[GLLUG] software defined radio in Linux

[Charles Ulrich]

On 2012-07-22 23:56, Marr wrote:
> a (legitimate, despite the date) Slashdot story that you may also 
> have
> seen, back on April 1st if my notes are correct, about this exact 
> issue. I
> looked into this a bit at the time but, for reasons I cannot recall, 
> don't
> have that "Realtek RTL2832U" dongle on my "consider buying this to
> play around
> with some day" list. Maybe it wasn't as readily available back then?

They should have been more readily available back then... Since their 
SDR uses were discovered, some people have been having a hard time 
getting them. (eBay sellers have been hoarding them and doulbing or 
tripling the price, or they advertise an RTL2832U and sell something 
else, etc). I bought this one from NooElec on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Newsky-Receiver-Low-Cost-Software-Defined/dp/B008DCBS94/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343009096&sr=8-3&keywords=newsky

Charles