Youre welcome! :-)

Good job! Which antenna did you use?

That’s a very good choice!

You don't have to take a long and involved Ham operator's course to get a Ham radio license. What the people who teach such courses never tell you is that the exams contain little of a technical nature. They are mostly about the rules and restrictions surrounding use of the airwaves. You can get everything you need by reading a book.

Steep barriers? I got my license at the age of 14 (over 52 years ago) and bought my own equipment back then. Given inflation, etc., equipment is NOT more expensive in fact there's a ton of equipment that's way cheaper than it was back then as far as getting into it. Stop looking at things through some silly steampunk (yawn) "time" goggles. Hilariously ironic what your own YT channel is about, guess you just can't take the time out to do it.

The morse code requirement is gone. There are inexpensive study guides.

How's the V3? Does it work great. I'm planning to order one to sniff aircraft and possibly listen to police trunk

@@real_rivolta I didn't have the time to use it so my nephew took it to play with. He says it's really good but like all radios, needs a better antenna than the supplied one to do well. I hope that helps and good luck with your project.

Hi ya, I havnt personally tested it yet, but LimeSDR supports that I believe

909 is BBC RADIO 5 :)

Exactly!! They all serve a purpose :)

@@TechMindsOfficial If budget wasn't ever a problem, which one would you buy as an all-rounder first to get into the hobby? Not looking for a one-size-fits-all solution, just one that would give me the most possibilities as a starter, then if I really get into it I look into niche ones for very specific ranges and usage.

That's because I have never owned one. These are the SDRs that I can recommend because I have owned them. I wouldnt recommend any products that I have not owned or tested. Do you have link for that as I might buy one if its good?

@@TechMindsOfficial I don't have a link but you can Google Ettus B200 mini and find them. Great range & they can transmit. Solid radio.

@@jasonpitts8395 Not for everyone's budget :/

@@rogue_spirit I get it but the video was about the 5 best SDRs, not the 5 best cheap SDRs. Signal Hound makes really good SDRs but they are expensive, and some companies make SDRs that are over $100,000. Yes the Ettus is more expensive but it has better tuners and does more. All depends on your budget.

I mentioned in the video that the Pluto wins for me because it can be networked via Ethernet :)

@@TechMindsOfficial oh, sorry, i didn't have enough time to watch the whole video, my bad

Hi Gence, thank you for your comment and explanation of your dislike. I think this video was more geared towards people that know what SDR is, but not too sure which model to buy. Definitely wasn't reading from a Ebay search result, each of these SDR receivers I own, have tested and know they are good SDR receivers. I did take some information from the specifications for each of the SDRs, but I only pulled out the information which made them stand out. I think if I called the video "A dummys guide to SDR" then yes, this video would of been a bit over the top, but it was geared towards those that know the fundamentals. I appreciate your comment and feedback, take on board. Thanks for watching. :-)

@ Tech Minds: KZfaq videos, including yours, are like pizza. Some are better than others, but there is no such thing as bad pizza. So who’s your target audience for this video? Clearly, you have answered that it's the Choir. For everybody else, its “come back tomorrow, maybe” Thus you should embrace your “for Dummies” blurb by adding a rating on your videos. “This video suitable for Dummies” all the way up to “Not suitable for anyone that thinks they know more than me” finally I suggest that you listen to some part of the audio from this video with someone you trust then read a few paragraphs from any printed matter then ask then to grade your talking speed most importantly how long you pause when you come to a comma or period in the text you are reading Most people can read text with smelling nistakes & words printed order the in wrong however most have difficulty following both written text and spoken word when punctuation is not correctly used or not used at all itcreatestheequivalentofaneverendingwordwaterfallthatslowsdownapersonsabilitytocomprehendwhattheyarereadingorlisteningto Want more subscribers, & more views which results in more ad revenue? Then ignore the video rating suggestion, I was just kidding there. However, you can improve your channel by improving your reading & speaking skills. Use this simple exercise that will help you relearn when to add punctuation pauses, especially as you speak. Read any text aloud for 10 minutes a day, including saying period & comma aloud, then drawing a breath before continuing. This will reset your internal clock which everybody has & uses to know when & for how long to pause when they speak. This is how some storytellers sitting around a campfire put everybody to sleep, while others scare you so badly you can’t sleep for days.

Grant, In my original comment, I stated that the speaker sounded like he was reading the results from an eBay search for SDRs. Actually, he was reading the specs in the exact order they were printed either on the box it came in, or the instruction booklet contained in the box. So my mention that he sounded like he was reading is confirmed. He was! After reviewing comments directed at me, including yours, despite its rather immature and rude start, I relistened to the audio several times and I now suspect that frequent splicing (editing) of the audio removed many of the pauses present in normal speaking and contributed to my suggestions on punctuation.

Gence... I script all of my videos, and it certainly wasn’t a copy and paste from a specs sheet. I take the most interesting points from the specs and write them how I would like to say them.. however, you are correct about the audio editing, and on this occasion I may have edited too much, and removed natural pauses. I will consider this for future videos. Thank you.

@@TechMindsOfficial hahaha there is always one.. mate love the videos keep up the good work

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Does that work for you?

@@TechMindsOfficial not .

Title has been changed, better?

All my videos are 60fps, normally because I have SDR software. Is it a problem?

Why are you complaining?

I agree with you, the HackRF should be, but I had 5 to choose from. As well as networking the Pluto has full duplex support with SDR Console, whereas the HackRF does not, not even TX. So for me, and my personal use, Pluto over HackRF. But, I also wouldn’t live without the HackRF, it’s awesome and is capable of more due to hardware/software support. Maybe I should of chose “My Top 6” instead.

@@TechMindsOfficial perhaps I should have worded it wrong, you could have gone ' that's my top five, here's a honorable mention, and it missed my personal top five because xxx' In the video you just said 'no ethernet, meh' But the mentioned things in your reply are definitely more valid reasons. Not trying to be a dick at all, just offering up a view (obviously mine, not everyones!)

I think you expected too much! Besides, this is a really old video now.

Same here but playing around with it a bit tweaking it got better antenna and works fine I learned a lot more about radios than with handheld radio