There's a new SDR meetup group in Sydney for the curious https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/sdr-sydney/
Regards, Gabor > On 16 Dec. 2016, at 09:52, Adrian Colomitchi <[email protected]> wrote: > > (ugh, resending with reply to list) > > Depending on the frequency range (thus the size), you may want to have a > look over discone antennas - pretty easy in a DIY and a good response in > frequency from what I'm reading > > Linkies: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discone_antenna > > http://www.instructables.com/id/Discone/ > > http://www.rtl-sdr.com/home-made-coat-hanger-discone/ > > https://hackaday.com/2013/01/28/great-antenna-for-software- > defined-radio-is-really-easy-to-make/ > > http://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/calc_11.php - online calculator > > >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Andri Effendi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> I Recently purchased a TV Antenna USB Stick online from China. >> >> Here is the link to the device I purchased: >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Digital-USB-TV-FM-DAB- >> DVB-T-RTL2832U-R820T-Support-SDR-Tuner-Receiver-Free- >> Shipping/32661367598.html >> >> One that I could muck around with, as it has many great uses for >> experimenting with SDR as well as Digital Television. >> >> One thing that really sucks though, is the antenna it came with it >> extremely week and doesn't pick up anything other than some FM channels. >> >> So I was thinking of getting an Indoor TV antenna (that I can hook up to >> the USB device), but not sure which is the best and most affordable. >> >> I already have purchased the coaxial to MCX converter cable for it, as >> it is needed to plug in a normal TV aerial to the USB TV Antenna device. >> >> I don't want to spend any more than I have to on an indoor antenna, so >> $50 is kind of the limit. And if possible, I don't want to have to use >> an external power source for it either. >> >> Anyone on this mailing list got any suggestions? >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> -- >> Andri Effendi <[email protected]> >> GPG fingerprint: 8438 138D ECDA 05E0 591F F2B4 4721 0F03 AC24 DF73 >> Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received >> unencrypted. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/ >> listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> >> Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ >> > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
