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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will check it out. I’m ntertested in listening to the 2250400 Mhz mil band and this dongle looks promising.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike N2MS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Raymond Mack [mailto:ray.mack@sbcglobal.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> mstangelo@comcast.net; lester@veenstras.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Bill Tracey; hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [hpsdr] Silicon Labs chips<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I got mine from NooElec for about $17 plus shipping.<br><br>Ray<o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> "<a href="mailto:mstangelo@comcast.net">mstangelo@comcast.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:mstangelo@comcast.net">mstangelo@comcast.net</a>><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lester@veenstras.com">lester@veenstras.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Bill Tracey <<a href="mailto:bill@ewjt.com">bill@ewjt.com</a>>; Raymond Mack <<a href="mailto:ray.mack@sbcglobal.net">ray.mack@sbcglobal.net</a>>; <a href="mailto:hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org">hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wed, April 10, 2013 3:02:53 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [hpsdr] Silicon Labs chips<br></span><br><br>I'd like to experiment with one of these DVB-T dongles.<br><br>I want to get one with the RTL238U with R820T tuner since it starts at 24Mhz.<br><br><<a href="http://rtlsdr.org/" target="_blank">http://rtlsdr.org/</a>><br><br>Does anyone know of a good source for this dongle?<br><br>Still straying off-topic...<br><br>Mike N2MS<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Lester Veenstra <<a href="mailto:lester@veenstras.com">lester@veenstras.com</a>><br>To: 'Bill Tracey' <<a href="mailto:bill@ewjt.com">bill@ewjt.com</a>>, 'Raymond Mack' <<a href="mailto:ray.mack@sbcglobal.net">ray.mack@sbcglobal.net</a>>, <a href="mailto:hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org">hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org</a><br>Sent: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:42:16 -0000 (UTC)<br>Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Silicon Labs chips<br><br>***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****<br><br>The phase noise/frequency wander was with the AM/SW broadcast version<br><br><br>As those of us who have used the USB dongles that were mentioned in QST will<br><br>tell you, the SSB phase noise is not nearly the issue that folks make it out<br>to <br>be.<br><br>The *biggest* problem with anything Silicon Labs is finding someone to sell<br>you <br>any. Silicon Labs (and my former employer Conexant, now Entropic) just do<br>not <br>want to talk to you unless you are going to buy a few hundred thousand ICs.<br><br>As with the USB dongles, if you can find another radio that uses the chip,<br>you <br>might be able to experiment with them. If you haven't checked out the USB <br>dongles yet, it is well worth the time. You can't beat a receiver that<br>costs <br>$17.<br><br>Ray<br>W5IFS<br><br><br>Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM W8YCM<br><a href="mailto:lester@veenstras.com">lester@veenstras.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>HPSDR Discussion List<br>To post msg: <a href="mailto:hpsdr@openhpsdr.org">hpsdr@openhpsdr.org</a><br>Subscription help: <a href="http://lists.openhpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openhpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org</a><br>HPSDR web page: <a href="http://openhpsdr.org" target="_blank">http://openhpsdr.org</a><br>Archives: <a href="http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>