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This is awesome; am ordering a dongle right away! Did some digging and there's a whole load of things which can potentially be picked up, including dead satell
by Fizzadar 11y ago
This is awesome; am ordering a dongle right away!
Did some digging and there's a whole load of things which can potentially be picked up, including dead satellites [0]. RTL-SDR.com has a whole load of awesome looking tutorials [1].
[0] http://www.rtl-sdr.com/receiving-dead-satellites-rtl-sdr/ http://www.rtl-sdr.com/receiving-dead-satellites-rtl-sdr/
[1] http://www.rtl-sdr.com/category/tutorial/ http://www.rtl-sdr.com/category/tutorial/
- misnome 11y agoAlso just ordered one. This is the best HN thread I've seen in ages!
- xur17 11y agoI just ordered one too - this looks awesome. You can track aircraft (newer airplanes broadcast their locations, ships, etc. This [0] is the one I ended up ordering, I just wish one day shipping was available. [0] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009U7WZCA http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009U7WZCA
- dima55 11y ago$20 is way too expensive for these. Here's the same thing for half the price: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Newsky-TV28T-v2-USB-DVB-T-RTL-SDR-Receiver-RTL2832U-R820T-Tuner-MCX-Input-/131532641773?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9ff4d5ed http://www.ebay.com/itm/Newsky-TV28T-v2-USB-DVB-T-RTL-SDR-Re...
- gPphX 11y ago£4.62 = $7.16 http://www.ebay.com/itm/171749696878 http://www.ebay.com/itm/171749696878 £6.96 = $$10.80 http://www.ebay.com/itm/131532641773 http://www.ebay.com/itm/131532641773 ebay search : RTL2832U R820T -Connector -Adapter -Angle
- TD-Linux 11y agoThere are a variety of factories producing these at variable quality. I'd still recommend the Nooelec version if you have the budget to spare.
- kseistrup 11y agoDX has some cheap RTL2832U based dongles ⌘ http://eud.dx.com/search/RTL2832U http://eud.dx.com/search/RTL2832U
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoI recommend an [antenna port] to BNC or other adapters as well.
- j45 11y agoThis is the kind of cool Hacker News I like to see! Ordered.