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Review on Nooelec NESDR Smart HF Bundle: 100kHz-1.7GHz SDR Set for HF/UHF/VHF with RTL-SDR, Assembled Ham It Up Upconverter, Balun, Adapters – Enhanced SEO-friendly Product Name by John Destruction

Revainrating 4 out of 5

A few days later I replaced it with another product

although the package I bought slightly the cost increased. Everything in the kit was average, the antennas gave poor reception on every band I tried. Even standard FM reception was very poor. I tried an old amateur dual band mobile antenna which made things MUCH better. What worries me the most is that the thing works at all because of the software. I thought I followed the instructions on the website but after installing the USB driver and software, When launching the software and pressing the play button (which should start processing), nothing happened. After a long series of attempts to reinstall the software and install other software. He started to work. In 2019, using the latest version of Windows 10 for a commercial product was totally unacceptable and I gave up. I bought another key from another vendor and it worked the first time following their installation instructions. I took the device to work and asked one of my colleagues (our server and network manager) to try it on his PC. He installed it exactly as instructed with the same results of a broken system. I wanted to give him the key if it worked but he said it wasn't worth the time to get it running. I bought another key from another supplier and it worked the first time by following the installation instructions. I took the device to work and asked one of my colleagues (our server and network manager) to try it on his PC. He installed it exactly as directed with the same results of a broken system. I wanted to give him the key if it worked but he said it wasn't worth the time to get it working. I bought another key from another vendor and it worked the first time following their installation instructions. I took the device to work and asked one of my colleagues (our server and network manager) to try it on his PC. He installed it exactly as directed with the same results of a broken system. I wanted to give him the key if it worked but he said it wasn't worth the time to get it working.

Pros
  • A complete broadband HF solution for those looking to get started with software defined radio and have a strong interest in the HF bands
Cons
  • unreliable