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Originally Posted by lezinterracial
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Congrats on your purchase! I have a couple of these... here's some notes on it:
The small antenna that it comes with works pretty well for turning in planes and passenger jet talk between them and the airport tower. And if you want to do something really cool, try running this:
http://www.virtualradarserver.co.uk/ it turns your SDR into a virtual radar server.
The SDR is a really wide-band radio so it would be helpful to have a wide-band antenna. One that works well is called a Planar Disk Atenna, and you can build one yourself with a couple of pizza pans.
http://www.wa5vjb.com/references/PlanarDiskAntennas.pdf
For some reason I had a hard time getting anything interesting below 30Mhz. I was hoping to pickup some CB and Shortwave stuff but all I get is noise. I tried using a "Ham It Up" converter
https://www.amazon.ca/NooElec-Ham-Up.../dp/B009LQT3G6 but it did nothing from what I can tell. Maybe you will have better luck.
It's a fun hobby. Enjoy!