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anyone here got an RTL-SDR? (not HAM radios, I mean the cheap USB receiver stuff)
i wanna know what you use it for and any ideas on what to do with one, maybe DIY antenna guides and such

>> No.1730862

>>1730844
NOAA Weather Sat interception.
If SHTF and you have a working laptop, you can still see the weather coming your way.

>> No.1730869

>>1730844
I've played with it. Have done the noaa sat image thing, listened in on police trunked radio, decoded pagers (mostly security systems now a days), done AIS and plane tracking... what else... eh some other stuff. was fun for a bit but quickly got boring. They're now gathering dust in a box.

>> No.1730969

>>1730844
It'd be goat if 90's cordless phones were still around

>> No.1731077

>>1730844
it's mostly useless for ham, it will receive stuff but there is just nothing interesting on the ham bands.

I use mine for rooting around above 108mhz.

>> No.1731078

>>1730869
same here I did all that, then got board.

>> No.1731117

>>1731077
so the typical NOAA stuff?
I wonder what can be done to tinker with these