I had to load zadig twice to get all of the drivers. I’ve had this a year and haven’t got my RTL to work. Without this video it would have been probably another year. Nothing more exciting than to hear the weather station after following your setup. I yelled “It works!” and my wife was looking at me kind of amused. Thanks!
the plugins are on the suck side from the DOS days. Some of them work very nice while others require fiddling with. I have no idea why they do not self install? 😎 Thanks great video..
I got my dongle for $6 and it works fine. No need to spend a lot more money to buy a relabeled one. If you want to receive HF you need to use the unused Q-input which is pin 4+5 on the dongle. Otherwise you will be stuck receiving only VHF above 24 Mhz
Great video! Quick question on RTL-SDR V4 and downloaded the rtlsdr.dll dated 9/18/23. When I get to the insert the dongle, I get the audio notification that I have inserted a USB device. When I go to ZADIG, it shows Bulk Interface (Interface 0 and Interface 1). The Driver box is empty. When I go to Device Manager, it shows both Bulk Interfaces with a yellow triangle on each. If I try to manually install the driver in device manager from the SDR# directory, it can't find them? What am I missing?
Thankyou for this excellent tutorial on how to install the software for the rtl sdr dongle. I've only recently discovered these devices and ordered one that arrived yesterday. I particularly want to use mine in the shack to be able to LOOK for stations on a band that seems quiet.. And will later get a windows tablet that i can run from 5 or 12v and have this in my car on long trips to listen to the bands without me having to install my 706mk2g that i also use as my base station. QUESTION. When being used on one hf recieving antenna, to monitor the band, is the front end (pre amp) protected from possible overload if i key up my 100 watts on an ajacent antenna.? F5vhz.
You cant send anything only receive VHF and UHF with most of them. Not HF like a shortwave radio dont fall for the scammers who want you to spend $25 or more for a $6 radio
Some great information here. I just got my RTL-SDR up and running with SD Sharp. I have begun to compile a library within the frequency manager section. Something I have noticed, and wonder if it's just my system or software bug: I have several Wide-FM Broadcast stations listed, as well as some AM & FM mode stations. It appears that when initially double clicking in the manger section from an AM to FM mode, the frequency displayed will change accordingly, But the transmission mode does not change initially, until I double click on that entry again. I would be interested to know if anyone else has experienced similar issue.
The cheaper dongles often are hit and miss. The signal to noise is often atrocious. Mine receives commercial FM well....commercial broadcast AM .....but poorly.....and Ham HF/VHF/UHF...completely deaf!
Some of these dongles are very good wideband FM (broadcast FM) receivers and the audio quality can be very good too. at least if you live in an urban area, near a city
what a load.. i followed every instruction and its not working at all. driver failed to install the sdr rtl usb isnt even in the drop down to select ...im done been 5 hours messing around...lost my imterest..ill stick to my winradio old school least it works lol..sorry guys..
Excellent presentation. I was struggling getting my dongle and software up and running and your video helped tremendously.
I had to load zadig twice to get all of the drivers. I’ve had this a year and haven’t got my RTL to work. Without this video it would have been probably another year. Nothing more exciting than to hear the weather station after following your setup. I yelled “It works!” and my wife was looking at me kind of amused. Thanks!
Use Device Manager to *uninstall* and *delete* the Windows USB driver before running zadig.
the plugins are on the suck side from the DOS days. Some of them work very nice while others require fiddling with. I have no idea why they do not self install? 😎 Thanks great video..
Good video! I got mine today. You deserve subs!
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
I got my dongle for $6 and it works fine. No need to spend a lot more money to buy a relabeled one. If you want to receive HF you need to use the unused Q-input which is pin 4+5 on the dongle. Otherwise you will be stuck receiving only VHF above 24 Mhz
Great video! Quick question on RTL-SDR V4 and downloaded the rtlsdr.dll dated 9/18/23. When I get to the insert the dongle, I get the audio notification that I have inserted a USB device. When I go to ZADIG, it shows Bulk Interface (Interface 0 and Interface 1). The Driver box is empty. When I go to Device Manager, it shows both Bulk Interfaces with a yellow triangle on each. If I try to manually install the driver in device manager from the SDR# directory, it can't find them? What am I missing?
