The Cheapest Radio Receiver For Beginners / RTLSDR v4

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RTLSDR is a small cheap USB radio receiver. You can use it to see, listen to and decode radio signals, for instance those sent from your Flipper Zero or HackRF Portapack or other radio transmitting devices, such as aeroplanes, handhelds, marine, military, shortwave radio, number stations and much more. Here is a quick introduction for the beginners into SDR.
Get an RTLSDR here: www.rtl-sdr.com/
Software mentioned in the video:
SDR Console: www.sdr-radio.com/console
SDR++: www.sdrpp.org/
SDR#: airspy.com/download/
HDSDR: www.hdsdr.de/
SDR Angel: www.sdrangel.org/
OpenWebRX+: luarvique.github.io/ppa/
dump1090: github.com/gvanem/Dump1090
rtl_433: github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
0:00 Introduction
0:46 The history behind RTLSDR
1:53 What is an SDR receiver?
3:10 General Purpose SDR Software
3:54 What is radio?
5:30 What is HF?
6:57 Ham Radio
7:13 Choosing the correct modulation
8:43 SDR angel
9:43 Other decoding software
10:13 Audio piping
10:47 OpenWebRX+ and Raspberry Pi
11:23 Tip 1: Use the appropriate antenna
12:02 Tip 2: Be mindful of noisy environments
12:33 Tip 3: Be careful with transmitters
12:53 Tip 4: Be mindful of the gain setting
13:19 Tip 5: Be mindful of antenna polarisation
13:47 Outro

Пікірлер: 97

@PreTo13 3 ай бұрын

One of the best sdr introduction i know of

@g-whiz286 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. I listen to a lot of KZfaq and I learned more from you in a couple of minutes than hours of other videos. Please keep up the excellent work. Clear, concise, accurate, and information-packed. I wish more content providers were like you.

@dfkjbdfondfngg 29 күн бұрын

The sheer amount of effort put into this video.... Wow. Thanks for making this!

@sn0ren 29 күн бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@SkillCollectors 3 ай бұрын

Watched a few of your videos now, your content is awesome. Never been so engaged in radio videos before.

@d.w.nickerson4147 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for that introduction!

@TalkingSasquach 5 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video! Loved the Easter Egg! Keep up the good work!

@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤟

@Simonrilley812 4 ай бұрын

Talking sasquachhhh i ❤ ur videos

@Simonrilley812 4 ай бұрын

@@sn0renu too😂

@sn0ren 4 ай бұрын

@@Simonrilley812 :3

@Twelve12202 2 ай бұрын

I like your videos, cool lighting and camnera angle are making those to another level. really love to watch

@daeverion 3 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video! Thank you for explaining SDR in such an interesting way. I've just bought the RTLSDR Blog v4 along with a dipole antenna. I can't wait for it to arrive, so I can start exploring some of the software you recommended.

@VeniceInventors 4 ай бұрын

Even though I already have and use a couple of SDRs, I still learn something from this video. Thank you!

@packetcreeper Ай бұрын

Very informative video! I purchased a RTLSDR with the antenna kit a couple years back and had loads of fun with it. It's a very cheap hobby.

@BrosTheNugget 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are awesome man, very high quality editing and quality! Thank you for the great vids!

@tratzum 3 ай бұрын

Very well presented and informative video. You said in 14 min what I take over an hour to explain to some people in a class I teach.

@splungedude 3 ай бұрын

What a great video! I really like your editing style and the overall vibe of your videos

@henningyoutube9563 3 ай бұрын

Great introduction to the SDR hobby. Tak :)

@JediKnife 3 ай бұрын

What a great video; this is a superbly produced and edited video. I am a radio enthusiast and just getting back into it after several years. Just bought a PC for this type of thing. Thank you for this; it is informative, entertaining, and very much intriguing.

@sn0ren 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@trojnara Ай бұрын

Great basic introduction. Very useful.

@RicoScox Ай бұрын

It is rare to find such an interesting and informative video. It was amazing. I really enjoyed it. Thank You!

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@RicoScox Ай бұрын

@@sn0ren The pleasure is mine, to have found you.

@steveblanchard7293 Ай бұрын

Agree with that.

@JanusCycle 4 ай бұрын

Nice SDR introduction. Great channel. I love your audio quality. Looking forward to see where you take your channel.

@sn0ren 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. I really enjoy your channel as well!

@SteveH-TN 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video and information. I just received my first SDR today a G90. Hopefully I will be getting on the HF Bands soon. Earlier today I ordered RTL SDR as well looking forward learning how well it will receive. Appreciate you taking the time to explain everything. 73 Steve AA4SH Tennessee

@sn0ren 3 ай бұрын

Good luck with your new toys 🙏

@guidelineuk4876 2 ай бұрын

What a great presentation I will probably buy one now I found someone to explain it correctly

@MatthewJohnCrittenden 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff! Got into this a couple of years ago and have been running a PiAware setup monitoring the skies here in Australia (near Brisbane) along with other RTLSDR stuff. A super inexpensive and interesting hobby to get into. Have a sub. :)

@robertbogu4794 3 ай бұрын

Impressive editing!

