Scanning the air with a NooElec NESDR Smart Bundle! 

Thanks!

you aren't "tapping into satellites" lmaoo, you are receiving what satellites publicly transmit. I.e., NASA uses radio to transmit deep space images from their satellites, they know it's public.

How did you like it?

Thanks!

Sad ham.

@@bodazaphfa No I am not I am just helping so they don't get into trouble in the future. My reply was not 10 paragraphs long so that does not qualify me for "sad ham". Check it with Randy he can tell you LOL

420MHz to 450MHz is allocated to amateur radio

*in the US

If you look hard enough you might also find signals coming from inside the computer..

Sure. (1) Due to the number of downloads required, I would advise using an isolated PC you don't care about. Never ever enter any credentials (Web or local) on this PC. Treat it as hostile on your network. (Big disclaimer: I am not a network security expert, just a hobbyist.) (2) Google "NooElec NESDR driver" and follow the instructions from the manufacturer to get the driver installed. (4) Google "Airspy" and download SDRSharp-x86.zip from the airspy site. (3) Verify that you can receive basic FM radio transmissions with AirSpy - if so, then your PC and the SDR are working. (4) For the police scanner, find an app called "DSDPlus" - to get this working I did some Googling to find a step by step tutorial. I could do a step by step video, but there are a ton of those already on RU-vid. If you need more info let me know I can try to fire up the laptop when I get home from work and tell you the exact commands I'm running.

Could u give me info on the police setup please

No, this product is used to receive signals only.

I am not sure, but I doubt it. The base that came with this has a protruding screw for the antenna. When I look up "Baofeng R5 Antenna" on Amazon the antennas there look like they have a totally different type of connector.

Thanks for watching! I just used the instructions included with the device. If you Google for "nooelec NESDR setup" there is a tutorial from the manufacturer.

It's been 3 years, so the software landscape might have changed, but I started with AirSpy to get the radio working then searched for add-ons, mostly on the site rtl-sdr.com. HOWEVER, I would proceed with caution when downloading software. I use an old laptop from 2011 that I don't use for anything else, just in case I accidentally download a virus. For HD radio, the app was called "nrsc5", the pager app was called "PDW", and the scanner was FMT/DSDPlus. However it has been years since I have done anything with this so better options might exist. Thanks for watching and commenting!

I wasn't able to with the included antenna, however the company offers a bundle designed to receive weather satellites which includes a different antenna - Google "nooelec weather satellite bundle" to find... Thanks for watching!

@@ACBMemphis Thanks! I will definitely try it!

The further the better.

SDR Sharp also known as "Air spy"

I was just viewing the waterfall display in real time. Not sure how to record, but if you search for "SDR Sharp IF Recorder" there are some people discussing this. For the audio programs like the scanner and HD radio I think it was able to record WAV files of the audio.

DSDPlus and Airspy

It has been 2 years, but I remember starting with the link in the box, which required installing a driver from the manufacturer's Web site. And I think it just worked. I Googled for some tutorials as well...

Thanks for the reply, will check into it a little more. Had one a few years back, lost it and got the itch to try it again. Can't remember what I used for SDR software but guessing it was #. Have a good one and thanks for video, like and subscribe me!

The main software with the graphic display is called "Airspy" and "SDRSharp" - I bought the device on Amazon and there were detailed instructions included on installing everything. Thanks for watching and commenting!

I believe so... Have not used this radio since making this video, just searched for "dsdplus p25 trunk tracking" and found an article which describes how to set this up... Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks 😀@@ACBMemphis

have you tried looking at the tutorials?

I would say with this specific device "probably not" but yes, interception is possible. This particular model doesn't go high enough for many phones, but there are a lot of other SDRs that will. For example, search RU-vid for "Listening in on 5.8 DECT phone" and you'll find peolpe using the HackRF to do this - a more advanced model of SDR than the one from this video. Thanks for watching!

Yes. You can listen to baby monitors and some (older) cordless phones (i.e) 900MHz models) with this type of item. Baby monitors are notorious for security issues.

Just get an IP camera/monitor and you're fine.

The getting started documentation was good, it had step-by-step driver installation for Windows. However that is all it was, I had to do a bunch of additional searching to learn how to use the applications. For more advanced information on SDR, I suggest searching for a RU-vid channel called "Lon.TV" - he did a very in-depth series of videos on SDR as recently as earlier this week. Thanks for watching!

@@ACBMemphis thanks, I went to the site and found a couple of vids

RTL-SDRs can i think. you might need an upconverter.

On Amazon it's advertised as NooElec NESDR SMArt HF Bundle: 100kHz-1.7GHz

same sdr sharp is not reading my nesdr

Monte Anthony I eventually got it going. Not exactly sure how but I think it had something to do with moving that .dll into the same folder with sdr sharp and running it as an airspy.

check to see if there's a driver update

Run Zadig

That's my exact Windows 10 experience 1 hour in. Downloading more stuff and/or switching to Linux is the answer.

I am not an expert but I think so.. at least some of them... I could hear some police/medical transmissions with the scanner app and it said "P25" ... Thanks for watching.

Not all police departments use encryption. Many that use the "P25" system are just digital, but not encrypted.

Some are encrypted. They leave a lot of them unencrypted due to transparency. If they dont want you to hear them,you wont.

I got mine working to pull in some signals right away, the German HD whatever software working in Windows 10 right away, but the FM doesn't decode right... The other software that had the larger file, still not pulling a signal. Doesn't even see the device. But at least I know mine is working. None of this is supposed to be easy.