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<\/a><\/p>\nMany thanks to several readers (including Mike and Greg) who have shared a link to RTL-SDR.com’s Roundup of Software Defined Receivers<\/a>. The list gives an excellent, comprehensive overview of SDRs currently on the market. I encourage you to check it out.<\/p>\n Indeed, while you’re at RTL-SDR.com, take a look at their active blog<\/a> and forum<\/a> to get the most out of your RTL-SDR dongle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many thanks to several readers (including Mike and Greg) who have shared a link to RTL-SDR.com’s Roundup of Software Defined Receivers. The list gives an excellent, comprehensive overview of SDRs currently on the market. I encourage you to check it out. Indeed, while you’re at RTL-SDR.com, take a look at their active blog and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26,43,158],"tags":[2858,2942,4087],"class_list":["post-12823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-rtl-sdr","tag-rtl-sdr-dongle","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3kP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11972,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/excellent-website-dedicated-to-the-rtl-sdr\/","url_meta":{"origin":12823,"position":0},"title":"Excellent website dedicated to the RTL-SDR","author":"Thomas","date":"January 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Mike, writes: Check this website - not only does it cover RTL dongles, but others as well as Airspy... http:\/\/www.rtl-sdr.com\/ Many thanks, Mike. The depth of RTL-SDR.com is most impressive. They seem to post near daily updates on their blog. 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Ivan notes: This is daytime reception comparison. Nighttime could be a different picture. [The RTL-SDR dongle] tunes and frequency is 100% on spot. 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