{"id":20657,"date":"2016-08-16T15:37:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20657"},"modified":"2016-08-16T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:37:07","slug":"new-rtl-sdr-dongles-feature-hf-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/new-rtl-sdr-dongles-feature-hf-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"New RTL-SDR dongles feature HF reception"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Aaron Kuhn<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

[T]he newest v3 http:\/\/<\/span>RTL-SDR.com<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> RTL2832U USB receivers now have HF reception via Direct sampling over the SMA antenna connector directly out of the box with no hardware modding required.<\/p>\n

I think this might make it the cheapest, out-of-the-box HF SDR possible at this point.<\/p>\n

9:1 balun for longwire puts the whole thing under $50 still http:\/\/www.<\/span>rtl-sdr.com\/new-rtl-sdr-bl<\/span>og-units-now-available-in-store-hf-via-direct-sampling-software-switchable-bias-tee-less-noisespurs\/<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! Now you’re making me wish I would’ve waited a few more months before finally purchasing an RTL-SDR. I like the folks over at the RTL-SDR blog, so I purchased their model.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, \u00a0the V3 RTL2832U only costs $24.95 on Amazon.com<\/a>.\u00a0What a value! \u00a0Anyone care to write a review of the HF performance? Please contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Aaron Kuhn, who writes: [T]he newest v3 http:\/\/RTL-SDR.com\u00a0 RTL2832U USB receivers now have HF reception via Direct sampling over the SMA antenna connector directly out of the box with no hardware modding required. I think this might make it the cheapest, out-of-the-box HF SDR possible at this point. 9:1 […]<\/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":[836,3,43,158],"tags":[5367,2021,2858,2942,2017,157,4087],"class_list":["post-20657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-aaron-kuhn","tag-cheap-software-defined-radios","tag-rtl-sdr","tag-rtl-sdr-dongle","tag-rtl2832u","tag-sdr","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5nb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20767,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/ivans-preliminary-review-of-the-new-rtl-sdr-dongle-on-shortwavemediumwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":20657,"position":0},"title":"Ivan’s preliminary review of the new RTL-SDR dongle on shortwave\/mediumwave","author":"Thomas","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who shares the following video review of the\u00a0new\u00a0RTL-SDR dongle on the\u00a0shortwave\u00a0and mediumwave bands. 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