Nooelec RTL-SDR, FM+DAB, DVB-T USB Stick Set with RTL2832U & R820T. Great SDR for SDR#, HDSDR, and Other Popular SDR Software Packages!

This mini SDR dongle w/ antenna is exactly what it says lol. I'm not a noob in the world of programming n such, but definitely at the entry level; and this dongle is built pretty good. I would've loved to have had afes extra feet of cable to the antenna but this is fine. It's about 2' long for the antenna cable.Setup is a breeze as well. I really didn't received instructions but a quick Internet search brought it right up. I'm still figuring out what all I can do with it, but I can tell it's going to be fun!!!

Wow. Just wow. I grew up engrossed in electronics and radio. I grew up with old fashioned radios. The big deal was having memories where we could "scan" multiple frequencies, one at a time, naturally. The holy grail device was a spectrum analyzer, which was hugely expensive.And now we have this SDR age. Wow!! It's almost too much to take in. The revolutionary step of going from monitoring one frequency and mode at a time to what is basically a spectrum analyzer on steroids is incredible. And at this price!I was skeptical due to the price, and the fact that computers generate large amounts of RF noise especially when there is a physical connection. My mind thinks "oh it's so small therefore it won't have much or any filtering hardware", because I'm still getting used to the concept of "oh, well, we'll just do much of what was once done in hardware, in software". I've been pleasantly surprised.How this will all work out for you depends heavily if not entirely on what software you use. The easiest route for me was Kali linux with that software that starts with a Q and is four letters long (why do open source folks use such silly names nobody can remember??). Seeing the spectrum pop up like that was sort of a dream come true, much like the dream of a spectrum analyzer.At first I used the antenna that came with it. I already knew this was very very minimalist, but also very portable. I had many other antennas around, but wanted to see how this one did. For me it was pretty pathetic, but is minimally acceptable for VERY local signals. For instance the police and fire station is about three blocks away and that was still hammering me so hard that I could actually see the 2nd and even 3rd order harmonics on the display. So cool!Then I started using better antennas. First a mobile for 144MHz and 440MHz. Nice upgrade there, especially since I already had it. The best update however was by using a discone antenna from Radio Shack (I really think this is the ONLY thing they make that's good these days). That changed everything. The incredible world that was opened up to me really blew my mind. Overkill really. It even allowed me to do ACARS -- And that's with the antenna indoors.At this price how can you go wrong? Do it!

While not as simple as plug and play, the process to get this device working was much simpler and more direct than other hardware that I bought beforehand. I was able to get this up and running on a Windows 11 pro desktop without any major obstacles, and was listening to FM radio while watching its signal within 30 minutes or so.

Using for an ADS-B receiver. Ended up making my own antenna, but behind a window on a ground floor I could see about 70 miles. A better antenna and position will at least double that, if not more, but to get you started this is just fine.Been running for months in the attic with no issues.

Not too impressed with the seller.. I received it after paying the full listed price to find no remote.. and no fact/data sheets.Sent an email, the reply was that they "tried" but couldn't change the ad.. "They and Amazon were working on the problem" [though every other seller on Amazon has their version listed with remotes] and that it only worked on the video playback. really....... Not really a big fan of any biz that lies to my "face".. I won't be back again when the need arises...

The NooElec Item for sdr radio works good. The software installation is a little stubborn but after installing works great. The only key to installation is reading the website instructions close. It requires different zip/unzip installer that needs to be installed first and them a quandry of close attention to settings. NooElec has support thou not used it is their.I have not attempted other types of sdr radios yet! Coverage is 50 mhz and above so be aware the scanner group will be appriciated well. Shipping is fast and in very good condition(NEW)....for the cost it works good.