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Re: LF: Re: LF: £10 Dongel-SDR Direct sample on 504 KHz

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Subject: Re: LF: Re: LF: £10 Dongel-SDR Direct sample on 504 KHz
From: "Graham" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 20:08:15 +0100
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Same  stick  Stefan
 
The  layout  is  uff/vhf   down  convertor  feeding    28 MHz     A/D    ,    every  one  started  using   HF to  VHF convertors  , but  they  have a  problem as the  off  set  qrg  approaches   'zero'   in the  oscillator   starts  to  leak  into  the  signal  path
 
At  first  there  was  very  little   code  data  on the  chips  , but  some  one  managed to  get the  command  listings  and now , can  turn the   down-mixer   off  or  make  it  idle  -  and with   connecting  directly  to  the  a/d   , you  now  have  a  HF  radio 
 
you  need  to  google    to  buy  or  for  drivers etc  ...
 
main  chip  set  for  dongle >>   RTL2832U + E4000    Amazon  , etc  but  some  of the  prices  are  now  a bit  silly  ,  some  of the  HongKong   sellers  are  adding plugs  and  software 
 
 
HDSDR 
 
SDRSHARP
 
http://sdrsharp.com/downloads/sdr-install.zip <<<  very simple  , grabs  all  the  needed  files
 
 
This is the  dongle  I modified  for  HF   , you  can  see  C2  , linked to  pin 1  of the  A/D , just  connect to  that  ( if it  was  a  one way  mod  , you  could  remove  the  cap  to  isolate the  a/d)
 
 
 
Good  luck  !   if it go's   bang  , then  its  £10  wasted  , not  $1000   !
 
73-G.
 
 

Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: LF: £10 Dongel-SDR Direct sample on 504 KHz

I read about these TV dongles, mentioned a few months ago. But this VHF stuff is uninteresting for me. However, if there are sticks that cover LF and MF, this could be interesting.
So, what is the name of the stick? Link? "Cozy Cave" leads me to that page http://www.calicavycollective.com/2012/04/cozy-cave-from-cozy-cavy.html

73, Stefan


Am 04.04.2013 20:25, schrieb Graham:
UP Convertor ?
 
Pete
 
No need now  , the  latest  drivers  now  address  the  a/d   (i/q)   directly  , those   shots  are  only  using  the  dongle  , with a  wire to  pin 1 of the  a/d .the  e4000  convertor   chip  is not  used  , , to  use   vhf  , need  to  simply  change the  sample  setting  and  connect the     vhf  Ae to  the  normal  input  
 
Direct  sampling  ...   there  is  no  fall  off  past  1 mhz  ,   that  was  the  504 carrier  to  day  , with  qsb  showing  on Spec-lab in 3D  , had about  25 % cpu  left  on the  old   P4  100MHz   pc ,  will  also   run    sdr  + Opera   or   Ros   [ must  drop  a  dual  core  in some time  !]
 
73 -G.
 
 
 
 

From: M0FMT
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:07 PM
Subject: LF: Re: LF: £10 Dongel-SDR Direct sample on 504 KHz

Try Cozy Cave
 
TV DVB sticks have been available for 12months at about a tenner (that's Sterling; EU ?). Thought every body had one by now. Using HDSDR with Balint Seber's plug in you can receiver from almost DC to light....... :o) Using an up converter to 60megs plus, will give full HF coverage (LPF's help). The Chip set also allows other tricks that Graham describes look on You-tube.
 
There are other very expensive alternatives beware!
73 es GL Pete M0FMT IO91UX
From: Stefan Schäfer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2013, 18:28
Subject: Re: LF: £10 Dongel-SDR Direct sample on 504 KHz

G..

Unbelivable! Where can one buy that dongle? Do you have a link for us?

73, Stefan/DK7FC

Am 04.04.2013 15:01, schrieb Graham:
All
 
£10 Dongel-SDR  Direct sample on 504 KHz
 
The  latest  window  drives   for  the  ultra-cheap    sdr   dongle   project , now  have the  'direct  sample'  option 
 
all  that  is needed  is  a  wire  to  pin '1'  of the  AD chip  , [ ie  use the  decoupling cap  as a  terminal  post]
 
select  I/Q , and  you  have a  HF rx  , which tunes  down to   zero  (ish)
 
This is the  504  carrier  from my  main Ae  via tuner , showing  qsb 
 
navtex  from the  south coast last  night  518  ,100% copy  , so  not  bad  ..
 
73 -G..



 
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