[450] The noise!

Fri Dec 28 15:36:42 EST 2012

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
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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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