225 - Did live scanner feeds hurt the hobby?

Do live scanner feeds have hurt the hobby? There are many different ways to get scanner radios onto the internet, and it’s just a matter of the way of developing or delivering the content. What You Need To Know Many stream to: Their own websites Broadcastify Twitch Zello Private in house systems and applications Live streams are used by: News media Other public safety agencies Hobby How can you listen to live feeds? Host’s website on your computer Smart phone apps like “Scanner Radio” or “5 0 Radio” Broadcastify Zello Discord Servers Pros: Allow you to listen to events outside your coverage area Can tap into major events Hear breaking news as it happens Cons: Can be used to coordinate civil disobedience Used as a reason by agencies to push for encryption Can be used in a negative way if media wants to scrutinize how emergency services responded Final Thoughts: Hobby has more attention to it thanks to live feeds and use of live feeds in news reports It has allowed more to experience a scanner radio over an app, and those may never have understood what a scanner was or can do. Allowed agencies to realize they can co-exist with scanner radio users   ==================================== 🎙 Join our new Scanner Radio Community ==================================== Join our FREE Discord server and connect with other Scanner Radio Users! By using Discord, a free, multi-platform community portal, you can now be part of the Scanner Radio Discussion! Chat real time, share photos, ask questions, and give feedback to other's in chat. 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/discord   ==================================== 🎓 Check out our online courses ==================================== Our free Software Defined Radio course will have you up and running with a SDR in a weekend. Upgrade to our Advanced Course, and learn how to setup SDR Software like a pro. 🔗 https://www.courses.scannerschool.com   ==================================== ⚠️ I want to answer your questions ==================================== I am always looking to answer your scanner radio question. If you have a question you'd like answered, please leave me a voicemail with your question: 📞 516-308-2885 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/ask   ==================================== 🏆 Thank you Patreon Supporters ==================================== Thank you to all monthly Patreon Supporters. Supporting the podcast can be done for as little as $1 per month. Supporters at the $3 and $5 level will receive the podcast without the middle commercial break. Supporters at the $5 level not only receive the podcast early, but they also get access to discount codes, monthly zoom meetings, and Squelchy sticker packs. 🔗 Join our Patreon program at https://www.scannerschool.com/patreon   ==================================== 🎥 Subscribe to our growing YouTube Channel ==================================== We are live once a month on YouTube to answer your questions. 2022 will be the year of Video for Scanner School Be ready for the upcoming videos by subscribing now to our YouTube channel 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/youtube   ==================================== ➡️ Follow Scanner School on Social Media ==================================== ▶︎ Twitter - https://www.scannerschool.com/twitter ▶︎ Facebook Page - https://www.scannerschool.com/facebook  ▶︎ Facebook Community - https://www.scannerschool.com/faceboo... ▶︎ Instagram - https://www.scannerschool.com/instagram ▶︎ TikTok - https://www.scannerschool.com/tiktok  ==================================== All session notes with links to the items we talked about can be found on our website at  https://www.scannerschool.com/session225 #podcast