Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread Allen Minix
One note on the RTL-SDR: get a better antenna. The one that comes with most of them is less than stellar. You can always slap it on a cookie sheet for a decent ground plane, but an antenna upgrade does wonders. For what you pay for the setup, you still can't complain! On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On 01/15/2015 09:04 AM, Perkins, Jerry wrote: I did just that, checked out Amazon.Found many books. Ordered the kindle version of The Hobbyist's Guide to the RTL-SDR by Carl Laufer.Got through the first chapter which helped a lot in putting together all the other information

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On 01/14/2015 10:04 AM, David R. Wilson wrote: On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 15:20 -0600, andrew mcelroy wrote: So it was going to on GNU Radio. Me and David Wilson will pick up this topic. We have both been using GNU radio and are both Hams ( He's a lot smarter in this area than I am). For

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On 01/15/2015 09:39 AM, Perkins, Jerry wrote: On 01/15/2015 09:04 AM, Perkins, Jerry wrote: I did just that, checked out Amazon.Found many books. Ordered the kindle version of The Hobbyist's Guide to the RTL-SDR by Carl Laufer.Got through the first chapter which helped a lot in

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On 01/15/2015 09:29 AM, Allen Minix wrote: One note on the RTL-SDR: get a better antenna. The one that comes with most of them is less than stellar. You can always slap it on a cookie sheet for a decent ground plane, but an antenna upgrade does wonders. For what you pay for the setup, you

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-15 Thread David R. Wilson
On Thu, 2015-01-15 at 09:42 -0600, Perkins, Jerry wrote: On 01/15/2015 09:29 AM, Allen Minix wrote: One note on the RTL-SDR: get a better antenna. The one that comes with most of them is less than stellar. You can always slap it on a cookie sheet for a decent ground plane, but an

Re: [nlug] Can't make it to tonight's meeting (SDR Stuff)

2015-01-14 Thread David R. Wilson
On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 15:20 -0600, andrew mcelroy wrote: So it was going to on GNU Radio. Me and David Wilson will pick up this topic. We have both been using GNU radio and are both Hams ( He's a lot smarter in this area than I am). Thought I better comment about this and throw in a few