[450] The noise!

[William Knapp / KC1WJ]

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
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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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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