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

Nice product, although no documentation was provided. Had to look up how to setup on the internet. Some difficulty in getting the software to recognize this SDR due to driver issues. Receive sensitivity could be better. Hooked up to outdoor scanner antenna. Still not receiving signals as strong as my ham radio.

Looked like it was used and was wrong version. Spend money on SDRPlay

Its ok, not the best SDR dongle I have used. seems to be lacking on tuning capability.

Really cool radio. Works well with most SDR Software. Get it!

Fun toy to play with but trying to get the drivers to install on several different computers was a nightmare. Google was more help than tech support.

So far so good on this little guy. I bought one to compare against my first SDR, the nooelec mini 2. I have seen solid performance out of this one running 1040mhz for aircraft transponders, 70cm band for FRS radio range testing back to my home station, and picking up CB frequencies to help me testing that gear. Also works a treat for FM radio on more laid back days. The performance so far is good. I love the small packaging in a slim aluminum case. Fits onto a USB hub with the ports laying flat, side by side, and with room to stack them tight like that without much issue. I think that is the strongest case for this particular unit is the form factor. Very pleased so far. This device is running on a Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches which is currently $7 not including 5v power supply. I needed to use individual power switches so I could power the SDRs up in the order Im going to use them. ie Powering the mini 2, then opening my plane transponder program which slaves the available SDR to listen to 1040mhz. Then power this SDR and use SDRsharp to bind this unit to that program. This has to be done so you get the right SDR with the correct antenna matched with the correct program if you are like me and using 2 or more SDR units on a single PC.

Works great for my purposes. I am using it as a panadapter connected to an IF tap in my HF transceiver. Great bit of technology. The SMA connector is way better than the tiny MCX connectors on some of the other RTL-SDR dongles out there, particularly if you are experimenting with different setups and need to disconnect and reconnect the antenna a lot. The aluminum case is nice as well. The TCXO appears to be very stable. The radio does not appear to drift from startup.

This is an interesting take on SDR. A nice way to dip a toe in instead of spending 3-5 thousand dollars for a real SDR. Do, however, expect to spend $100 on filters to get rid of clear channel harmonics from 50kW transmitters, and $60 on a ham it up with aluminum enclosure. This device HAS NO FRONT END. You have to tailor a front end to your intended application or you will not find performance satisfactory. That being said, the ability to sample and observe 2.4 MHZ of BW simultaneously is a feat in and of itself, front end or not.

This review Is for Nooelec NESDR on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7, with CubicSDR software and attached to 72’, end-fed random wire antenna. The results were more then satisfying once I became familiar with the Cubicsdr software. Hint: If you get a signal that keeps wavering in an out along with static, remember to adjust your sample rate, and ensure that the band is wide enough to accommodate the signal. FM works great with a long wire antenna, and I picked up NOAA weather loud and clear. Obviously, a long wire antenna is not necessarily appropriate for FM, so FM antennas should do better. It has a sensitive tuner, in my opinion, for a rather inexpensive $30 device. If you wanna play around the radio spectrum, this is a great device to use with the CubicSDR software on a Mac. The learning curve was actually quite short for me, which was due in part to the fact that no other software or drivers needed to be installed on a Mac--just the cubic SDR software itself.

This is exactly as described. I have two of the common silver ones and one is off by 500 PPM, the other by a bit more than that. However, this NESDR is spot-on on the tuning, as promised, and the signal from it is clear and strong. Very pleased with the purchase. I have used it under Windows 10 (use the zadig.exe utility from SDRSharp to set the correct drivers) and Ive used it on Raspbian Linux on a Raspberry Pi 3a+ to run trunk-recorder and liquidsoap streaming the local P25 trunked radio traffic to Broadcastify as a source. I can only get one dongle to work at a time on the Raspberry Pi before the USB bus is saturated (my assumption), but it locks up when I plug in a second silver website branded RTL-SDR along with this one (even after assigning unique serial numbers to each). Luckily everything fits within a 2.4 Mhz band, so I only need one, but Im limited to three simultaneous recordings, when there are five data channels in my system. So I would like to run two dongles and separate the tasks, but thats not possible with my setup. I will try a Raspberry Pi 4, and maybe some other mini computer options in the future. But for now its working. Well built, I havent had any cooling issues, but I have a fan cooled case for the Rasberry Pi and set the dongle next to the case where there is airflow (its on a short usb extension cord). I also have a cheap 800mhz SMA antenna, nothing fancy. Its 15 feet cord length and I placed it in the attic by drilling a hole in the ceiling. I get great reception and clear audio from the scanner.