[450] The noise!

[David McKenzie]

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