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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    Bump and ......

    Here is the direction I went. I'll update as things progress.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

    Here's a page FULL of useful information.

    http://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-...rted-software/
    I wish you would have said something. I have one of those things in my junk drawer I would have given you. They are junk. These use a very poor mod called the Direct Sampling Mode Mod. It works, but works horribly. The upconverter method would have been better and costs about the same.


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    Quote Originally Posted by KA9MOT View Post
    I wish you would have said something. I have one of those things in my junk drawer I would have given you. They are junk. These use a very poor mod called the Direct Sampling Mode Mod. It works, but works horribly. The upconverter method would have been better and costs about the same.
    There's a software fix in use for that. I might mess with it this week. Aside from that, all it needs is a preselector, ie: a resonant antenna for each specified HF band.

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    Or a small tuned RX loop with Hi-Q when tuned to frequencies of interest... Neat trick that I used to use with homebrew regenerative receivers.
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    Just give me an old fashioned radio with vacuum tubes, No dongles, dungles, or software needed.
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    Just give me an old fashioned radio with vacuum tubes, No dongles, dungles, or software needed.
    That's not exactly what this string is about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    That's not exactly what this string is about.
    Besides, we just like to say dongle. Dongle dongle dongle dongle!
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Besides, we just like to say dongle. Dongle dongle dongle dongle!
    My wife likes it when I talk about my dongle......

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