Awesome Video mate! Thanks to share! It has been very helpful for me!
Subscribed!
Thankyou for this excellent tutorial on how to install the software for the rtl sdr dongle. I've only recently discovered these devices and ordered one that arrived yesterday.
I particularly want to use mine in the shack to be able to LOOK for stations on a band that seems quiet.. And will later get a windows tablet that i can run from 5 or 12v and have this in my car on long trips to listen to the bands without me having to install my 706mk2g that i also use as my base station.
QUESTION. When being used on one hf recieving antenna, to monitor the band, is the front end (pre amp) protected from possible overload if i key up my 100 watts on an ajacent antenna.?
F5vhz.
interception and decoding of thuraya sputnik communication signal by hackRf receiver and listening to voice message???
I did alot of research on this years back but bought a bear car scanner instead. I do find it interesting you can send and receive images.
You cant send anything only receive VHF and UHF with most of them. Not HF like a shortwave radio dont fall for the scammers who want you to spend $25 or more for a $6 radio
Well done.
Just got things up and running first shot. Kinda.
I do have one question... What is the correct shutdown process?
In a root shell type "shutdown -h now"
Excellent, sir. Thank you
Some great information here. I just got my RTL-SDR up and running with SD Sharp. I have begun to compile a library within the frequency manager section. Something I have noticed, and wonder if it's just my system or software bug: I have several Wide-FM Broadcast stations listed, as well as some AM & FM mode stations. It appears that when initially double clicking in the manger section from an AM to FM mode, the frequency displayed will change accordingly, But the transmission mode does not change initially, until I double click on that entry again. I would be interested to know if anyone else has experienced similar issue.
Great vid! I subbed! Articulated well🤓
Thank you 🙏🏻 😊
Very interesting, thankyou 🙂👍
Usb is not finding the dongle. I tried all 3 ports.
The cheaper dongles often are hit and miss. The signal to noise is often atrocious. Mine receives commercial FM well....commercial broadcast AM .....but poorly.....and Ham HF/VHF/UHF...completely deaf!
How does it receive commercial AM ? What are you smoking?
Some of these dongles are very good wideband FM (broadcast FM) receivers and the audio quality can be very good too. at least if you live in an urban area, near a city
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great video ..thanks
i had to download net framework after the driver install step is that normal?
You must have the right version (5.0.0) of .NET or SDRsharp won't run.
Got everything to work except I’m not getting any signals 0 😞
Then its NOT working! Try adding a ferrite or two to your USB cable
at 9min 30 sec mine said none for drive but next space it said winusb v6XXX i replaced it anyways it now said as at 9:53..i hope it works lol
Why is my sdr computer screen freezing up ?
Dongle could be getting too hot?
Not enough CPU power Get a better computer!
dongle worked on sdrtouch and sdrtrunk....but not sdrsharp...hmmmmm
I have windows 10 and screen is freezing
Computer too slow maybe?
what a load.. i followed every instruction and its not working at all. driver failed to install the sdr rtl usb isnt even in the drop down to select ...im done been 5 hours messing around...lost my imterest..ill stick to my winradio old school least it works lol..sorry guys..
Thats a better SDR than these low-end dongles which cant receive HF below 24 MHz or so
I like NOAA weather all hazards!
162 MHz or so comes in well with these SDR dongles
Better not to put on RTL/ Tuner AGC's.
There is a version of Linrad that works
It's Double Sideband, Mr. Ham Operator.
The Offset is for those that know what it's for.
...I could go on...
...pfffft.
Is there an sdr for dummies? I can't make it work
Linux works better than Windows with a cheap RTL dongle They can be as small as 4 grams
Excellent, sir. Thank you