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Everything on the air,
sorted for you.

Open the app and the Channels tab is already working: a location-aware list of what's around you, a time-ordered agenda of what's about to happen, and one tap to scan for what's actually live — no frequency lists to memorize, no hunting.

Location-aware Coming-up agenda One-tap scan Works offline
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The Channels tab: On-Air agenda with live DMR nets
Location-aware discovery

The band plan for wherever you are

The app knows where you are, so it fills the list with the channels that matter here — and keeps it all on the phone so it still works when the signal doesn't.

  • Nearby, by category — public-safety, weather, marine, aviation and ham channels drawn from a 13,000+ catalog.
  • Sorted by distance & relevance — the closest, most useful channels rise to the top as you travel.
  • Cached on-device — an offline SQLite copy means the list is ready with no network, in the car or out of range.
Nearby air-band channels sorted by distance — DuPage approach, ATIS, ground and tower at 7.8 mi, Schaumburg Regional at 8.5, Brookeridge Air Park at 10.7
The coming-up agenda

What's about to happen, in one place

A single time-ordered feed sits at the top of the tab, pulling every scheduled and live event together so nothing worth hearing slips by.

  • Everything, in order — satellite passes, DMR nets, contests, POTA/SOTA activations, shortwave broadcasts and weather-fax charts.
  • ON AIR NOW — what's live rises to the top; every item is one tap to tune.
  • A UTC clock & a prop filter — a "workable HF only" toggle hides items on bands the beacons say are dead.
The coming-up agenda at the top of the Channels tab — ON AIR NOW with an RS-44 satellite pass overhead and live DMR nets, timestamped in UTC
Active · Nearby · Saved

Three tiles that find what's live

The counts at the top of the list double as its scope — a glance at how much is around you, and a one-tap way to narrow it down.

  • Tap Active to scan — it probes every visible channel and lights up the ones actually transmitting right now.
  • Real signals, not just carriers — a scan also refreshes DX spots, so live HF stations join the on-air list instead of dead scheduled slots.
  • Nearby & Saved — see everything around, or just your starred favorites; tap a tile again to go back to all.
The Channels tab — on-air agenda, Active/Nearby/Saved counts, and nearby weather channels
Nets & favorites

The stuff you keep coming back to

The channels and nets you care about are a tap away — and the recurring digital nets come to you the moment they're actually running.

  • DMR net finder — recurring BrandMeister nets with a live badge and one-tap listen over your hotspot. See how it works ›
  • Star to save — pin any channel to Saved and tune it in one tap next time.
  • Read more — tap through from a contest, net or broadcaster to its rules or home page.
The DMR Nets browser — 266 recurring nets, 20 live now, each with its live talker

The benefit: it comes to you

A classic scanner makes you know the frequencies. The Channels tab flips that around — it uses your location, a live scan and a real-time agenda to surface what's on the air and relevant right now, ranked and one tap from audio. Offline-first, so it keeps working when you leave coverage.

See it in action

Open the app and it's already listening

Pair a Pi, and the Channels tab fills with what's around you — then tell it what to chase and it keeps watch.

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