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    May 27, 2026

    A new home for project updates, release notes, deep dives on protocols and DSP, and step-by-step tutorials.

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GopherTrunk turns a cheap RTL-SDR dongle into a full digital-trunking scanner — P25, DMR, TETRA, NXDN and more, decoded by one pure-Go static binary with nothing else to install. Download the latest build and follow your first system tonight.

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