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Radio On A Tight Budget - RTL-SDR For Everyone: 2nd Edition - 2016
Detailed guide how receive radio using the $10 RTL-SDR dongle for the budget-conscious.
This book is
1) non-radio people, beginners with little to no experience,
2) anyone who wants to max out RTL stick performance.
With particular emphasis on beginner antennas and noise reduction.
Tried and tested methods in minute detail how to receive VERY weak signals in a noisy urban environment.
- Hardware what to buy and what not, how to get the best value for money
- Step-by-step guide to software installation and tips for beginners.
- Antenna types, commercial and professional antennas, DIY antennas
- Detailed instructions for broadband beginner and satellite antennas
- Dedicated noise reduction chapter for maximum performance
- Best bang for your buck - free or cheap tricks to minimise interference
- Path of the recommended upgrades for newbies
- Save time with the Raspberry Pi 2 setting up a remote server, all connection options covered
- Raspberry Pi section optimised for no-Linux knowledge
- Walkthrough for several potential applications.
Diagrams and photos help understanding, common tools and materials no soldering or expensive gear used.
This book is
1) non-radio people, beginners with little to no experience,
2) anyone who wants to max out RTL stick performance.
With particular emphasis on beginner antennas and noise reduction.
Tried and tested methods in minute detail how to receive VERY weak signals in a noisy urban environment.
- Hardware what to buy and what not, how to get the best value for money
- Step-by-step guide to software installation and tips for beginners.
- Antenna types, commercial and professional antennas, DIY antennas
- Detailed instructions for broadband beginner and satellite antennas
- Dedicated noise reduction chapter for maximum performance
- Best bang for your buck - free or cheap tricks to minimise interference
- Path of the recommended upgrades for newbies
- Save time with the Raspberry Pi 2 setting up a remote server, all connection options covered
- Raspberry Pi section optimised for no-Linux knowledge
- Walkthrough for several potential applications.
Diagrams and photos help understanding, common tools and materials no soldering or expensive gear used.
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 16, 2013
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March 28, 2016
Has a lot of information but hard to read
The book has a lot of good information however, the writing is in somewhat broken English. If the writer is not writing English as a 1st language, it may be beneficial to have a native English speaker proofread before publishing the next version
The book has a lot of good information however, the writing is in somewhat broken English. If the writer is not writing English as a 1st language, it may be beneficial to have a native English speaker proofread before publishing the next version
December 28, 2014
Everything you need or want to know about how to set up and use the RTL SDR device and software is in this book. Look no further.
December 6, 2023
I’ve only done a quick read of this book and need to revisit it but it offers up another collection of “rules” than you can apply so it makes my list. A lot of these rules you will learn over time but by seeing them in print, you might save yourself a lot of avoidable losses. Lots of useful information.
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