Are these a scam or not?I want something I can just hook up to my laptop on one end and connect a fuck huge antenna on the other end while being digital and shit. But half of reviews are shitting on it, the other half are praising it. What's a solid alternative then?
>>3009132What are you expecting? It's a tuner that you control with your computer. You need a downconverter for receiving higher frequencies and you can't transmit with that dongle.
They work BUT it takes some fucking around and the bundled antenna will be shit. If you are willing to put some work into making it work well for you they're fine but I just bought a nice radio instead.
>>3009142Probably for the best OP can't transmit for now.
>>3009132These are meant to be bought for less than $40 with shipping.If you want anything serious, use HackRF or WiFi Pineapple for pentest related.
>>3009132i have this one https://www.nooelec.com/store/nesdr-smart-hf.htmlit's fine for listening the po-po and stuff like that, but you need an antenna as high as possible to cover longer range
>>3009132a scam is something that promises something and then does not deliver or delivers something else.so not they are not a scam.
>>3009132really you just need to be smart enough to use one.
>>3009132I have that very SDR, and as others said it's as good as the antenna you feed it.I'm using a touch screen laptop with CHIRP, and I'm reasonably happy with the combo.I was not expecting much of it in the first place, so my low expectations were more than surpassed.
>>3009132It can't do digital trunking and things like that. You'd be better off with a TRX1
>>3009172heez awn forchan, so know, he iznt smrt enuff
