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Category - Squawker PC Manual
Squawker PC is a Windows desktop application, available with an active subscription from ukafg.co.uk/product/squawker-pc. Installing Run the downloaded installer and follow […]
Squawker PC checks your login and subscription every time you open the app. Signing In Enter your UKAFG account username/email […]
Every time you launch Squawker PC, it checks — after you’ve logged in — whether a newer version is available. […]
The Reset tab has three separate reset buttons, each doing something different. All three ask you to confirm before proceeding, and restart […]
The Support tab has two tools for when something needs troubleshooting. Support Logging Tick Support logging to switch the app’s logging from normal to […]
The main window is built around a central data grid, surrounded by panels that control what’s shown and what you […]
The Connect Panel manages your saved connection profiles — each one bundles together settings like your scanner/radio model and a postcode, so […]
Range Search narrows whatever dataset you’re currently viewing down to results near a location. Range Search is only available for datasets […]
Aviation VHF/UHF has the richest set of search options of any dataset, combining the Select Panel toolbar with two extra […]
Selecting Aviation HF shows no dataset-specific filter controls in the Select Panel toolbar — you have the shared tools only (search box, […]
Access Unlike the other six datasets, Active Mil is subscription-gated at the dataset level — the radio button itself is greyed out […]
Every row in the grid has a checkbox. Tick individual rows by clicking them, or use: You can freely untick […]
Select Group is a toggle, not a one-off action — click it to switch group-selection mode on (the button turns solid […]
Multi-Select solves a specific problem: what if the frequencies you want aren’t all in one search, or one database? Instead […]
Click Export Settings to configure how exports behave. There’s a Global section, plus an identical trio of settings repeated for each export […]
Before exporting, remember the rule from How Your Selection Feeds Exports & the Programmer: if your Multi-Select list has anything in it, […]
Global Freq Search answers one specific question: “which database (and where in it) does this frequency show up?” — without you […]
The Submissions window is a structured, desktop-native version of reporting a frequency — separate from (though conceptually similar to) the submission form […]
Live Mil opens a real-time feed of military frequency activity, updating automatically as new submissions come in from the community. Access […]
Squawker PC can connect to a wide range of scanners and SDR setups, grouped into Scanner Systems, each with its own […]
Open Connect Settings to create and manage profiles — each one bundles together a name, a scanner system/model, and the connection details […]
Squawker PC connects to your radio through a standard Windows COM port — it doesn’t bundle or install any radio-specific […]
Squawker Connect uses one layout for every scanner type — Uniden, Whistler, ICOM, Proscan, and SDR-based profiles all share the same window, […]
Every frequency your radio reports gets checked against the database automatically — this works identically no matter which scanner type […]
On-screen radio controls (buttons that remotely press your scanner’s own buttons over the connection) are only available for Uniden models — Whistler, […]
the first time you open the Programmer, you’ll see a disclaimer explaining the real risks of programming radio hardware directly […]
For most supported radios, Squawker PC backs up your scanner’s current programming automatically before writing anything new — genuinely reading it live […]
Before You Can Program Your radio’s profile needs Enable Programming ticked in Connect Settings (see Creating a Connection Profile) — only profiles with […]