USB Software Defined Radio- Cheap "Go Bag" Kit

This is my complete USB RTL-SDR Software Defined Radio Kit.
Check out more of my SDR and Radio videos here: / ericwilliam
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I'm super happy with how it works and how easy it is to have a nearly all band receiver in a tiny package I can take anywhere.
RTL-SDR Dongles- Both R820T and E4000 versions.
Adapters:
SMA Male to MCX
SMA Male To SO239 (female)
SMA Male to PAL Male
SMA Male to BNC Female
Adapter Only:
SMA Female to SO239 (female)
SMA Female to SMA female
Random stuff:
NooElec Ham-It-Up Upconverter & 3D printed case
2.4GHz USB Dongle and wireless camera
Baofeng UV-3R
Binder Clips
Alligator Leads
Sangean Longwire Antenna
Headphones
Battery
USB/SD Card storage
Rubber Duck Antenna
Nagoya NA-775 2m/70cm Antenna
USB Cables
You can find a bunch of these parts in my store: store.mkme.org/
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[@RoSi4You]

I came across of this piece of hardware (R820T) by accident, but it amazes me so much, that two of them are on the way home straight away. You having great tutorials for them. Thank You!

[@MkmeOrg]

Glad you enjoy them. I agree the hardware is amazing for the price. Good cheap fun. Cheers

[@AECRADIO1]

The UV-3R is the Chinese variant of the Yaesu VX-3 dual band. And I agree, I would not be without the VX-3! Great tool for dialing test channels when used in conjunction with a service monitor to locate interference causing systems, such as poorly tuned isolators and duplexers and also defective antennas.

[@MartDawg23]

Great kit and it brought to light a lot of tech I wasn't fully aware of. Thanks for sharing!

[@MkmeOrg]

MartDawg23 Thanks for the comment and feedback! Cheers

[@RingwayManchester]

Hi Eric, will you be sharing info on the 2.4ghz camera dongle? I'm struggling getting mine to work

[@MkmeOrg]

Ringway Manchester Hadn't planned on it. Just use Yawcam for getting it running. Waaaay easier than the default drivers as I remember. Cheers

[@RingwayManchester]

Cheers buddy I'll give that a go!

[@RingwayManchester]

Eric you're a star it works a treat! Thanks

[@MkmeOrg]

Ringway Manchester Hahaha that was fast! If I remember right Yawcam couldn't do the audio channel though. I have NO clue what I did to get the default driver working.

[@RingwayManchester]

I'll keep playing with it, it's mainly the video I'm after for Wi-Vi scanning. The software that comes with it is just awful lol. Thanks Eric

[@RingwayManchester]

Great video Eric, I'm building up a similar kit. I got some pretty cool stuff thanks to your ideas :) I'll try and get a video up soon

[@MkmeOrg]

Ringway Manchester Sounds great. Let me know and I'll check it out! Cheers

[@GUERRILLACOMM]

Awesome vid, I have to get started on my setup soon.

[@MkmeOrg]

Thanks! Love your vids too. I have some new antennas/parts on the way and been doing a bunch of receiving lately (mostly digital, satellite and HF) I'll get some vids up soon. Ha! I just realized it was YOU who gave me the idea some time back that a discone would be great for these SDRs- Thanks Sir. Cheers

[@ebikefe]

Hi Eric, great video! Can you share the name / brand of the 2.4ghz wireless camera dongle? Thanks

[@sales4me24]

You ever use one in direct sampling mode without the up-converter? I hear run your antenna straight to the chip with a transformer to match, then use BPF and the performance is better. Lots of phantom signals with no filtering tho.

[@CurtRowlett]

Thanks for directing me to this video after asking my question about connectors for the NooElec Ham It Up upconverter. This is very, very helpful. At 12:21 on this video, you show how you 3D-printed an enclosure box for your upconvertor. I have concerns about leaving my own upconvertor exposed. If you ever decide to start selling those enclosure boxes, please let me know, as I'll be your first customer. Great video, as always.

