{"id":17190,"date":"2016-02-01T13:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17190"},"modified":"2016-02-01T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:10:57","slug":"brilliant-article-on-rtl-sdr-dongle-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/brilliant-article-on-rtl-sdr-dongle-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Article on RTL-SDR Dongle Uses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sdr-Mario2\"<\/a>Frequent contributor Mario Filippi N2HUN has written a brilliant piece for the latest edition of The Spectrum Monitor<\/a><\/em> entitled RTL-SDR: Your Eye To The Wireless World, February 2016. Here is a brief synopsis:<\/p>\n

RTL-SDR Dongle: Your Eye to the Wireless World <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Mario Filippi N2HUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The RTL-SDR dongle has garnered much popularity over the last several years as an inexpensive and effective broadband receiver for the radio enthusiast. Now Mario shows us how the RTL-SDR can be pressed into serving in other ways: as a rudimentary piece of test equipment to explore those countless wireless devices that power our world and make life convenient. You can use it when restoring vintage radios, doing frequency analysis, antenna analysis and a host of troubleshooting activities you may never have thought of.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I highly recommend buying at least the current issue ($3.00 \/ PDF Download – what a steal!) or better yet, subscribing for a whole year. Every issue gives far more value than the cost ($2.00\/issue at the current subscription rate).<\/p>\n

Mario’s article explores things I never would have thought of, and he explains how he uses these inexpensive dongles in place of much more expensive equipment. It is truly amazing what these little wonders can do, and Mario just keeps pushing back the envelope of what is possible.<\/p>\n

Thanks Mario for a truly inspiring article – yet again you have given us even more rabbit trails to explore!<\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frequent contributor Mario Filippi N2HUN has written a brilliant piece for the latest edition of The Spectrum Monitor entitled RTL-SDR: Your Eye To The Wireless World, February 2016. Here is a brief synopsis: RTL-SDR Dongle: Your Eye to the Wireless World By Mario Filippi N2HUN The RTL-SDR dongle has garnered much popularity over the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"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":[8,3,26,158],"tags":[157,1913,4087],"class_list":["post-17190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","category-radios","category-software-defined-radio","tag-sdr","tag-software","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4tg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17965,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/guest-post-using-the-hackrf-one-for-dgps-beacon-reception\/","url_meta":{"origin":17190,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Using the HackRF One for DGPS Beacon Reception","author":"Thomas","date":"April 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN) for the following guest post: Receiving \u00a0with a HackRF One, SDR#, and MultiPSK by\u00a0Mario Filippi (N2HUN) The HackRF One is a Software Defined Radio manufactured by Great Scott Gadgets (www.greatscottgadgets.com) and has been on the market for a few years. 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