Edsard Boelen, 16-dec-2014
Some small experiments with SDR.
get the hardware
The hardware i got was a newsky dongle, it contains the rtl2832u dvb-t demodulator and r820t tuner.
To get better reception, I also got a 21dB antenna amplifier using the PSA4-5043 (or SPF5043)
for the lower bands, before the antenna amplifier, a upconverter is placed: with the NE602A mixer.
install drivers and software
The used linux kernel drivers are rtsx_pci and rtl_test. make sure the dvb_usb modules aren't loaded because that are drivers for tv tuning which we don't want to do.
for the software, gqrx is a simple OS independed sdr radio application.
