Building a trunked radio scanner with RTL SDR




Apr 27, 2025 in #radio

I got my first police scanner as a gift when I was 11 or 12 years old — a fairly basic Uniden handheld analogue scanner. Since then, many departments have switched to digital systems, for which scanners are a lot more expensive. After discovering the RTL-SDR, I set off to build one on the cheap.

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I hate the word hacker




Apr 26, 2025 in #miscellaneous

I hate the word hacker. There has to be a better word. I just don’t know what it is.

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Hello World




Apr 25, 2025 in #miscellaneous

Welcome to my blog! Since I moved my professional work to a different site, I haven’t had a place to share hobby projects and tinkering. This site is here to fill that gap.