An RTL-SDR dongle has a maximum usable bandwidth of about 2.4 MHz which most often isn't enough to capture an entire trunking system that may be spread out over a larger bandwidth. In order to get around this limitation Luke Brendt has been using three RTL-SDR dongles together to capture a trunking system in his area which…
Using SDR to Build a Trunk Tracker - Police, Fire, and EMS Scanner - Black Hills Information Security
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Triple Threat RTL-SDR System Reads Trunked Radio
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Using SDR to Build a Trunk Tracker - Police, Fire, and EMS Scanner - Black Hills Information Security
SDRtrunk ramblings with Hackrf - mostly good
Running two RTL-SDR Blog V3, coverage question
Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+ 0.5PPM TCXO-based RTL-SDR USB set. Ultra-high quality, Japanese-made TCXO, individually tested to ensure specification
Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+ 0.5PPM TCXO USB RTL-SDR Receiver (RTL2832 + R820T2) w/ Antenna
P25 Trunked Tracking and Decoding with RTL-SDR, Unitrunker, and DSDPlus