[@MkmeOrg]

Hey Curt. Glad it helped. There is one more video as well that may help if you need it. As for the cases- I don't plan on selling them as I didn't even design it or have the bandwidth to do sales but... recently I printed one for one of my subscribers and due to some events, he wants me to do a giveaway on the channel. So that's what I will do :) Info forthcoming. Cheers

[@CurtRowlett]

Yes, watching that other video now via a link you supplied, thanks. Yes, please keep me in the loop for any info re a giveaway for the upconvertor cases. I might just get lucky. :) Ciao.

[@MkmeOrg]

***** Fantastic. I'll do a video once I get things sorted on the giveaway. Stay tuned and best of luck with your SDR's. Your Vids look good btw. Cheers!

[@Havron12345]

Nooelec sells a box... Eric's smaller and cooler but there is an option

[@juandavidbarrada]

Amazing! I'm going to start my own kit too! Thanks for the great video! (And not only for this one...your channel is really good and useful!)

[@MkmeOrg]

Juan David Barrada Thanks very much. Good to have you following along. Share the channel- the more the merrier :) Good luck with your projects. Cheers!

[@MkmeOrg]

Juan David Barrada Loved the vid. Cograts on your kit. Cheers

[@GoodGuyBiker]

What is the model code for the 2.4gh wireless usb dongle that you recommend. I would like to purchase one close to this but would like to make sure it works with your tutorials going forward.

[@MkmeOrg]

It doesn't actually have any identifying marks. I remember it was the cheapest one on ebay I could find which had the USB stick as well as a cam. It doesn't use any special software or anything like the SDR's. Cheers

[@GoodGuyBiker]

I've been unable to locate anything less then 30$, if you have a moment id love a link to something similar.

[@onteigening]

I have found this video while browsing gnuradio stuff. This box is very useful.

[@kamalroumani7841]

fantastic video,@Eric may I ask for the drawing for the cool 3d printed box you made?

[@MkmeOrg]

Thanks. Just go on Thingiverse.com and download it free. I didn't design it- just grabbed it and printed. Cheers

[@kamalroumani7841]

Eric William Thanks, never been to that site before, looks like there are many amazing things :)

[@MkmeOrg]

No problem. There is just about anything you can think of shared there. I upload most of my original designs there too. I've made so many things from that site (or redesigned/re-purposed them) I can't even guess how many. Cheers!

[@wmpshaffer]

I want to build a 3.7 Ghz USB receiver so I can listen to XM Radio on my PC. Are there any DIY kits out there?

[@murrij]

Great kit! Did you ever find a source to take the Sanmina stereo type plug and convert it to SMA or any standard radio type connector?

[@MkmeOrg]

Thanks! No actually I haven't. Never really got around to searching :) Cheers

[@hamrad88]

Great video however I tried pricing out this kit and it looks like it would be nearly $200. Could you provide some links to were you got your components? Great job on the case for the Ham It Up converter. Thanks for your time, Tom

[@MkmeOrg]

Hey Tom- Description is fixed. The parts came from all over but mostly eBay and my junk bin. There is a video in my Arduino section on how I get components for cheap (process is the same). FYI you can download that case from Thingiverse and have any online printer make it cheap. I had no part in the design- just download. Cheers

[@hamrad88]

Eric William Thanks for your quick response. You have some very informative videos. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up and shared. Tom

[@MkmeOrg]

hamrad88 Really enjoy your vids too Tom. Nice to see your decoding vids lately. Always good content. Cheers

[@hamrad88]

Thanks. I enjoy your videos too. it was good to see someone actually build something useful with one of those 3D printers. Tom

[@MkmeOrg]

hamrad88 Haha ya- I dont care much for little dolls so I make silly semi useful stuff. It is actually a really handy thing to have around for stuff like upconverter cases :)

[@phatbieu]

Eric, where did you buy the whole set for your ads-b (receiver and software to decode/display)? appreciate it, love it!

[@MkmeOrg]

Software is free. I have a whole video on it. Hardware is pretty much all eBay. There's a video on that too (or several). Cheers

[@capteod]

In your video you indicated you would give the component description and links for the components, I am interested in getting into this type of SDR. Please post the information. WB9WLV

[@MkmeOrg]

+gene neigoff Links become invalid quickly so the components are in the description. In nearly two years since the video they would all be dead by now. Check out the other videos in the playlist on my main channel page. There is ones on how to buy an SDR etc. Some of the components are in my Amazon store at store.mkme.org Cheers

[@4SquareHI]

Just wondering how you got the USBTV007 to work? I've been able to install the drivers out can't seem to get it recognized in any software. Any suggestions?

[@MkmeOrg]

Hey Greg- Quick and easy way- use YawCam. I couldn't stream the audio with that though but works good. I did get the original drivers to work fine on mine- but no idea how I did it now. Cheers

[@yandan8]

Sorry if I missed it, but I didn't see mention of SDR software you used. Which programs would you recommend for use with your kit? Thanks.

[@MkmeOrg]

I use alot of programs mainly: SDR#, ADSB# ,PDW3.1 ,ADSBScope, MultiPSK, Orbitron and a few others. There are some vids of these on my channel but I'm going to make some new/better ones. Cheers.

Thank you! That´s a great kit! I started two weeks ago with a NooElec TV28T v2 USB DVB-T & RTL-SDR Receiver, RTL2832U & R820T Tuner, and after some investigations I can tune FM radios and listen to them great. But I what I really want to receive and decode are satellite signals from cubesats to weather ones. I tried but it looks like my stock antena from the USB NooElec dongle is not good enough. I couldn´t find any good post about that. Do you have any DiY antenna suggestion? Thanks!

[@MkmeOrg]

+Francisco Domínguez Román If you want to listen to the NOAA weather sats you need to make a QFH antenna. For any of the others such as cubesats I would say make a basic YAGI. Lots of vids on receiving both on my channel but only one antenna vid here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKa4dZprd7t_ipo

Thank you Eric William -MKme Tech Good tip about the QFH antenna, I found right away a nice intro here www.g4ilo.com/qfh.html I saw already about your antennas, they look great! I checked already about the Yagi so it looks like I have some work to do ahead ;-) Thanks for the tips!

[@MkmeOrg]

+Francisco Domínguez Román Good luck! Enjoy the SDR.

[@Havron12345]

can u give more details on wifi dongle you mentioned to monitor wifi? I looked around and saw noting in the $8 range..

[@MkmeOrg]

The one for video is just that- only for video. I haven't looked on ebay lately. Works like a champ considering it's pretty chinsy. Cheers

[@knikk77]

Do you find the ham it up drifts in offset when you go from one band to another. like the 20 meter band to the 40 meter band. I have to change the offset settings all the time. I use the RTL 820T.

[@MkmeOrg]

Nope

[@knikk77]

what offset setting do you use?

[@SoundGuy171]

Great vid! I've been wondering about SDR's and just got my Technician License a couple months ago. Been wanting to listen to the local sheriff's but they're using coded radios and this looks like a way to listen in without spending almost $1000 on a scanner that does the same thing. Definitely gonna be looking into this and seeing if I can use it with my tablet as well for portable use. Thanks for the clear explanation and making it look easy. 73's :-)

[@MkmeOrg]

Welcome. I did some other videos covering the software and even buying the SDRs without paying a fortune. Stick to my newer ones tho as the old ones are pretty poor quality :) Best 10 bucks you will ever spend. Enjoy. Cheers and 73's.

[@SoundGuy171]

Eric William I also watched your vid on purchasing these. Just ordered 2 (One for myself and one for Dad) from Ebay at this link, I think you'll agree the price is pretty good. This does come with the software CD even tho it's not pictured. I'm just hoping this will work on an Android Tablet: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191261653816&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160

[@SoundGuy171]

Bill Frick Found links to SDR Flight Data at : play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.satcomdirect.sdr And also Radio Tuner, both for Android at: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=marto.androsdr2 Luckily my tablet is 4.4 OS and my old HTC Incredible is jailbroken so this dongle may work on it as well. :-)

[@beehive808]

Great Video, Where do you get all your SMA adapters and coax cables?

[@MkmeOrg]

Thanks. Some I made and some purchased pre-made. Most all of the components sourced from eBay. Cheers

[@MarvinParnell]

nice video, and Nice kit. I'm wondering if you can provide a link to were you purchased the usb spy camera kit for less than 10$ as cheapest I'm finding them is around 40$. Thanks.

