[450] The noise!

[John Foege]

You need to install the custom drivers using Zadig 
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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 13:45:54 
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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
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> -----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>
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> 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
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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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