OK, my channel is called Frugal Radio for a reason. Lol.
Seriously though – you don’t need to spend a … Read the rest
YES!! I used Zello to communicate via Satellite from a remote community in the High Arctic to other users in … Read the rest
Oh yeah! Under 90 seconds to locate a DMR trunked system! Now that is a successful DF mission 🙂
This … Read the rest
I recently received a KrakenSDR device used for Direction Finding, from the team over at RTL-SDR.COM.
Having never played … Read the rest
Now this has serious potential! Turning an SDR-based receiving system into a mobile hardware scanner with an old laptop and … Read the rest
When I’m traveling around, I always have Software Defined Radios and often hardware scanners with me. I like to be … Read the rest
How well can a YouLoop receive on VHF, UHF & 700/800 MHz? I have often been asked if this $35 … Read the rest
Turns out there was a Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) store in Phoenix. I couldn’t resist popping in to find out … Read the rest
I’m not a very “handy” man. In fact I really don’t enjoy construction projects at all, and try to avoid … Read the rest
But even when it does, there all is not lost!
In this video I set out to monitor a bunch … Read the rest
Mostly the Frugal Radio channel has focused on budget SDRs like the RTL-SDR v3 and NooElec SMArt units.
These cost … Read the rest
In some juristictions it is possible to monitor and decode Fire & EMS pager traffic.
Hospital pagers are also quite … Read the rest
You don’t even need your own SDR radio or antenna to begin decoding HFDL signals.
In this episode we looked … Read the rest
If you’ve watched my recent video on decoding High Frequency Data Link signals (HFDL), then this is the page you’ll … Read the rest
I took an old electrical extension cord that someone was throwing away, and have been using it to receive signals … Read the rest
There is just something really exciting about receiving and decoding messages from space. And if you are also an aviation … Read the rest
If you are looking to get started with decoding L Band satellite data going to aircraft, this is one bundle … Read the rest
The HF bands are alive and well with aviation related communications. Within the last week, from my location in Edmonton, … Read the rest
ACARS are messages transmitted via VHF from aircraft to ground stations, and back again. These messages contain many kinds of … Read the rest
The new video is now live. It gives some detail about monitoring General Aviation, that is non-military and non-airline traffic.… Read the rest