@HollyTroll Ай бұрын

impressive video quality and simplifying of ideas, subscribed!

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@pepe3591 4 ай бұрын

Really good quality, would like to hear more about antenas and how they work

@OniKingFukai 4 ай бұрын

Great video, looking forward to more.

@TurnFullCircle 4 күн бұрын

wow this is great info - i have a small xdata 808 which I really like - but this looks fantastic - I have been thinking about getting something like this for some time - I love the look of the Angel software - did not know this was a thing! i am really interested in tracking aircraft and shipping too.Thank you very much for this informative video...cheers

@edermi_ 4 ай бұрын

Love your content and style. I’m quite new to all the radio stuff but my interest grows constantly and your videos help me understand some concepts, thanks a lot! Would love to see more content on actual usage of tools like RTL-SDR, Flipper zero, etc for real world use cases, e.g. reading real signals, understanding how and why they are how they are. Currently I mostly struggle with sitting in front of raw data and not really knowing how to approach identifying and decoding the signals correctly. I understand this probably is a lot of just knowing things and I hope sticking around will teach me some of this stuff.

@rajaramkrishnamurthi1538 3 ай бұрын

Nice description. So clear.Like a BBC news!!

@netautorisationnetautorisa545 2 ай бұрын

*YES ...LEARN TO "KNOW" WHAT SOUND .. IT IS YOU "HEAR" TAKES TIME* *BUT IS NOT "ALL" YOU WANT TO "SEE /DECODE" ....* ( allways in "SSB" ... and use "LSB" .. this will get "90%" of decoders "happy" ) *ON GOOGLE "SIGNAL LISTINGS" .. AND "AUDIO - DEMO" OF SIGNALS* *CAN BE FUND ..* *AND "BIG" LISTs OF "FREQ IN USE" .. WHO IT CAN BE .. AND "DECODE INFO"* ..... ELSE ... JUST USE "TIME" TO LISTEN ..... *A REAL **#RADIO** IS BETTER ... "ALLWAYS"* (no do not mean "a lot of money" ) *I STARTED WITH A "SIEMENS E310 or E311" ?? (BIG OLD HF RADIO)* *THEN "COMPUTER SOFTWARE" (DECODERS)* *.. **#FREE** **#GOOD** SOFTWARE IS A .."MUST" ..* *SOME IS "CRAP" ... BUT IF "LUCKY" ..YOU FIND A "GOOD" ONE* (THIS WILL ALSO TAKE TIME .. ARE MANY MANY TO "TRY") *I USED THIS ..."OLD/NEW" .. IN "MANY YEARS" ..."MANY YEARS"* *THEN "SOME YEARS AGO" .. ( ICOM R-9000 )... THIS ONE COST MONEY !!* ( a super radio .. 30 khz - 2000 mhz .. ) *NOW "SAILOR RADIO DENMARK" SYS 1000 / 1000-B /SOLAS STATION* (7 of them) ..BUT... ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ... "SDR STUFF" ... AND "NOTE BOOKS" !! MOST "NOTE BOOKS" MAKES #NOISE ... ON THE "RADIO - FREQ" ... *( WHAT THEY NOT TELL YOU )* *AT THE "END" RTL-SDR RADIO .. IS ONLY FOR "FUN"* *ERRORS AND COMPUTER "PROBLEMS" ..IS NORMAL* *EVEN THE "BIG REAL" SDR-RADIOS .. "COST A TON".. AND ARE NOT "GOOD".* *JUST WHAT I KNOW ... ( started before 1990 with hf stuff )* *AND DONE "MOST" .. WHAT CAN BE "DONE" ....* *SO A "REAL RADIO" ( OLD NEW DO NOT MATTER ) .. just **#no** plastick junk ..* *AND A "COMPUTER" ONLY AS "DECODER" .. WORKS BEST* (MY "SAILOR RADIOS" ..R1119/R1120/R1121.. ARE FROM "1985 - 1990" ) I CAN "LISTEN" MORE ...AND "DECODE" MORE .. THEN THE RADIO PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN ..THEY ARE .. "HAMS" ... !! hehe have a good day mister

@janusdk 3 ай бұрын

Halfway in: Interesting topic. Well put together video - and I already shared it with friends. Now, back to the vide :-)

@cornelisvanderbent8569 21 күн бұрын

Nice overview, thanks.

@Simonrilley812 4 ай бұрын

Finally you uploaded love your vid❤❤😂

@callmetony1319 5 ай бұрын

keep up the great work 👍

@tonymon875 Ай бұрын

Very well presented thank you

@icurnet 3 ай бұрын

A very professional video, thanks

@gdotbat Ай бұрын

Boy that Talking Squatch guy does produce a lot of noise doesn't he? 🤣 Great video. Just picked up a v4 RTL-SDR and having a ton of fun with it.

@profbosons 4 ай бұрын

Excellente vidéo, bravo!

@GeekNetworkDK 4 ай бұрын

Fedt Søren, flere videoer tak… giv den gas 😎

@Alex-gm2bt 29 күн бұрын

nice video : up until now, i didn't understand the interest of SDR. Also : huuuuuuge kudos for the subtitles : it's nice to have real proper subtitles.

