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Why not?

• IntelMiner 9y ago
  Speculation: A digital TV signal is a lot more repeatable than an analog one. A digital signal doesn't have the "TV static" effect of an analog signal that may introduce different entropy between two devices pulling the same signal in different locations
  • jamesmcnalley 9y ago
    I'm not sure I agree that a digital TV signal has more repetition than analog. It is possible, but worth investigating. That said, although the DVB-T dongles were intended for digital TV use, the typical demodulators (such as http://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net/index.php?title=RTL2832 http://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net/index.php?title=RTL2832) have an extremely wide frequency range and can be repurposed all over that range. Absolutely use extreme caution when adopting a new source of entropy.
  • ce4 9y ago
    Please note that the rtl-sdr dongle is used as a generic software defined radio receiver, it can be tuned to any frequency range it supports. It has a few issues like the usb packaging does some retiming, plus the rtl chip documentation is under nda and else.