[450] The noise!

[David McKenzie]

works fine here on x64

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 2:48 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:
> Installed the drivers with Zadig.
> They installed fine. Dongle still doesn't work. Yes, I rebooted too.
>
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> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>
>> It works fine with w7 64 bit
>> Sent from BlackBerry® from Vodafone
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com>
>> Sender: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.comDate: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:01:36
>> To: <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
>> Reply-To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>> Subject: Re: [450] The noise!
>>
>> I'll try, but I have been reading about there being driver issues with
>> Win7 x64 (which I have).
>>
>>
>> Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:
>>
>>> yup replace the drivers with zadig and it should be good to go
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:55 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ
>>> <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That wasn't mentioned anywhere.....oops.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> You need to install the custom drivers using Zadig
>>>>> Sent from BlackBerry® from Vodafone
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com>
>>>>> Sender: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.comDate: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:45:54
>>>>> To: <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [450] The noise!
>>>>>
>>>>> I've got the UI working, but the dongle isn't lighting up and it's not
>>>>> receiving ANYTHING. Not even my signal on 450.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bummer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just letting you all know that you wint hear jack shit on the
>>>>>> telescoping whip. Only broadcast FM stations and really strong local
>>>>>> stuff...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Need to adapt the PAL antenna connector to something else (otherwise
>>>>>> it's useless).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> Sent from BlackBerry® from Vodafone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>
>>>>>> Sender: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.comDate: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:53:52
>>>>>> To: <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
>>>>>> Reply-To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [450] The noise!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> huzzah
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ
>>>>>> <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think I have it figured out. There are quite a few online
>>>>>>> tutorials.
>>>>>>> Here's a good one.
>>>>>>> http://www.atouk.com/SDRSharpQuickStart.html#installation
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> These sticks are to receive DVB TV in Europe bill...they aren't
>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> work here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You have to use SDR Sharp and special drivers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave can help you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BTW Dave...your noise floor is @ -40 dBm but you should turn off RTL
>>>>>>>> AGC
>>>>>>>> and Tuner AGC with the configure button and adjust your IF Gain
>>>>>>>> manually...also the contrast slider on the FFT waterfall is useful
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> situation...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can get much better performance out of it when you do the
>>>>>>>> above...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also can use the PPM offset to get your freq readout accurate. Mine
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> 30PPM off...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>>>>>> From: William Knapp / KC1WJ
>>>>>>>> Sender: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>>>>>>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>>>>>>> ReplyTo: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [450] The noise!
>>>>>>>> Sent: Dec 28, 2012 09:13
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What software are you using? The supplied software that came with
>>>>>>>> mine
>>>>>>>> isn't working and the manual is in German.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Quoting David McKenzie <dmckenzie at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here's an image of my local noise when pointed at it with the
>>>>>>>>> horizontal beam using that dvb stick and sdr#
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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