[PLUG] Ham radio was AK**

[Paul Mullen]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 05:07:42PM -0700, Steve Dum wrote:
> To me the one sad part of the talk is that he daid the Elonics E4000 
> based sdr ... err DVB reciever which was about $10 (thus the talk title 
> 'hacking radio for under $10), but once people figured out the DVB 
> reciever was a great SDR the price gradually rose to now being near $200.

The Elonics-based DVD dongles have risen in price because demand for
them rose shortly before supply went to zero.  (Elonics went out of
business a few years ago.)  There are plenty of perfectly serviceable,
inexpensive ($US10-15) DVB dongles available, though, most based on
the Rafael Micro R820T.

Note that many (most?) of the eBay auctions for USB DVB-T dongles
mention "Elonics E4000" in their description, making it difficult to
search exclusively for those units, if that's your desire.  An order
of magnitude higher price is usually a reliable indicator that the
auction is for the real deal.


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