[450] The noise!

[David McKenzie]

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.
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> http://rtlsdr.org/softwarewindows
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> Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:
>
>> works fine here on x64
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>> 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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