Category: Radio

The bad places of civilization

"If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force." -- Auberon Herbert, 1894 ----- more »

Hamtramck scanner audio returns

The scanner is back online. Links to hourly summaries are under "Local Scanner Audio" on the sidebar (hamtramckstar.com) and the scanner archive page. I'll be scanning Hamtramck constantly and Wayne County occasionally. Hourly summaries are now availa… more »

Sirius | ST2 Starmate

I bought a ST2 Starmate Sirius radio to listen to Howard Stern. A couple of the other stations don't suck (yet). more »

revolutionary radio | kypd project back online

The kypd project is up and running. Tonight I'm recording Detroit Dispatch and Hamtramck Police and Fire. If you've got the technology to play speex files, check out this direct link or mash on these links: 2005-08-08 10:00:192005-08-08 09:00:352005-0… more »

All Star Game police scanner audio

Detroit Scanner Audio during the All Star Game [1.2 MB mp3] ----- more »

Revolutionary Radio: Antenna Upgrade

The new antenna came today, testing will begin this evening: The ProComm Spider is a complete base station antenna kit made specifically for use in the home. The antenna is designed to receieve scanner signals between 30MHz and 1200 MHz. The antenna incl… more »

Detroit Police Audio Beta

Hourly summaries of Detroit Police Dispatch are now available in mp3 format! The DETROIT Dispatch link shows the last 10 hourly summaries in mp3. The podcast should be ready for testing in a matter of days. Leave a comment for questions or sugges… more »

Revolutionary Police Radio: Intermission

My Police Radio project will be down for upgrades starting this evening. When I get my network transferred to the headquarters I will start recording Hamtramck and Detroit public services. Detroit Police will be migrating to a trunked digital system… more »

Scanner Recordings: Washtenaw County, MI

Washtenaw County scanner recordings for November are now available at archive.org. In addition to the web site, files can now be downloaded via anonymous FTP: Server: audio29.archive.org Directory: /2/audio/2004_11_Washtenaw_County_MI Username: anonymo… more »

Revolutionary Police Radio Phase 4 | kypd

KYPD is now available at sourceforge via anonymous cvs. It's unstable, rough, alpha-code but it's there for the world to use as I develop it. If you can't wait for a stable release you can dowload it at kypd cvs. For the geeks: the module name is kypd… more »

Revolutionary Police Radio Phase 3

Winter projects for 2004 start to take shape. I'm pleased to announce that my entire scanner audio collection is now available at archive.org. The curators there have been very supportive of my obsession with capturing and archiving scanner audio.… more »

Letter from Rick Prelinger

A couple of weeks ago George Hotelling sent me a link to the 2001 Rick Prelinger article The Failure of Counter-Surveillance as Mass Activity published in Bad Subjects. Who knew the man behind the Prelinger Archives was a radio scanner buff too? I sent… more »