[RndTbl] Opinion on digital tuner hardware

[Robert Keizer]

I too saw the article - slashdot got it from hackaday I think..

In any event, hackaday links to useful sites. That particular model does
~1mhz bandwidth at 8bit.. The range in the videos that ive seen indicate
quite a large spectrum.. Somewhere between 0-500mhz I think. Some model I
know go a little higher than that and are still cheap.

Im going to be playing with this, my father ordered one a few days ago...
Im sure other members will be playing with them too.

Next year at muug someones going to have to do a presentation on this stuff
and sdr in general.

Rob

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On Apr 8, 2012 7:08 PM, "Mike pfaiffer" <high.res.mike at gmail.com> wrote:

>        I saw an article on Slashdot the other day which suggested it might
> be possible to get some hardware using the RTL2832U chipset for $11.00. A
> quick search of Google seems to indicate it is fairly well supported with
> Linux. Since the article was about Software Defined Radio (HF) rather than
> the TV part of the device I was wondering if anybody locally had tried it
> out... I would guess apart from the article, the only info I'd be able to
> get would be about the TV part. What are the ranges of the chipset? How
> reliable is it? One fellow from the Seniors Radio Club suggested a kit for
> around $20.00 which should have a similar range (minus the TV). Is the idea
> even worth following up?
>
>        I think for around $11.00 it would be a good introduction to SDR
> and digital TV.
>
>                                Later
>                                Mike
>
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