{"id":6842,"date":"2013-07-05T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2013-07-05T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T12:05:11","slug":"a-very-inexpensive-software-defined-radio-based-on-the-rtl2832u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-very-inexpensive-software-defined-radio-based-on-the-rtl2832u\/","title":{"rendered":"A very inexpensive Software Defined Radio based on the RTL2832U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6855\" alt=\"DE_DVB_T_1\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1-300x228.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to Benn (AK4AV)\u00a0for passing along <a title=\"IEEE article\" href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/hands-on\/a-40-softwaredefined-radio\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> from the IEEE which describes how a $20 USB digital TV antenna tuner can be transformed into an impressive, flexible software defined radio:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/hands-on\/a-40-softwaredefined-radio#.UcsnQmksXjk.email\">http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/hands-on\/a-40-softwaredefined-radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article incldes the following embedded video from the IEEE:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJPjx2_UHyQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is another informative video via YouTube:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0hEquzLsWU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year at the SWL Winterfest we had a presentation on the topic of $20 SDRs configured like those above. Some scanner enthusiasts had used them to receive satellite and many other VHF\/UHF communications. I&#8217;ve heard of some devices being nearly plug-and-play easy to install and configure; others may take some minor tweaking. All of the SDR applications and drivers are either open source or free.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/sdr.osmocom.org\/trac\/wiki\/rtl-sdr\" target=\"_blank\">This page contains a wealth of information on the topic of RTL2832U based SDRs<\/a>&#8211;it makes for a great starting point.<\/p>\n<p>If you have experimented with thRTL2832U USB SDR, <strong><em>please comment below<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Benn (AK4AV)\u00a0for passing along this article from the IEEE which describes how a $20 USB digital TV antenna tuner can be transformed into an impressive, flexible software defined radio: http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/hands-on\/a-40-softwaredefined-radio The article incldes the following embedded video from the IEEE: Here is another informative video via YouTube: This year at the SWL [&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":[627,158],"tags":[2019,2020,2022,2021,2017,2018,157,4087,2024,2023],"class_list":["post-6842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-software-defined-radio","tag-20-sdr","tag-40-sdr","tag-cheap-sdrs","tag-cheap-software-defined-radios","tag-rtl2832u","tag-rtl2832u-sdr","tag-sdr","tag-software-defined-radio","tag-uhf","tag-vhf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Mm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6861,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/using-the-rtl2832u-20-sdr-for-hf-trunk-tracker-scanning\/","url_meta":{"origin":6842,"position":0},"title":"Using the RTL2832U $20 SDR for HF &#038; trunk-tracker scanning?","author":"Thomas","date":"July 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our post on inexpensive SDRs based on the\u00a0RTL2832U, Jeff Benedict writes: Here's a website that has a lot of info on cheap SDR gear. \u00a0They have a write-up on an external board which adds HF capabilities. \u00a0I have one but haven't done anything with it yet. http:\/\/www.hamradioscience.com\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DE_DVB_T_1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DE_DVB_T_1-300x228.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20657,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/new-rtl-sdr-dongles-feature-hf-reception\/","url_meta":{"origin":6842,"position":1},"title":"New RTL-SDR dongles feature HF reception","author":"Thomas","date":"August 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20767,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/ivans-preliminary-review-of-the-new-rtl-sdr-dongle-on-shortwavemediumwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":6842,"position":2},"title":"Ivan&#8217;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. 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1-300x243.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20919,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-rtl-sdr-v-3-dongle-on-shortwave-gary-details-setup-and-reviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":6842,"position":3},"title":"The RTL-SDR V.3 dongle on shortwave: Gary details setup and reviews","author":"Thomas","date":"August 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Gary Wise (W4EEY), for the following review of the RTL-SDR dongle: Based on your blog post on the Version 3 release of the RTL-SDR dongle I had to buy one. I ordered mine from Amazon for $25, and it came in two days. 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