[450] The noise!

[William Knapp / KC1WJ]

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
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> 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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