Hey RR users, I've been playing with SDR, And it's really a lot of fun, and a great entrance to the Radio world. I'm wanting to set up a Discone Antenna for general listening, I'd obviously want this on my Roof.
I don't come from any engineering or electrical backgrounds, However I know the basics of electronics and Radio. What parts would I require? What tools? How long does it take to set up generally, and how can I use multiple RECEIVERS (caps because I know TX isn't possible like this) with my single discone? What kind of Coax cables would make a good fit for me? And any additional hardware. My budget is a little limited for the time being, I would want to spend as little money as possible, while getting good hardware, ($100-150?) Max budget would probably be about $250. I'm interested in using up to 4 receivers, I have two now, And I plan to get more (RTL SDR's).
I would greatly appreciate help with this, Since I basically have no idea of what I'm doing. However! An important note is that my house is on the end of a small hill, so around 50 feet lower than the rest of the NORTHERN area. I also have a one story house, and the neighbor behind me (the only one(behind me)) has a two story house, I would assume that I'd need to be slightly taller than their house for best (in reason) signal quality?
Edit (important): Assuming I could put the antenna around the middle of my house (peak of the house), i'd need around 50-75 feet of cable. I could run this under the eave and through the wall outside of my room that I want to feed the cable in to.
Thanks everyone.
I don't come from any engineering or electrical backgrounds, However I know the basics of electronics and Radio. What parts would I require? What tools? How long does it take to set up generally, and how can I use multiple RECEIVERS (caps because I know TX isn't possible like this) with my single discone? What kind of Coax cables would make a good fit for me? And any additional hardware. My budget is a little limited for the time being, I would want to spend as little money as possible, while getting good hardware, ($100-150?) Max budget would probably be about $250. I'm interested in using up to 4 receivers, I have two now, And I plan to get more (RTL SDR's).
I would greatly appreciate help with this, Since I basically have no idea of what I'm doing. However! An important note is that my house is on the end of a small hill, so around 50 feet lower than the rest of the NORTHERN area. I also have a one story house, and the neighbor behind me (the only one(behind me)) has a two story house, I would assume that I'd need to be slightly taller than their house for best (in reason) signal quality?
Edit (important): Assuming I could put the antenna around the middle of my house (peak of the house), i'd need around 50-75 feet of cable. I could run this under the eave and through the wall outside of my room that I want to feed the cable in to.
Thanks everyone.
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