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I was originally going to have $20 in the headline and then I did a price check on Amazon. Man, the times have changed.
by greesil 3y ago
I was originally going to have $20 in the headline and then I did a price check on Amazon. Man, the times have changed.
- londons_explore 3y agoI'm pretty sure the price has gone up because Amazon charges a huge markup/fees. If you buy it from the source, it's now $9. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003302259707.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003302259707.html
- argilo 3y agoModels targeting the SDR market (e.g. from RTL-SDR Blog or NooElec) do have some improvements compared to models sold as TV tuners. Most importantly, they often include a more accurate crystal oscillator, which is useful when receiving narrow-band signals.
- superkuh 3y agoI was ready to say you've made my day but unfortunately those rtlsdr dongles use the mostly unwanted Fitipower FC0012 tuner and not any of the better Raphael tuners (R820T2/etc) that are most common and expected for rtl-sdr dongles. The frequency range supported and the rtl-sdr software ecosystem for FC0012 are minimal. Elonics E4000 (E4K) 54 - 2200 MHz (1100 MHz-1250 MHz gap) Rafael Micro R820T 24 - 1766 MHz (>1500 MHz is bad w/o tuner cooling) Rafael Micro R820T2 24 - 1766 MHz (>1500 MHz is bad w/o tuner cooling) Rafael Micro R820T2 13 - 1864 MHz (mutability's driver) Fitipower FC0012 22 - 948 MHz Fitipower FC0013 22 - 1100 MHz (FC0013B/C, FC0013G has seperate L band input) FCI FC2580 146 - 308 MHz and 438 - 924 MHz Looking around on aliexpress most at that price at FC0012 tuner based (even if they say R820T). There are a couple actual R828D dongles but the price shown seems to be one time thing "welcome deal"/75% off and the actual price is more like $25. Dang. Still, I'll keep my eyes on aliexpress now as well as ebay, so thanks.