[Scan-DC] Use a $15 Dongle for VHF voice, Radar, and ACARS monitoring

[andrew]

I have gotten a few of the dongles. The ones I had bad luck with are a few
purchased on eBay. I am sure there will be some that will work. I ended up
buyon 2 different ones from Amazon that work well.

I think as long as the dongle is R820T you should be OK.

One of the ones I have purchased and work fine better than others is
Tertatec TStick.

www.rtl-sdr.com has more information about what you can do with these
dongles. Look for a post from April 13  2013.
On Oct 3, 2013 10:47 PM, "Robert Fisher" <rwfisheriv at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'd be interested to know what brands of the dongle worked for
> folks...there is no shortage of different ones to choose from!!!
>
> > On Oct 3, 2013, at 13:34, Dewey3 <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, been using mine for a little while now.  The SDR (Software Defined
> > Radio) dongles generally run between $15-$30 dollars.  They will cover
> > something like 54 MHz all the way up to around 2200 MHz with a small
> break
> > in the 1200 MHz area.  Been using two with Trunk88, one for the CC and
> one
> > for tuning the analog voice.  They are also very fun to use by themselves
> > because you can be listening to one frequency, and see activity occurring
> > on other frequencies 1 MHz up or down.  They are not quite as sensitive
> as
> > a scanner, and the included antenna is worthless ...BUT... put them on a
> > better antenna, and they're a ton of fun for $15-$30.  Google "SDR Radio"
> > to learn more about them.
> >
> > Dewey
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Rick Hansen <Rick.Hansen at apsglobal.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi, I found this event in an Amateur Radio group on www.Meetup.com. I
> plan
> >> to attend.
> >>
> >> The $15 Dongle appears to also be good for VHF FM, so Railfans should be
> >> able to use it too.
> >> =========================
> >>
> >> Wednesday, October 9, 2013
> >> 7:30 PM
> >>
> >> HacDC
> >> 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC (edit map)
> >>
> >> http://www.hacdc.org/
> >> Aircraft Data Monitoring
> >>
> >> With a $15 USB dongle you can receive a variety of data from aircraft.
> >> Martin KB3UJQ will demonstrate tuning in Mode A/C radar, ADS-B and ACARS
> >> with a RTL-SDR dongle and conventional VHF radio.
> >>
> >> We'll be using our roof mounted antenna to track aircraft flying in our
> >> area
> >> and monitor their data communications.
> >>
> >> ADS-B is an upgrade for conventional surveillance radar for military,
> >> commercial and general aviation.  ACARS is used like email between
> aircraft
> >> and the ground.  The acronyms will be flying!
> >>
> >> See more and join the group at:
> >> http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/141117982/?a=ea2_grp&rv=ea2
> >>
> >>
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