build your own w/ software defined radio

[Michael Havens]

holy moly.... vsb demodulators are expensive!
http://www.techtoolsupply.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=245

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Ted Gould <ted at gould.cx> wrote:

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> You can't.  It would only really be useful for FM in the states.  The
> antenna part would be fine, but the demodulator is for the DVB-T standard
> where we use VSB here.  I'd be surprised if they didn't have another model
> that did VSB though.
>
> Ted
>
> On Sun, 2013-08-18 at 15:01 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> they say it was for tv in the uk. How could we use it for tv here?
>
>
>
>
>  :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>
>  On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Can the software tune the digital audio now broadcast by some FM
> stations?  Also are there any other devices with this chip in them?  Why
> buy one when you already have a device that will work?  This sounds like
> fun.  I'll have to see about getting one of these.  I can see one use for
> this.  If you're travelling away from home, leave one of these set up at
> home.  Then when you're out of town, you can connect to it and listen to
> radio from your hometown and keep up on local news.
>
>   On 08/18/2013 01:28 PM, der.hans wrote:
>
>    moin moin,
>
> build your own radio. I still listen to FM stations. This looks like a
> cool way to make that easier and more flexible.
>
> http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/a-40-softwaredefined-radio
>
> Hardware on ebay for $20.
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Newsky-TV28T-v2-USB-DVB-T-RTL-SDR-Receiver-RTL2832U-R820T-Tuner-MCX-Input-/160896092118#vi-content
>
> And there's a command line interface :).
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>
>
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