[450] Jump, jump, jump around.

chris cralt at comcast.net
Sat Dec 29 13:31:26 EST 2012 

Waterbury's trunking system jumping around...


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On Dec 28, 2012, at 3:37 PM, David McKenzie wrote:

> yay
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 3:36 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com 
> > wrote:
>> Cheated and used the installer. Now it works fine.
>>
>> http://rtlsdr.org/softwarewindows
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> It works fine with w7 64 bit
>>>>> 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  
>>>>> 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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