Turn Your PC into a Shortwave Radio with the RTL-SDR Adapter ! Software Defined Radio (SDR)

Quick note on availability - The kit might be sold out right now at both AliExpress and Amazon. But on Aliexpress they do have the antenna package and dongle available separately. If you go up a level to their main store you can buy each individually. Hopefully it'll be back in stock at Amazon soon.

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can i use this thing to send terrorist threats?

This is NOT a shortwave radio. Here's what you'll do if you buy this piece of shit.

Buy it and soon realize that the antenna kit is garbage.

Spend too much getting a proper antenna.

Soon realize you still can't shortwave.

Spend another $50 on a piece of shit up converter that doesn't really help all that much.

At this point you'll probably be somewhere around $250 and still have a piece of shit that won't do.

Now you will either give up and never fuck with radios again, or go get an actual shortwave radio, be it another sdr (but the right one) or a conventional radio, either can be had for around $100.

These RTLSDR fanbois are liars and cheats selling crap.

i use the rtl-sdr V3 with the dipole antenna, and i'm having a really, really hard time getting anything other than FM radio...
i tried listening to shortwave, don't see much of anything. tried the russian buzzer freq. nothing.
tried medium wave... and still nothing.

the spectrum has some trasmissions but they're just continus beeps or just one tone...

SPY Server – SDR Server for Windows ?? not sure which one to download

Hey, why didn't you test digital radio reception? It's more interesting, like DRM, HD Radio, DAB+, and so on.

Will this work with a Mac ?

Can you talk over it?

will this be possible to do from nigeria, I have good wifi connection and I have always been fascinated with cool stuff like this

this is so great to know. I am diving into a hobby radio telescope project. So, which windows 10 SDR free software would be a good choice to get started to see the hydrogen 21cm line? thanks.

Are you also able to communicate with others, like on a walkie talkie, or is it just a "listener?"
Also, do you have to be online to use this, or could it be used in the woods where no internet is available?

how to use sdr for dvb tv ?

Thank you for the video. Why would you buy gear since you can do the same online with a free service? What's the plus or minus.

This would be good if you could use it on an android device as then it is a handheld unit.

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Can you listen to trains with it

You didn't just pick that up 'on a whim,' as you claimed. You were paid to promote this product. That's how you have an affiliate link.

My experience with SDR has been very disappointing. Pretty waterfall, alot of beacon "boops", and weak fm broadcasts

Does it pick up p25 or dmr digital modes and decode them?

What are your computer specifications to make it work? Do you need a strong one ?

Aliens, all I ever pick up is aliens. Soooo frustrating!

Great run-through.....thanks, Lon!

Thanks

SDR? A parasite in my opinion.Seriously!

I got one & can't get the software to start properly either under Windows or Linux. The forum says to manually compile it, but that's too much work. I'll hang on to it. I'm sure some day it will run.

Ham radio, I thought, would be really interesting to listen to. What I found was that it is a cesspool of hate and intolerance.

where can i find this windows software? Problems trying to find it.

When I visit the Websdr you recommended, malwarebytes blocks a Trojan that continuously tries to load on my pc. Ik8xooddns Thought I’d let ya know. Probably not a safe site to visit

Thanks im inspired to try this ! As I like you have a CB Radio background it my teens years ,was lots of fun with friends :)

Much like a camera is a gateway to lenses if you want to see a broad range of stuff, these things are a gateway to antennas if you want to hear a range of stuff. The old radio's had a band selector, and you can soon be building antennas for your SDR to replace it. The coverage capable from these devices requires the smallest bit of wire to the longest bit of wire. The twin antenna socket can receive circular signals as well as act as a dipole. My latest SDR accepts three antennas that are selectable in the software. Plugged into a Raspberry pi in the loft it can be close to the antennas in the apex of the roof, and all controllable via the home Lan network. I have an antenna for UK DAB radio, a QFH for circular signals, and a dipole for general coverage. They make folk rush into the room asking what's the noise all about.

Spoiler alert...will you be in the next movie sequel "Quiet Place III"?

An SDR is basically an ADC that digitizes all rf frequencies using a near GHz sample rate. Tuning is then a SOFTWARE filter.

I designed circuits using the RDA5809 SDR integrated circuit back when that came out. Amazing how much better the chips have become.

nice vid..please help.. i cant hear anything in wide fm..when i select it ,, it mutes..it works only in NFM.. thanks in advance

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I installed the Airspy software. I ran the bat file. Then I tried the zadig. Then I ran the program. The program says there is no device? I have deleted and uninstalled files. I can't it to work? Any ideas

Does anyone know if there is a way to stream a radio station on Plex? I use Plex for all my media needs, except radio.

This video was awesome. Thank you!

Very cool. This looks like fun. I’ve worked on most types of radio communications from HF, VHF repeater system, digital microwave and satellite communications. I’m retired from working at a gateway earth station. I guess I can’t stay away. It is interesting to see the area in Connecticut you had highlighted, I grew there and left over 40 years ago.

Need one for Linux.

Very nicely done. (And this comes from someone who's been a radio hobbyist for over 50 years.)

When did the cost of something become a “price point?” Aircraft transponders don’t “blurt out” anything. They are interrogated by a ground station and return a signal.

Is this available for a MAC

Anything alien would be cool.....

The idea is good, but I prefer buttons and switches to real receivers - I've been at the computer keyboard far too often already. SWL is a hobby - like riding horses instead of driving, it also has a certain romantic flair. You can now do everything over the internet without a radio, but it's not that much fun. The RDS thing is from my view like putting a horse in front of my car 🤠

I bought one of these a few months ago, its a great little toy !!!! Definitely worth the 50 bucks!!! I can now hear all my local cops and fire dept!!!

The addiction begins...

Wait until you discover GOES satellites. :D More kit to buy, but so neat..