RTL-SDR is basically a way of using a digital device as a broadband radio. That is an oversimplification, but that is the idea. There are cheap USB devices out there that will turn a PC into a ham radio receiver (among a really wide range of other bands like weather satellites). I have no idea how they are doing it with Android, however. Maybe using the phone’s antenna.
I appreciate that! & I totally understand. Unfortunately, they really cornered the market for quite a few niche little hobbies’ communities that used to be more filled out with independent and individual forums and sites before they took over. Such is life, eh?
RTL-SDR is basically a way of using a digital device as a broadband radio. That is an oversimplification, but that is the idea. There are cheap USB devices out there that will turn a PC into a ham radio receiver (among a really wide range of other bands like weather satellites). I have no idea how they are doing it with Android, however. Maybe using the phone’s antenna.
Oooh, how neat! Off to do web searches for more info I go!
I almost hate to recommend it, but r/rtlsdr is the place to go.
I appreciate that! & I totally understand. Unfortunately, they really cornered the market for quite a few niche little hobbies’ communities that used to be more filled out with independent and individual forums and sites before they took over. Such is life, eh?
Indeed, but everything you need is there. And I’ll throw one in for free and it is awesome to get started: http://websdr.org/
If you want to start just listening right away, for free, there’s WebSDRs accross the world at websdr.org
Firefox is recommended due to sound issues in Chrome on some web SDRs.
Sweeeet! Thank you so much! That was super fun to play with and I’m looking forward to trying it out again another day :)