[GCARC] SDR at January Tech Saturday

[Jonathan Pearce]

The January GCARC Tech Saturday event (scheduled for 1/11, not 1/4) will be a hands-on dive into software defined radio using the familiar and low-cost RTL-SDR radio receivers. We’ll be covering the use of these radios along with the free SDR Sharp (SDR#) Windows software program to receive and decode various radio signals. The RTL-SDR radio along with a dipole antenna package is available for $29.95 from Amazon at this link<https://www.amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-RTL2832U-Software-Defined/dp/B011HVUEME/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2JAUX5QVRR1G1&keywords=rtl-sdr+v3&qid=1574220114&sprefix=rtl-sdr%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-3>. We’ll be using “The Hobbyist's Guide to the RTL-SDR” as a text and reference, which is available for $23.70 from Amazon at this link<https://www.amazon.com/Hobbyists-Guide-RTL-SDR-Software-Defined-ebook/dp/B00KCDF1QI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=hobbyists+guide+to+rtl-sdr&qid=1574220232&sr=8-1>, although a PDF version (which may be an older version of the book) is available here<https://www.surviveuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-Hobbyists-Guide-To-RTL-SDR-Carl-Laufer.pdf>. Those who wish to participate in this session should purchase those items (or perhaps arrange to receive them as a holiday gift) and download and install the software (download link is here<https://airspy.com/download/>) BEFORE the meeting. Come give this a try – it’s probably the cheapest way to get into a whole new area of ham radio.

73 de Jon WB2MNF

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