@iphone2web 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you

@HenricPelegric 5 ай бұрын

great video always

@nurnachman Ай бұрын

wowowowowoowwwww!!!! so interesting... and touches so many fields of science and engineering 😎

@w.loczykij5354 3 ай бұрын

Just what I needed

@thevoice4you-hq7bf 22 күн бұрын

Superb to say the least ...thanks 😀😎

@ildarmingazov2304 2 ай бұрын

Hey there! Thank you for clear explanation and advise as well. I've grab this video to learn some terms in English. Bye for now

@danedewaard8215 4 ай бұрын

NICE VIDEO!!!

@robertcorbin2749 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Do you know if there is an sdk or some sort of c documentation for creating your own programs for the rtl-sdr device?

@cvabds 5 ай бұрын

Nice content

@-Tris- 4 ай бұрын

A magnetic loop antenna is great for listening to HF. And maybe use a balun (or unun in this case) for the long wire antenna. Just my experience. 😉

@beerforceone 3 ай бұрын

Great content (and channel), love the artistic direction. Do you mind sharing the music ? Thanks a lot!

@sn0ren 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s just random tracks from storyblocks audio library. I can try and look the specific ones up later.

@drakeblackk Ай бұрын

10:18 might be a stupid question, but if i would connect my UVK5 to my pc, it would work with any sdr programs, to see waterfall and stuff just like with the RTL-SDR V4 itself? Like without spending any more money on it? I already ordered the V4, im just interested if i could to that with my radio too, because however i searched, didnt find anything, i might be just stil stupid for this. Thanks :)

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

No, UV-K5 is not an SDR. But if you use the Remote Dock project for quansheng radios, then you can get somewhat of a spectrum to be displayed on your computer. But not a full blown SDR implementation.

@drakeblackk Ай бұрын

@@sn0ren Oh yeah, i have firmware on mine with the spectrum, i thought that it would be possible somehow to connect the radio to my pc, and actually listen to the channels on my pc, using my radio. Thanks!:)

@maslojihoceske 3 ай бұрын

I Have a question if exist this but on cw ssb

@mikeames1427 24 күн бұрын

I have two similar radio plug in units. Was never happy with the software. What software do you suggest for ease of use and performance? Newbie at RDS as most experience is analog/digital.

@sn0ren 24 күн бұрын

I like SDR++ for general receiving

@christophersmith7714 4 күн бұрын

I got a genuine rtl-sdr dongle. I use iphone and mac so can someone recommend some software/apps that will work? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Total noooooby here. Cheers from UK

@leopoldomolina1763 2 ай бұрын

I used my handheld radio on 146 MHz just 1m away from the RTL dongle and it certainly freeze the SDR++ app when I pushed the PTT. But it looks to be still okay... I won't do it again :S

@sn0ren 2 ай бұрын

You’re EMP’ing it ⚡️

@The07059 Ай бұрын

12:28 what is that version of thinkpad??? Is it x230???

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

Yes

@arvaneret_329 Күн бұрын

Can these SDR USB devices damage the laptop to which they're connected as antennas?

@sn0ren Күн бұрын

Not unless lightning strikes your antenna

@arvaneret_329 21 сағат бұрын

@@sn0ren What about too much signal or touching some part of the USB after accumulating electrostatic and feel a discharge?

@alphadexxa 5 ай бұрын

Is that a Danish accent i'm detecting?

@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын

Det kan jeg vist ikke løbe fra.. 😬

@tomastomas595 3 ай бұрын

I think, that 'snoren' it's Danish name 100%

@rajaramkrishnamurthi1538 3 ай бұрын

Excellent talk so clear English!!

@CANADA-fq9fh Ай бұрын

Dit klink ook bietjie Duits en bietjie Hollands of tussen die twee...Interessant

@JanDahl 7 сағат бұрын

110% dansk prosodi. Det er ligesom at høre Mumlemanden 😊❤️

@orgelkraft Ай бұрын

I wish they made an SDR for the iPAD..

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

Yeah unfortunately iPad is quite locked down but there are sdr apps for android so maybe grab a cheap tablet and you can plug the RTL SDR into it.

@BenTrem42 Ай бұрын

FFWD to 8:30 or if you already know radio 101.

@dimepia123 5 ай бұрын

Works with a mac?

@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын

Yup 🍏

@yannisgk 3 ай бұрын

it works (somewhat) but only few softwares exist for the mac!!!

@williamduncan7401 Ай бұрын

$15 quansheng is cheaper and can tx too

@sn0ren Ай бұрын

Quansheng is a great radio for the price - but it's not an SDR and it can't receive the same frequency range.

@hakkedrengen2613 5 ай бұрын

Ka du giv link til din hackrf1?

@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын

Der er et link i beskrivelsen på HackRF videoen til hvor jeg har købt den.

@hakkedrengen2613 4 ай бұрын

hvor lang tid tog det ca for den at komne@@sn0ren

@sn0ren 4 ай бұрын

@@hakkedrengen2613Et par uger