[450] The noise!

[William Knapp / KC1WJ]

That wasn't mentioned anywhere.....oops.


Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:

> 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
>>>> 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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