Some random software defined radio info ... A discone works well for omnidirectional wideband use with the RTL-SDR dongle. Some examples, http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanants/2405.html http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanants/3587.html or build your own :) The NooElec stick works well http://www.amazon.com/NooElec-RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-Software-Packages/dp/B008S7AVTC needs an adapter from MMCX to antenna cable connector GNU Radio has a build script for Ubuntu and Fedora http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGRFromSource Osmocom has some build instructions and apps http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr Some more apps http://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/fldigi/ http://gqrx.dk/ SDR# Regards, Bob, KA0Q On Thursday 03/04/2014 at 4:19 am, paul g wrote: > > > Thank you for the wonderful link: Would you be able to give any > thought upon. The most industrial Antenna .. as far as things hitting > it like per say ' hail, snow, rain, occasional rocks thrown? This si > serious about antennas. I believe this is a serious subject. > > Thanks, > > > > > From: ryanjcole at me.com > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 00:09:48 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] off topic > > My online source - I buy product from them fairly regularly: > http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna?cmp=LM1 > > > On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:18 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Would you be able to suggest a really cool antenna 'that allows >> shortwave and the entire mhz band'. I prefer Ralink chipsets because >> they are what I know 'less about' for certain [rtl-61] native support >> under kernel 2.6.---.[I am a noob]. At this point why not look into a >> complete separate 'secondary nic' supporting this entire situation. >> Why have to use usb 'dongle' when one would prefer the entire device >> except 'Antenna's' to be in the box. Is it a software issue? >> >> Thank you, >> >> paul g >> >> >> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 22:57:22 -0500 >> From: erikerik at gmail.com >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] off topic >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:12 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The RTL-SDR dongle has a Ralink chipset maybe? So one would get many >>> more channels than just am or fm talk radio by using that device? I >>> pulled up the following website. >> Yes, they're technically capable of much more than just OTA TV, AM/FM >> Radio, etc. How easy it is to get that working is up for debate, >> though. Additionally, for any frequency band you want to receive, >> you'll need an antenna that's at least an approximate match for that >> band. You're not going to be able to receive shortwave on the little >> 700/800MHz antenna that ships with these. :) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - >> Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list_______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140403/dfd95ff8/attachment-0001.html>