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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 Ahmed Jackson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I replaced it with another product after a few days

Luckily these software defined radio dongles are cheap although the bundle I bought was a bit more expensive. 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, running 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 updated Windows 10 for a commercial product is totally unacceptable and I've given 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 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
  • Very good value for money
Cons
  • Socket required