New HAM FM and ADS-B Radar Android Apps
Thank you to James Mainwaring for submitting news about the release of his two new RTL-SDR compatible Android Apps "Ham FM Radio (RTL-SDR)" and "ADS-B Radar (RTL-SDR)".
The Ham FM Radio app allows the user to quickly tune and listen in to the 144-148, 150-174 and 420-450 MHz ham radio communications via presets. For the second ADS-B app, James notes that it's an early release for feedback. It allows the user to receive ADS-B data and plot it on a radar like display.
We note that we've previously posted about James' other apps for FM Radio and airband listening.

Okay here’s what I failed I understand about all of this. Many smartphones including the Motorola LG and others come with an FM 200 chip. Often the app is not easily found without developer options and it’s not in your typical icons. But you literally have the ability to listen to 87 to 108 megahertz with a headset on. So my question to any developer out there why hasn’t anybody made and tested the limits of the FM tuner chip on the androids? One could dismantle the FM radio app that comes stock and set the range so let’s say hypothetically 50 MHz to 300 mhz? That would be ideal range for people to find a lot of things and their headsets would be their antenna. Well there has been discussions about this online I’ve got to find any APK to make 2 m and other bands readily accessible using the FM tuner and Android. I just don’t understand why that nobody has actually went and done this yet? If I had a little bit more access to more room where I’m currently staying at. I would learn a little coding and do this myself. I mean then you can technically call it whatever you want to call it for a nap you’re going to get a lot of downloads and people will pay a few dollars or something that goes outside the range. I would actually make Androids actually quite fun when people no longer have service they can actually use it as a scanner per se. That can be added on you can add memory channels if you wanted to. I mean there’s just so much to the FM tuner or nobody’s on you know went and actually using it. The standard 88 to 108 that’s it? No way it goes well below in the bottom beyond that and I know it for a fact. Plus there’s no legalities to even worry about. And one can take data app and decode certain signals for fun I guess sstv or satellite for weather effects potentially on 6 m. All right that’s my gripe