If you haven't already seen one. I found this among others while poking around YouTube. I think it would make a pretty good spectrum analyzer. Looks like I want one.
Here's one of many videos about sdr radios. There many different models out there. Apparently they evolved from usb TV tuner dongles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rUacLj6G5Q
Sorry Chris pretty much an analog guy short of a digital readout or two.
These days it might be a little depressing as it would show up blank. Conditions
have been poor lately (last few years)
de N3GTE
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2018, 10:41 AM by Radioroslyn.)
I think I'd stick to a detector diode radio, if given a choice. This seems about as exciting as watching someone playing a video game that they are intent on playing, with no participatory satisfaction on the observers part. No offense intended at all, as the dongle deal would make a lot of sense and a whole host of handy applications would apply. Spectrum analyzer? Totally cool!!! Although the old technology picks the signal apart quite nicely, and reproduces it just fine enough for my tastes. Or maybe I'm completely missing a major point here...