A Software Defined Radio for $11 (sort of...).

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

Yeah, this is an interesting project. That URL doesn't work for me, for
some reason. However, you could search through back issues of hackaday, it
was described in the last 2 or 3 days.

As I understand it, the frequency range is 65MHz up to something like
1.3GHz. So, no AM band, no MW amateur bands. Still...

It's pretty amazing to see a garden-variety PC running a real time
spectrum display and waterfall diagram off of something like a USB key.

Peter

> This is something that is worth watching...
>
> Seems some DVB-T USB TV tuners can be used as software defined radios,
> and some of the tuners that will work in this role can be found for as
> little as $11 on e-Bay. Details to be seen here:
> http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr .
>
> It appears the software is not (yet) fit for prime time, but ... In
> other words a project that at present is worth keeping an eye on, even
> if it isn't yet to the point of being worth running out and getting
> one of those TV tuners...
>
>
>
> Colin McGregor
> --
> The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://gtalug.org/
> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
> How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
>


-- 
Peter Hiscocks
Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
http://www.syscompdesign.com
USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
647-839-0325

--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://gtalug.org/
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists