[Scan-DC] SDR and signal amplification / quality

[Thomas P. Clouse]

I have been using Noo Electric dongles, and playing around in VHF to
compare sound quality and signal strength. I hadn't tried the aluminum case
or up-converter. I will try playing around with some of those suggestions,
and probably start with a little tinfoil.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:29 AM, mulie3 <mulie3 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Which dongle do you have? I have the Nooelec dongle and their
> up-converter. I purchased the aluminum cases for both. These cases help
> keeping local noise down so weaker signals could be heard. The USB cable is
> a source of noise also so I put a few turns of it through a snap on choke.
> Which frequency are you having trouble with, or are you talking about
> reception in general?
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Thomas P. Clouse" <tom at clouse.com>
> Date:02/09/2015 11:04 (GMT-05:00)
> To: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc:
> Subject: [Scan-DC] SDR and signal amplification / quality
>
> I have been fooling around with SDR, and strength of the dongle to pull in
> signal is not strong compared with an actual radio.
>
> I am not all that technically inclined when it comes to radio signal and
> signal amplification.
>
> To pull in the same signal on an SDR dongle versus radio, do you need a
> larger antenna, a pre-amp between the antenna and the dongle, or something
> else?
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