{"id":21015,"date":"2016-09-01T14:50:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21015"},"modified":"2016-09-01T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:50:22","slug":"london-shortwaves-portable-spectrum-capture-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/london-shortwaves-portable-spectrum-capture-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"London Shortwave’s portable “spectrum capture lab”"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, London Shortwave<\/a>, just posted a photo of his portable SDR setup on Twitter<\/a> and noted:<\/p>\n

\"LondonShortwave-Portable-SDR\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“Portable spectrum capture lab back in operation. Grabbing the grey line hour on the 49 mb. Listening to Radio Fana!”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! \u00a0I love this go kit!<\/p>\n

Looks like London Shortwave is running an AirSpy with Spyverter<\/a> via SDR# on his Windows tablet.<\/p>\n

Having played a lot of radio in the field, I think what’s great about this setup is the fact it’s all contained and properly laid-out inside the padded case. Simply open the case, deploy an antenna, and you’re in business! With all components inside the case, there’s much less chance a connector, battery, cable or SDR will be left in the field accidently. Quick deployment and quick pack-up time; that’s what it’s all about!<\/p>\n

Great job, London Shortwave! I’m happy to see you’re back in the park capturing\u00a0spectrum and logging DX!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, just posted a photo of his portable SDR setup on Twitter and noted: “Portable spectrum capture lab back in operation. Grabbing the grey line hour on the 49 mb. Listening to Radio Fana!” Wow! \u00a0I love this go kit! Looks like London Shortwave is running an AirSpy with Spyverter via […]<\/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":[3,3196,43,158],"tags":[3724,3793,2704,3195,3024,5431,3794],"class_list":["post-21015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-airspy","tag-go-kit","tag-london-shortwave","tag-portable-sdr","tag-sdr-sharp","tag-spyverter","tag-urban-go-kit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5sX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22153,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/portable-shortwave-spectrum-capture-for-the-urban-city-dweller\/","url_meta":{"origin":21015,"position":0},"title":"Portable shortwave spectrum capture for the urban city dweller","author":"London Shortwave","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A guide by London Shortwave Radio interference is a major problem in big cities when it comes to indoor shortwave reception. 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