Patrick McHardy kaber@trash.net schrieb:

Joel Mayer joelm_armillary@msn.com schrieb:

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Dear Mister Patrick McHardy-

Here is a link to the EZTV 668 dongle. I have an EZTV 666 dongle working in windows (Ubuntu is in the near future on my lap top). I cannot vouch for the 668 dongle in any personal way, but I have read comments in the various forums testifying to the utility of the 668.

http://www.nooelec.com/store/software-defined-radio/eztv668-dvb-t-usb-set-fo...http://www.nooelec.com/store/software-defined-radio/eztv668-dvb-t-usb-set-for-sdr.html

The install script I mentioned beneath these lines only works in Windows. To install the GNU radio software in Ubuntu you need to use a script written by a certain Mister Marcus Leech (he is a radio astronomer). See:

http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGRhttp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGR

Make certain you use Mister Leech's script! The GNU radio people have pulled their packages out of the repositories. The only way to get a fresh

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GNU radio is from the GNU radio people!

My suggestion is, you install the SDR# radio in windows using the script I mentioned at the bottom of this note. Then install the SDR# scanner radio built by k5dev (below). Here is a link to a useful quick start guide for windows: http://www.atouk.com/SDRSharpQuickStart.htmlhttp://www.atouk.com/SDRSharpQuickStart.html

To install the SDR# radio in Ubuntu on top of your GNU radio go here: http://rtlsdr.org/http://rtlsdr.org/ Scroll down to the bottom of

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first page and visit: http://rtlsdr.org/softwarelinuxhttp://rtlsdr.org/softwarelinux

I'm going to journey to my pay pal account and try to send forty dollars to you at "kaber" at "trash dot net" without the quotes.

Have A Nice Day!

Thanks a lot, didn't expect that :-) I'll order one of these devices and will give it a shot.

Dropped CC, sorry.