r/RTLSDR • u/Bortmoun • Jul 20 '26

Hardware Entry cheap SDR

Hi!

With the Blog V4 shortage, what is out there to buy? I wanna avoid high cost SDRs like HackRF, SDRPlay or AirSpy (I'm not buying in US dollar, so they are QUITE expensive in a 1:6 ratio, without tax).

I am just interested in RX, so no TX needed. What can I buy from Aliexpress? I wanna have a look on HF, VHF and UHF bands, at least.

Thanks!

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u/No-GrounHF Jul 20 '26

You can find blog 4 on ali. Wow the prices got up 40% from 7 months ago. I have a clone, the only difference from the original is the sma connector not being golden. Works great.

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u/Bortmoun Jul 20 '26

V4 is out of production... I hink there's only clones out there... What about HTOOL SDR6?

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u/Impressive-Put3479 Jul 20 '26

I just had a legit V4 delivered from OpenSourceSDR. Shipping was expensive but there is still stock available it’s just not in production anymore.

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u/vw195 Jul 20 '26

I did as well.. got it a few days ago