2 and a half weeks ago, I bought this simple DVB-T dongle! It arrived yesterday.
SDR means Software Defined Radio, it basically allows you to receive a wide range of frequencies using your PC and cheap DVB-T receiver dongle.
*I thought that 131MHz is 2cm amateur band, but it is not. IT IS AIR BAND, my mistake*
Setting it up was a hard task, Windows 7 was giving me a really hard time installing custom made drivers to turn the DVB-T receiver into SDR... but I got it working! I tried HDSDR software at first but then gave up and moved to SDR Sharp (SDR#) which works perfectly!
Its range is from 24MHZ to roughly 1850MHz. It comes with MCX portable antenna but I bought an adapter and I use the TV antenna on my roof.
WARNING:
BEFORE CONNECTING IT TO EXTERNAL ANTENNA CHECK IF YOU HAVE BAV99 DIODE ON THE ANTENNA INPUT (it has "A7" on it) OTHERWISE YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR DONGLE!!
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DVB-T Dongle
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USB Extension Cable
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MCX to RF Antenna Adapter
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