Nooelec RTL-SDR v5 SDR - NESDR Smart HF/VHF/UHF (100kHz-1.75GHz) Software Defined Radio. Premium RTLSDR w/ 0.5PPM TCXO, SMA Input & Aluminum Enclosure. RTL2832U & R820T2 (R860)-Based Radio

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  • Terry Meier

    > 3 day

    Liked the display on my computer monitor.

  • Dr. Jaquan Nikolaus

    > 3 day

    This is the one to get if you want to tinker with RTL SDR. Nice case for shielding , SMA connector, and dead-on frequency. Good price too.

  • Thomas J. Martin

    > 3 day

    The only issue I have with these SDR sticks is they get hot-so I have added heat sinks to them

  • Dave Riley

    > 3 day

    Add said 100 khz - 1.7ghz Now i need a Hack 1 to make this unit receive where i am interested, LF MF HF Was not presented in truth SAD Otherwise works well...

  • Robert

    > 3 day

    This kind of bandwidth, all kinds of decoding, tuning, and demodulating software out there, for <$25? Back in the day something that could do this would run you thousands of dollars. What interested me initially was receiving image data from NOAA satellites etc. ( I still need to build the QRP antenna). What sold me on it was everything else you can do with it. Update: Ive built a few different antennas for this and got a ham it up plus for it. Tons of fun. I added some NOAA satellite images I aquired from NOAA 19, 18, and 15 recently. I was using a Quadrafillar Helix antenna I made from refrigeration tubing (Booming signal, I dont even need a low noise amplifier. I bought a cheep one but it make no difference). Im using the HDSDR program. I set to 137.1 MHz for NOAA 19, 137.9125 MHz for NOAA 18, and 137.62 MHz for NOAA 15. I set my demodulation to FM mode and my Bandwidth is set at 96000 (have to make sure you get the whole thing or it turns out grainy if set too narrow). I set my sound output to VB virtual audio cable (its a program that twitch and Facebook streamers use to pipe audio out to other programs, in this case to your image decoder) My image decoder is WXtolmg. I set its sound input to the VB virtual audio cable and presto (Theres a few more things like setting up what satellites you want it to hunt for, updating keplers, telling it what your lattitude and longitude are so it knows when to auto record for a satellite pass and stuff). Ive decoded some really nice clear NOAA weather photos with this, Im still surfing the web to find some other cool stuff I can do with it. Track airplanes? eeeh, maybe. Observing the hydrogen line with my dish antenna? (Radio astronomy stuff) ehhh, maybe but I need to buy a Saw filter, FM trap, and a VLNA for it.... Im trying to keep the cost down but its an option for later since I have the dish for it. If you have that equipment, you can also pick up GOES satellites. I tried to lock on to one with my crappy LNA and dish, no dice... you need the good LNA and saw filter for that. The most fun Ive been having with this thing is the lower frequencies using my Ham it up plus, 40 meter band, decoding really odd conversations in Morse code. then play around in the VLF bands picking up atomic clock signals (60khz from Fort Collins) and who knows what else...

  • TomcatEvE

    > 3 day

    Its all about the antenna. Unit performs fantastic.

  • Sam The Sham

    Greater than one week

    Other than the getting the appropriate drivers installed (hard as Chinese math), its a very good product. The driver problem was my failure to read instructions properly on NooELCs web site. My bad. The stick works very well. Sensitivity level is outstanding and doesnt drift. I have always had great success with NooElec products and HIGHLY recommend the company and this Premium RTL-SDR stick to you.

  • 68whiskey

    > 3 day

    Using 5 of these to broadcast p25 phase 2 traffic using OP25. Works like a charm.

  • Scott Souva

    > 3 day

    I like it when I can plug in a SDR and it works the first time. Im currently using the Nooelec NESDR Smart v4 SDR as one of my tuners for SDRTrunk to monitor a P25 Phase II system. This SDR runs 24/7 and works perfectly!

  • Michael Thompson (strider_mt2k)

    > 3 day

    fits in a tight space and works very well. I really like this one

This premium RTL-SDR was designed, developed and fabricated by Nooelec in the USA and Canada. It allows you to turn your computer, phone or tablet into a radio scanner/ham radio receiver that can receive nearly all RF signals! Compatible with Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Android.

The best-performing low-cost RTL-SDR available anywhere! Compared with RTL-SDR v3, HF SNR is improved by up to 15dB, VHF & UHF SNR is improved by up to 6dB, tuning accuracy is improved by an average of 4x, and the frequency range is expanded all the way down to 100kHz

v5 has a frequency capability of 100kHz to 1.75GHz and up to 3.2MHz of instantaneous bandwidth. HF reception below 25MHz is accomplished with direct sampling and requires a suitable antenna. We recommend using a Balun One Nine to make a DIY long wire or dipole antenna (sold separately, product ID B08HGSYB7R or B00R09WHT6)

With a much narrower form factor than RTL-SDR v3, you can run multiple NESDR SMArt v5 side-by-side with any USB-compliant device, including tightly-spaced embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi

For full product specifications, please visit our website at nooelec.com, or download the datasheet: https://www.nooelec.com/datasheets/100701

Included:

✔ NESDR SMArt SDR in black brushed aluminum enclosure

SDR Specifications:

✔ RTL2832U Demodulator/USB interface IC
✔ R820T2/R860 tuner IC
✔ 0.5PPM, ultra-low phase noise TCXO
✔ RF-suitable voltage regulator
✔ Shielded primary inductor
✔ Integrated custom heatsink
✔ Female SMA antenna input
✔ High-quality black brushed aluminum enclosure

TCXO Specifications:

✔ Frequency stability: 0.5PPM (max)
✔ Phase noise @1kHz offset: -138dBc/Hz (or better)
✔ Phase noise @10kHz: -150dBc/Hz (or better)
✔ Phase noise @100kHz: -152dBc/Hz (or better)

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