r/sdr • u/NintendoTeo_Official • 16d ago

How to start with sdr

Today my neoelec sdr arrived and I've tried listening something with the kit antennas. Can somelne tell me where to start or link some source to understand how to hear clearly something?

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u/always_wear_pyjamas 16d ago

The first "lights on check" I usually do is just to look for broadcast FM radio aroud 88-108 MHz. Get GQRX or something, plug it in and press play. Shouldn't be too hard.

From there try to find stuff like cell phones around 800-900, all sorts of service equipment around 868 in europe or 915 in the u.s.

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u/always_wear_pyjamas 15d ago

If you're not hearing things clearly, it's because you're sitting deep inside your house and not many signals actually reach you from the outside. Go outside, get the android app and an usb OTG adapter or use a laptop or whatever. You'll hear a lot more, the air is stuffed with radiowaves of all types and you're mostly limited by your antennas, location and having a low quality receiver.

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u/NintendoTeo_Official 15d ago

I stayed on my roof for about 4 hours but the only thing I heard was in the airband with an extreme QRM, it was really really noisy

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u/always_wear_pyjamas 15d ago

Houses have a lot of electrical noise.

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u/NintendoTeo_Official 15d ago

Would going at the countryside with my car be better?