You can now listen to our Fort Worth ham radio SDRs live online. You can freely tune between 24.000 MHz and 1.799 GHz. This system is located in western Tarrant county at around a 40ft elevation. It utilizes the Tram 1410 Super Discone base antenna, has a [Flamingo+ FM bandstop] in line to prevent the high powered D/FW FM radio stations from causing receiver overload and ghost signals. It is boosted by a [NooElec LaNA] (low noise amp) and can typically “hear” repeaters/broadcasts located in the following areas:
- Tarrant County (and areas around Fort Worth, TX) [Map]
- Parker County (and areas around Weatherford, TX) [Map]
- Hood County (and areas around Granbury, TX) [Map]
- Johnson County (and areas around Cleburne, TX) [Map]
- Ellis County (and areas around Waxahachie, TX) [Map]
- Dallas County (and areas around Dallas, TX) [Map]
- Denton County (and areas around Denton, TX) [Map]
- Wise County (and areas around Decatur, TX) [Map]
! The SDRs are available to listen to only on U.S. IP addresses !
- Almost all 2m frequencies are NFM (Narrow FM).
- Popular local 2m repeater frequencies in the area:
Popular D/FW Area VHF Repeaters 145.110 MHz Fort Worth 146.860 MHz Arlington 145.330 MHz Fort Worth 146.880 MHz Dallas 145.370 MHz N Richland Hills 146.900 MHz Weatherford 145.490 MHz Cleburne 146.920 MHz Denton 145.720 MHz 146.940 MHz Fort Worth 146.580 MHz Fort Worth 147.040 MHz Weatherford 146.700 MHz Dallas 147.100 MHz Hurst 146.720 MHz Irving 147.120 MHz Richardson 146.760 MHz Fort Worth 147.280 MHz Fort Worth 146.840 MHz Fort Worth 147.420 MHz
- FM broadcasts between 88.7 and 107.9MHz WFM (wide FM)
- NOTE: most of these are blocked by the Flamingo FM+ Bandstop filter. D/FW has some mighty powerful FM transmitters and we were seeing ghost signals all over the spectrum. This device helps filter those out.
- CB Radio broadcasts between 26.965 and 27.405MHz AM (amplitude modulation)
- D/FW Airport between 124.000MHz and 128.000MHz AM (amplitude modulation)
- D/FW NOAA Weather Radio is at 162.550MHz WFM (wide FM)
- Fort Worth R.A.C.E.S. (skywarn) is at 146.940MHz NFM (narrow FM) – (or 444.100MHz NFM)
- Fort Worth R.A.C.E.S. (skywarn) backup frequency is at 146.760 NFM (narrow FM)
- Want to know more about allocated frequencies? A full 2m/70cm and CB frequency list are outlined in [this article] on Ham Encounters.
Ham Encounters SDR Servers
- Server 1 – sdr://sdr1.hamencounters.com:5555
- Server 2 – sdr://sdr1.hamencounters.com:5556
- Server 3 – sdr://sdr1.hamencounters.com:5557
- Server 4 – sdr://sdr1.hamencounters.com:5558
NOTE: Each of these servers can accommodate (2) users at the same time. When more than one user is connected to a single SDR server, you may only be able to tune a small area of the frequency panel, versus the full spectrum. If this happens, it’s by design (or… hardware limitation) – simply try to connect to another one of the SDR server(s) or wait a little while and try again.
A Quick How-To
- Get the SDR# software from airspy.com/download or click [here] to automatically download the latest version
- Install the software, when it opens, it will look close to the above image on this page
- Click the 3 bars in the upper left corner and choose ‘source’
- In the dropdown, choose ‘Airspy Server Network’
- Enter one of our server addresses listed above to connect & listen (include the entire bolded address)
- You can navigate the spectrum to your desired frequency
- Optional: In the AirSpy Software, you can adjust ‘radio’ settings, we recommend ENABLING (checking) “Correct IQ”
- Optional: In the AirSpy Software, you can adjust ‘AirSpy Server Network’ settings, we recommend the “Gain” not exceed 5 (the default) – this is because the system is amped already with the [NooElec LaNA] (low noise amp). Exceeding additional gain of 6 or more may make audio sound bad, overload or cause ghost broadcasts to appear. If you are locked on to a weak signal, you can adjust the gain up to 29, until the signal comes in clearer.
- A more detailed look at AirSpy SDR# is coming soon!
- Listening on Android? You can use the Google Play Store App : [MagicSDR] – there are other options available. This one is the closest we can find to AirSpy. App is free for basic listening on the go, fully works with the Ham Encounters SDRs. Squelch and background operations along with a few other features require the full version (~$11.95/one time).
- Listening on Linux or Apple Mac computers? You can use software called GQRX – visit their homepage [here].
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