
> police/fire scanner is.
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doug mcnash