{"id":20767,"date":"2016-08-22T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20767"},"modified":"2016-08-22T18:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:49:07","slug":"ivans-preliminary-review-of-the-new-rtl-sdr-dongle-on-shortwavemediumwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/ivans-preliminary-review-of-the-new-rtl-sdr-dongle-on-shortwavemediumwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan&#8217;s preliminary review of the new RTL-SDR dongle on shortwave\/mediumwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20662\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1-624x506.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <strong>Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW)<\/strong>, who shares the following video review of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/new-rtl-sdr-dongles-feature-hf-reception\/\">new\u00a0RTL-SDR dongle<\/a> on the\u00a0shortwave\u00a0and mediumwave bands.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is daytime reception comparison. Nighttime could be a different picture. [The RTL-SDR dongle] tunes and frequency is 100% on spot.<\/p>\n<p>Using SDR Sharp you have several AGC settings to play with and find the best combination. The best setting seems to vary with band and signal strength.<\/p>\n<p>The [SDR receiver]\u00a0comes with a short (20 cm) and long (120cm) telescopic antennas. Neither one is usable for HF or Medium wave.<\/p>\n<p>When ordering the radio you have to get a USB extension cord for the dongle. When plugged in directly into a laptop and then antenna coax it can become bulky. You also will most likely need an SMA adapter to BNC and SO 238.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BKAdtJA9s3w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BKAdtJA9s3w\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many thanks for sharing your video, Ivan! For a $25 SDR, I&#8217;m pretty impressed so far! I&#8217;m also very curious how it will hold up to stronger nighttime signals and, especially, adjacent signal interference. I imagine it may be prone to overloading as well. Please keep us posted!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Have any other Post readers tested the new RTL-SDR dongle on HF? If so, please comment!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Ivan notes: This is daytime reception comparison. Nighttime could be a different picture. [The RTL-SDR dongle] tunes and frequency is 100% on spot. Using SDR Sharp you have several AGC settings to play [&hellip;]<\/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":[836,3,129,154,158],"tags":[2021,5391,2858,2942,2017,157,4087],"class_list":["post-20767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-software-defined-radio","tag-cheap-software-defined-radios","tag-ivan-cholakov-no2cw","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-5oX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32464,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/thomas-n1spy-how-to-chase-cubesats-with-an-rtl-sdr-dongle-and-some-wire\/","url_meta":{"origin":20767,"position":0},"title":"Thomas (N1SPY): How to chase Cubesats with an RTL-SDR dongle and some wire","author":"Thomas","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Ivan (NO2CW) who writes: Thomas, N1SPY used equipment worth $25 to chase mini satellites. 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