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What kind of tech stuff do you guys do?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by LtlAnonymous, Feb 3, 2022.

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  1. Jun 28, 2022 #81
    LtlAnonymous

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    Now is a great time to sell, that's for sure. You will get a little bit more money for it right now.
     
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  3. Jun 30, 2022 #82
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    I came across an Amazon product yesterday, not sure if I will purchase it. It is a dongle that has attachments for an outside antenna for AM/FM Marine and Aviation as well as police radio with the proper software. I am not that much into the police radio because, to be honest, most of that is now digital and encrypted. In about a month I will be living alone again. I am giving some serious thought to purchasing this product!
     
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  4. Jun 30, 2022 #83
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    So you don’t want the police band so you mainly want a radio or is marine and aviation going to be beneficial?
     
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  5. Jun 30, 2022 #84
    Moose1958

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    To be honest, at least it's my understanding that the police band is digital for the most part and unavailable. I am more interested in the aviation band. I have a handheld aviation transceiver that will tune in VORs. I bought that thing a long time ago. I used to use it as a backup comm when I was still flying! It does still work. I just tightly control it because it can be used illegally. Not illegal to own one as long as you use it legally. Here is an example of one sold on Amazon!
     
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  7. Jun 30, 2022 #85
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  8. Jun 30, 2022 #86
    Moose1958

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    I have been using LIVEATC for a couple of years now. I can track almost all civilian airband freq as well as the air route control centers. Even some of the airport ATIS can be heard. What I don't like about it is the delay and the fact they black out the military towers. I can pick up 125.0 Langley AFB CT on my handheld, but liveatc blocks it. Also, this system is not internet dependent.
     
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  9. Jul 25, 2022 #87
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    Somehow these notifications slipped past me. Did you end up getting it? It sounds cool as hell.
     
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  10. Jul 25, 2022 #88
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    So my latest adventure is GrapheneOS on my phone. It's a privacy-hardened vanilla Android ROM. Installed it on a Pixel 6.

    The change has been a little time-consuming, finding open source alternatives to most of my apps, and then APKs for the stuff I couldn't live without.

    There's a thing called the Aurora store that lets you anonymously use the Google Play Store API, but I'm just trying stay away from them for as much as I can. If any company could insert spy code into an app, it would be Google.

    So F-Droid for most things, developers APKs for other stuff, and apkmirror.com for a couple dregs. While I don't love APK sites, that one has been around for years and people speak well of it.

    Battery life has been quite good without all the incessant spying. I'm not a privacy nut so much as I am a simplicity nut. I only want my device doing what I tell it to do.

    Surveillance capitalism kills battery life in addition to being complete and utter ########. That's why Windows 11 requires you to have such new equipment.

    "We wanna spy on you constantly, but we don't wanna hear no WHINING about how slow your #### is!" No thanks, I'll be on Linux.
     
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  11. Jul 25, 2022 #89
    Star Rider

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    Here is some food for thought. When you update a Linux distro it is done in seconds. When updating Windows why does it take sometimes hours? Is it because upload speed is a lot slower?
     
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  12. Jul 25, 2022 #90
    austinmike

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    I hated the first iPhone I had. But needed it for my first driving gig. When that ended I sold it. Then my second one set the Hook lol. Now I'm totally addicted to tge dam things.
    And I know one thing, if you don't keep up with tech stuff even basic items like a tv, you will get left behind quickly.
     
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