Software Defined Radio (SDR)
For $40 from Amazon, you can get a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) USB dongle that plugs into your computer to allow it to receive radio signals much like a HAM radio.
Quick Steps
- Plug in RealTek Limited (RTL) dongle
- Download the software, install and run it.
- Be sure to skip all the tricky adware advertisements. Look for this:
- Choose Select radio. You should see your dongle.
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Links
- Wikipedia
- SDR-Radio.com
- SDR-Radio.com - Quick Start Guide - This page is a guide aimed at helping anyone set up a cheap radio scanner based on the RTL-SDR software defined radio as fast as possible on a Windows system.
- Getting Started With SDR - Tutorial
- YouTube SDR For Beginners - Listening To GMRS Or Ham On SDR & Basic Overview Of SDR Using CubicSDR Software
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