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Farty wrote:That is incredibly kind of you, thank you.
works a treat mate you can not go wrong :thumbup:
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stanogs68 wrote:
Farty wrote:That is incredibly kind of you, thank you.
works a treat mate you can not go wrong :thumbup:
Cheers Stan appreciate the kind words :clap: :thumbup:
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For your nay. I'm in bed now, up at 4am to be at work for 7 but i'll try it out at the weekend and let you know.

Cheers dude.
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Farty wrote:For your nay. I'm in bed now, up at 4am to be at work for 7 but i'll try it out at the weekend and let you know.

Cheers dude.
No problem mate just let me know when you done and if you get on OK with it, I did it for stan and it seems to be OK for him so should work for you too
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just go make sure right click zadig ,administrator and its done virtually :thumbup:
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I can report that everything is working incredibly well.

Many thanks to everyone that tried to help, but it must be said that Nay is a genius!
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told you its great that zip file ,actually nathan could you send me that zip file again as i deleted my file of it cheers mate :thumbup:
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I'm going to suck it into a memory stick, keep it as a backup.

I'm using one of the RTL-SDR jobs with the metal case and the direct sampling conversion. I've only played with it for about an hour but running it through my Watson active antenna I'm blown away by its HF performance. Next I'll be sorting a twig for some higher freqs and a play with Nays UHF freqs and settings ;)
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Farty wrote:I'm going to suck it into a memory stick, keep it as a backup.

I'm using one of the RTL-SDR jobs with the metal case and the direct sampling conversion. I've only played with it for about an hour but running it through my Watson active antenna I'm blown away by its HF performance. Next I'll be sorting a twig for some higher freqs and a play with Nays UHF freqs and settings ;)
let us know how you get on !
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Will do. I'm home tomorrow night, and away with work all weekend, but i'm planning some quality time with it next week.
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Good luck mate and remember don't work to hard
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Just a quick update while I'm on my lunch break ;)

Had several hours worth of play back to back with my DX394B. The receive is at least as sensitive, probably more so, with the added advantage that SDR# has so many options for filters, juggling bandwidth etc, so it's possible to block out most of what you don't want to hear.

Ditto monitoring PSK31 on 40M.

It's early days, and the options for playing are immense so doubtless I'll figure a lot more out over coming weeks, but I'm extremely happy indeed with the HF performance. It's the RTL-SDR branded T2 dongle in the aluminium case with the direct sampling built in, so set SDR# to direct sampling Q branch and you're away. As a budget entry into SDR to learn the ropes I can't recommend it enough. Worth £20 of anyones cash. Any nay say that says they're no good is a fool - it works superbly, and the value for 20 snifters is.quite frankly, unbelievable.
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I agree I bought the kit but knackered it trying to solder the USB connector on so I have just ordered a ready built one for £25 in the meantime I will continue using the dongle the other kit came with.

Glad you got on OK with that SDR# I uploaded for you.
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Really appreciate it, can't thank you enough.
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Farty wrote:Really appreciate it, can't thank you enough.
No problem just enjoy it
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