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  1. Joe DC

    FM/VHF Antenna recommendations

    For TV keep your DB8 for TV only. Its a good antenna for your situation especially if you could pull in the UHF duplicates of ch 10 & 11. I second a separate discone antenna for the SDR. Your FM stations are spread out over 360 degrees so a directional FM antenna will have to be turned for...
  2. Joe DC

    SDR Software

    There is ADSBSharp for using the DVB-T dongle as virtual radar for aircraft viewing. TVSharp for analog TV viewing. Although I cannot get it to work on my setup. MMSSTV Ifor viewing slow scan TV on the Amateur radio bands. In addition there are a slew of plug-ins for SDRSharp to expand the fun!
  3. Joe DC

    SDR (Software Defined Radio) For Satellite

    Your welcome. If anyone is interested this page goes into more detail and also shows how to calibrate frequency accuracy. I used an old crystal controlled walkie talkie with a dummy load for calibration. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?391657-RTL-2832u-R820T-SDR-as-a-Spectrum-Analyser
  4. Joe DC

    SDR (Software Defined Radio) For Satellite

    Check my post 91 on how to calibrate the noise floor. You should end up with about -114dB depending on frequency.
  5. Joe DC

    SDR (Software Defined Radio) For Satellite

    The NooElec DVB-T+DAB+FM dongle is awsome for OTA antenna peaking. Just used it for that purpose and fund it was sensitive enough to visually indicate 1-2dB differences only 6db above the noise floor of 115dB. I live 70 miles from most of my TV transmitters. Could not believe it could show a...