Phil Lichtenberger
Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about the Scanner Radio Hobby
Welcome to Scanner School, a podcast dedicated to the Scanner Radio Hobby. Each week we cover another topic related to scanning and will be answering all of your questions to take you from Scanner Radio Student to Scanner Radio Scholar.
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Phil Lichtenberger
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Dec 30, 2025
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Episodes
183 - Scanner Laws and Restrictions to Know Before Traveling and Vacationing 22.06.2021 34:34
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Traveling with your scanner may have consequen...
182 - Skip, Ducting, and Propagation 15.06.2021 31:19
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- In today's episode I am going to talk about Sk...
181 - 10 Ways to Repurpose Your Analog Scanner 08.06.2021 45:14
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Let's talk about 10 ways that you can use your...
180 - Ask Scanner School v33 01.06.2021 40:11
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- In today's episode we are answering your submi...
179 - The Uniden BR330T 25.05.2021 27:05
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- The Uniden BR330T is one of those scanners tha...
178 - Scan All The Bands with Larry Van Horn 18.05.2021 1:20:05
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Van Horn is one of the legends in the Sc...
177 - AM/FM DXing with Loyd Van Horn 11.05.2021 1:18:03
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- In today's podcast, we welcome Loyd Van Horn....
176 - Ask Scanner School v32 04.05.2021 43:11
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Every month I answer your questions on the pod...
175 - Decimal, Binary, Octal, and Hex 27.04.2021 25:42
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Today we talk about several different numberin...
174 - Scanners vs Receivers 20.04.2021 27:33
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Today we break down the similarities and diffe...
173 - What Can You Do When They Encrypt? 13.04.2021 35:52
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- On today's episode, we talk about the encrypti...
172 - Ask Scanner School v31 06.04.2021 29:43
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Every month I answer your questions on the pod...
171 - The Ultimate SDR Training Courses are Here! 30.03.2021 33:08
Free SDR Course! Our new free course will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon" is now open for enrollment. Register now at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Today, we introduce our two new SDR courses. ...
170 - SDRplay with Jon Hudson 23.03.2021 1:05:47
On today's episode, host Phil Lichtenberger interviews Jon Hudson, the co-creator of the SDRplay devices. They talk about the evolution of radio scanning software, the advantages of SDRplay and SDRuno, where they think the scanner hobby is headed, and more. What You Need To Know Jon Hudson is a co-creator of the SDRplay device. SDRplay manufactures both hardware and software. Before about 20 years...
169 - SDR++ with Alex Rouma 16.03.2021 55:09
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- A cross platform, open source, free SDR software! In this episode, Phil talks to Alex Rouma, a...
168 - Using a SDR as Your Scanner 09.03.2021 1:19:38
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- Do you want to dive deep on Software Defined Radios? In this episode, Phil talks to listener G...
167 - Ask Scanner School v30 02.03.2021 39:10
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- Every month I answer your questions on the podcast. You may submit questions at www.scannersc...
166 - The New Face of Uniden 23.02.2021 31:16
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be March 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, we learn about Joe Bearcat, the new Product Service Representative at Uniden...
165 - This is Why You Need an SDR 16.02.2021 33:17
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. "Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be February 23, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, Phil walks through the basics of what an SDR is, its history, and how you...
164 - Raspberry PI and SDR w/ Fuzz the Pi Guy 09.02.2021 57:18
Free SDR webinar! Our new webinar will introduce you to Software Defined Radios. " Why Every Scanner User Needs an SDR: The #1 Underrated Tool that should be in your setup" will be January 26, 2021. Register now at www.scannerschool.com/webinar --------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, Phil talks to "Fuzz the Pi Guy". Fuzz has a large YouTube channel and ha...
163 - Ask Scanner School v29 02.02.2021 32:07
Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them. This m...
162 - Crash Course 2021 Pt 3 - Hardware 26.01.2021 37:24
Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26,...
161 - Crash Course 2021 Pt 2 - Trunking 19.01.2021 47:12
Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26,...
160 - 2021 Crash Course Pt 1 - The Basics 12.01.2021 41:54
Free SDR Training! Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Get started with Scanning in 2021 Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26,...
159 - Ask Scanner School v28 05.01.2021 33:03
Check out our new course, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radios: Everything you need to know to get started with SDR in an afternoon." You can enroll for free at https://courses.scannerschool.com Many of you have have been submitting their questions and today I am answering some of them. This month I answer: The first question is more of a comment regarding the improvements...
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