sdr dongle

I'm very new to the world of SDR, and I am using a nooelec sesdr smart, but the problem I'm having is that every time I start the channel, it will play perfectly for about 30 seconds, and then it will stop and the only channel in the now playing will be the control. The only way to fix it is by...

Hello Everyone! I have been trying for the past 24 hours to get my SDRtrunk to work with my RTS-SDR model V3 and I can not hear any stations. I downloaded SDR++ to see if the dongle was picking up stations and it is. I am obviously missing something I just don't know what. My control...

Given a well shielded and choked USB cable: On an SDR that draws its power over USB, would there be any good in supplying it with the cleanest 5V that I can come up with over the red wire while keeping D- and D+ wires connected to the Raspberry Pi (or other computer) USB port ? And if yes, how...

Hello all, I am looking to use an old laptop and sdr dongles to monitor my university's PD and public safety frequencies, which are part of a larger county-wide single site simulcast P25 Phase I system, on the cheap since I am on staff at the student newspaper there. I was wondering, if my SDR...

I have 2 SDR Tuners, 1 Loop antenna stuck in a window (so not exactly optimum setup). I have 1 SMA Passive Splitter (Came in a pack of 2 splitters on Amazon). SDRTrunk says I need another Tuner for the stations I want to monitor (Even after I disabled data). I read there is a 3DB Loss when you...

2 v3 dongles, and antennas $60, I have to many, you pay shipping.

Hello, i set up a local rdio scanner server thats connected to sdrtrunk so i can roll the tapes back if need be. ive been editing the talkgroups and organizing everything, and have made some serious progress. however i am having an issue that just popped up out of nowhere. all of a sudden, when...