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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: Sasquach on December 06, 2006, 05:29:13 PM

Title: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: Sasquach on December 06, 2006, 05:29:13 PM

I'm running my test feeder from home and listening to it at work.  So earlier I noticed it had stopped scanning and there was static.  I called my wife and asked her to adjust the squelch a bit.  About 10 seconds later all was well.  Like I said, remote control. :-D

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: EivlEvo on December 07, 2006, 01:35:12 PM

LMAO!

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: PHL Approach on December 07, 2006, 01:39:33 PM

Not the cheapest stuff in the world...

http://www.scannermaster.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=71

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: Brad on December 07, 2006, 02:35:06 PM

Or Winradio:

http://www.grove-ent.com/winradioreceivers.html

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: FlyCMI on December 07, 2006, 05:37:56 PM

I'm sombody's willing to donate me one for a ZKC feed I'll let them have complete control over it :)

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: JetScan1 on December 07, 2006, 05:59:27 PM

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I'm sombody's willing to donate me one for a ZKC feed I'll let them have complete control over it

I'm interested. Send me a PM if you really are interested and we can talk. A network like DX Tuners, but dedicated to aviation would be awesome. DJ

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: Brad on December 08, 2006, 01:49:31 AM

I'd love to put a couple of those WinRadio's in but at $550 a shot... yeah...

Title: Re: Scanner remote control...sort of
Post by: LORm on December 08, 2006, 05:29:44 AM

As long as you have some form of software radio control between your scanner and your PC and internet access you should be able to have remote control of your scanner with RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com) or Windows Remote Desktop.

The KMIA feeder in post http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php/topic,1231.0.html (http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php/topic,1231.0.html) mentioned that they use the ICOM PCR-100 and uses Windows XP remote desktop to do remote control of the scanner. However the PCR-100 is a SDR (software defined radio) receiver and not your typical Uniden. For my setup when using the BC785D Uniden, I use Butel's BC250 program for PC control.