Hi Steve,
I'm using an older dongle from rtl-sdr.com, it does 24 MHz to ~1.8 GHz.
I added a heat sink and mounted in a shielded enclosure and it works
pretty good. The new version 3 they have does HF and is supposed to work
even better. Reviews I've seen indicate it works well. They're only
about $20.
There's also the sdr-play for about $150 or less, it has a higher
sampling rate and covers 10 kHz to 2GHz. rtl-sdr.com has reviews on the
various SDR's available.
As for using it in Linux, I've created a guide for that.
https://ranous.wordpress.com/rtl-sdr4linux/
It's a lot fun if you like radio & computers, definitely worth the $20.
--Kenn
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