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Review on NESDR SMArTee XTR SDR: Premium RTL-SDR with Extended Tuning Range, Aluminum Enclosure, Bias Tee, 0.5PPM TCXO, SMA Input by Rusty Smith

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The device works great EXCEPT when it doesn't work (not a hardware issue)

DRIVERS via Zadig are VERY UNSTABLE and have crashed my computer many times. I DO NOT LIKE THAT. Also, this has been marketed and marketed as a "3.0 compatible device" (according to USB standards), but it is the ONLY USB 2.0 device that happens to still work on USB 3.0 ports. THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING. Otherwise the device WORKS AS RECOMMENDED (the problem with the drivers is NOT a hardware problem. I know the problem is with the software drivers). And the only other problem is that the manufacturer (and he warned people beforehand) said that this device CANNOT control airplane flights via ADSB. However, I didn't know anything about it before buying it and only found out about it afterwards. Spring. I'm a beginner and I don't find it bad to learn. But in several ways it is NOT PERFECT! If they fix the Zadig driver that is causing constant crashes I will update my review. It would also be nice to be able to use this key with SDR# and not only with CubicSDR :( I don't like that I can't use SDR#. And I have no experience with remote control of the device yet.

Pros
  • Pleasant
Cons
  • Neutral