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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I know there are a few folks out there who were playing with the USB SDR receivers. I finally got mine and have it working both on the desktop and lap top. My dongle has the RTL2832 and the Raphael Micro R820T tuner. I am using SDRSharp and Zadig for software. I had a little difficulty with the desktop as I had to clear out multiple installs. Once that was done, everything worked great, The tuning range is The mid 60 MHz range to 1700 or so MHz. I installed the scanner plug in and now have an all mode scanner! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I plan to connect it to an outside antenna to better evaluate the sensitivity. Eventually, I will probably connect to a discone I have in the attic. I also will run the RTL_TEST to determine the actual frequency range. If the VHF and up performance is decent, I will probably buy or build an HF converter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone else have interesting results? I might pick up another with the Elonics E400 tuner to see if there is any performance difference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"There ain't no cloud so thick that the sun ain't shinin' on t'other side." <b><i>- Rattlesnake, an 1870s mountain man</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>