{"id":9752,"date":"2014-05-28T17:04:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2014-05-28T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:04:47","slug":"video-review-of-the-dx-patrol-sdr-dongle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/video-review-of-the-dx-patrol-sdr-dongle\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Review of the DX Patrol SDR dongle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WideSDR2-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9770\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WideSDR2-001.jpg\" alt=\"WideSDR2-001\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WideSDR2-001.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WideSDR2-001-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WideSDR2-001-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, John, for sharing <a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e8qW2Z-SfHc\" target=\"_blank\">this video review<\/a> of the <em>DX Patrol<\/em> SDR receiver.<\/p>\n<p>The reviewer gives the <em>DX Patrol<\/em> high marks on shortwave performance, but admits that there is a significant learning curve in terms of software installation and tweaking settings\u00a0for performance.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e8qW2Z-SfHc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At 79\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u20ac ($110 US) the <em>DX Patrol<\/em> is certainly an inexpensive wide band SDR. Unlike the $20 RTL-SDR dongles, the DX PAtrol requires no external up-convertor. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"DX Patrol Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dxpatrol.pt\/index.php\/products\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to purchase the DX Patrol online<\/a>, but keep in mind that the reviewer above\u00a0noted a 6 week turn-around time for shipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>If you have experience with the DX Patrol SDR, please comment!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, John, for sharing this video review of the DX Patrol SDR receiver. The reviewer gives the DX Patrol high marks on shortwave performance, but admits that there is a significant learning curve in terms of software installation and tweaking settings\u00a0for performance. At 79\u00a0\u20ac ($110 US) the DX Patrol is [&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":[129,158,304],"tags":[2944,2941,2943,2858,2942,2558],"class_list":["post-9752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-software-defined-radio","category-videos","tag-dx-patrol","tag-dx-patrol-sdr-dongle","tag-dx-patrol-sdr-receiver","tag-rtl-sdr","tag-rtl-sdr-dongle","tag-rtlsdr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2xi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14239,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/dr-phils-radio-articles-portable-sdr-and-pocket-dx\/","url_meta":{"origin":9752,"position":0},"title":"Dr. Phil&#8217;s radio articles: portable SDR and pocket DX","author":"Thomas","date":"August 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Dr. Phil, recently contacted me regarding a collection of articles he's written about DXing and radio modifications. 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Ivan notes: This is daytime reception comparison. Nighttime could be a different picture. [The RTL-SDR dongle] tunes and frequency is 100% on spot. 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