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Pros & Cons
Pros
The simplest antenna is a piece of wire, and with that you can hear transmissions from across the world. The kit also comes with a good set of antennas, mounts to install the antenna, and a good amount of cable. The antenna is decent and will work for... Read More
If your into electronics it is worth the trip discovering all it can do. This is a huge field of knowledge and you will be just scratching it.
The rtl-str runs a little warm, though it appears that’s by design as the case is basically a metal heatsink made to dissipate the heat. This setup works great and required no drivers other than installing the software.
Cons
The information is on a small label that floats in the bag. The ability to follow one conversation is there, but there was no way to just isolate one group (that i found in my searching) the software that's available to run this dongle is horrendous a... Read More
Some people report better results indoors with this antenna. The antenna is placed next to an outside window with almost nothing nearby to provide interference. It can pick up shortwave signals up to 14. Khz, but anything below that requires experimen... Read More
After installing the software, the. I cannot get rid of the devices even after re-installing windows 10. Windows 10 instructions are complex and mistakes are non-recoverable. Congratulations to stl-sdr software programmers for creating a perfect piece... Read More
Highlights
Quality
You cant beat the quality for the price
Quality components and easy to get up and running
This device works great for pretty much everything but not that
I did have to log onto the site that is provided with the unit to know how to download the software
Price
I liked the idea of using your laptop pc for a broad band spectrum radio receiver and the price was right for the kit which inc... Read More
Competitiveness
For the small added price its a deal imho
This setup has everything you need to capture those freqs
Upgrading my 4star review to a 5
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- This product had a total of 5,916 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2023.
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My first attempt with sdr involved a small european tv ota kit from adafruit
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It worked pretty well but i was disappointed i couldnt hear the weather radio and i couldnt pick up cb radio signals
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I seem to only be able to obtain a few commercial radio stations
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But comparing it to a dab radio in the same room
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Performance to me seems limited
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Android phone is quick and dirty some issues with apps and small screen
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Chrome book only has fm app in chrome
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After getting the replacement i got them to work second guessing myself i tried the first two magically they work too so it must have been user error
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