Re: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?

2016-05-03 Thread Shlomo Solomon
Is there any way to know if these cheap ones support Linux and/or Raspberry PI? As far as I could see none of them specifically mention Linux and many state which Windows versions are supported - but again with no mention of Linux. On Tue, 3 May 2016 18:39:41 +0300 Yuval Adam wrote: > You can fi

Re: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?

2016-05-03 Thread Yuval Adam
On 05/04/2016 01:09 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > All the boards on that list have frequency ranges that start at 24Mhz > or higher. I'd like one that goes from 0.5-30Mhz. > You're asking for a lot from a $10 dongle. Even the upper tier SDR boards (HackRF, BladeRF) don't go down to HF freqs, not eve

Re: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 18:39:41 +0300 Yuval Adam wrote: > You can find very cheap ones on eBay for ~$8-10. > The most popular ones are based on the R820T(2) tuner, and perform > very well. > Also suitable for RTL-SDR [1] applications. > > There are more expensive dongles in the $25 range but aren't

Re: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?

2016-05-03 Thread Yuval Adam
You can find very cheap ones on eBay for ~$8-10. The most popular ones are based on the R820T(2) tuner, and perform very well. Also suitable for RTL-SDR [1] applications. There are more expensive dongles in the $25 range but aren't neccesary unless you care about performance charecteristics. [1]

Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?

2016-05-03 Thread Omer Zak
I am considering the purchase of an USB DVB-T dongle which will work with Raspberry Pi (under Raspbian, of course). What is the currently recommended model and where can one buy it for a good price? Thanks, --- Omer Zak -- My Commodore 64 is suffering from slowness and insufficiency of memory;