[@MkmeOrg]

I just watch eBay. When the price and supplier are right- I grab what I want. I generally watch for several weeks/months before buying. You should be able to get them from several suppliers cheaper than that (unless they have changed alot since I purchased) Cheers

[@MarvinParnell]

thanks Appreciate the quick response. That is kind of what I figured, was hoping for a known "cheap" supply..lol Thanks again.

[@Fabsmurf]

Tnx for the video Eric! I have a question about the CM200, the 2,4ghz wireless video receiver. What software do you use for the stick and does it also works for wifi? 73 the PA3UL

[@MkmeOrg]

The software came with it, as well you can use YawCam. Not sure what you mean by Wifi. It's wireless video signal. Cheers

[@Fabsmurf]

Eric William Tnx for the answer Eric! With wifi I mean, can I also use it to go on the Internet. Is there a zadig driver for this stick?

[@MkmeOrg]

Not that I know of- just video receive. Cheers

[@yv6eda]

Thanks for the video. I just received my dongle + up converter and also just order the set of pigtails (all from one supplier on ebay) following your advice, Thanks. I have not a 3D printer, but it is possible for you to share the file for the up converter case? Maybe I found one around and can protect mine... Thanks again...

[@MkmeOrg]

Got to Thingiverse.com and search for upconverter, then download the file. Cheers

[@dimitry1122]

what 3D printer do you use

[@MkmeOrg]

dimitry1122 Solidoodle 2

[@dimitry1122]

thank you

[@martinmiglio]

what software did you use for those?

[@MkmeOrg]

Martin M. Whole video on my channel devoted to the software. Cheers

[@tatupebadalagoa]

i m very happy , no mods , no upconverters RECEBENDO HF NO R820T SEM MODS (Receiving HF with R820T with no mods or converters)

[@g1fsh]

will some one tell Shaun that he doesnt ramble on and that we all like the crack. lol great vid mate cant wait to see more of them with your new gear

[@MkmeOrg]

+Gary g1fsh Lots of new ones on the channel. Amazing fun for a cheap price. Love SDR

[@DayFutureHD7039]

I want to get started with arduino UNO.Can you make robot tutorials and how to build them.

[@dougier8093]

I cant believe the price the dongles have gone up to...! I knew in the back of my mind I should of got one sooner cos now I have to pay nearly £60 to £100 for a terratech so if anyone knows of a good reasonable priced dongle site please let me know thanks

[@MkmeOrg]

Dougie Ryalls Please watch this before you consider paying that insane price. RTL-SDR (DVB-T) Device Shopping - My thoughts

[@dougier8093]

Thanks

[@BoutinMathieu]

Why putting the background music? I like your explanation, but it would be better without the music.

[@MkmeOrg]

Sorry, can't please everyone. Thanks for the input though.

[@BoutinMathieu]

Of course, I understand.

[@MkmeOrg]

Newer vids I learned how to get it lower volume and less intrusive :) It's a work in progress learning to make better vids. Cheers

[@BoutinMathieu]

Thanks for your answer. I subscribed to your channel. The mix of SDR and 3D-printing surprised me. Please keep making more videos.

[@MkmeOrg]

Will do. Thanks for following along. Look forward to your feedback on my vids. Hope you enjoy. Cheers Mathieu.

[@dougier8093]

nice kit

[@MkmeOrg]

Thanks!

[@dougier8093]

I have just discovered this kind of PC radio scanner and a many months back I though to be able to do this would cost hundreds of $ or £ but its looking good. I remember my first handheld scanner is the Yupiteru 7100 and it is a great radio and very robust and would kill me if it broke lol, I lost count how many years ago I brought that baby, nut now scanner on pc is brilliant

[@dougier8093]

PS: I am going to do my research and bye a replica of your kit

[@marylouiseacebedo706]

Ain't you missing the most important part the computer!!!

[@sunnylandcamper]

omg..more stuff to buy and figure out.....

[@obbm2232]

Have you seen this?: forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?400070-HF-SDR I bought the CD and made some conversions. They work fine.

[@sales4me24]

You ever use one in direct sampling mode without the up-converter? I hear run your antenna straight to the chip with a transformer to match, then use BPF and the performance is better. Lots of phantom signals with no filtering tho.

[@MkmeOrg]

Nope. I have pretty great results with the upconverter so haven't seen the need to try anything else. Cheers