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SDR receivers like the SDRplay do not have a local-oscillator. They do have an oscillator but it has no mixing functions or other stuff. It's just a clock to make the chips tick, there is no RF to mix it with or such. The oscillator has 2 purposes, that is a reference and a steady clock for the chip...

What happens when you simply split with T-connectors? With my websdr I did such, the signal levels did drop a bit, but that is a non issue as the s/n-level-range is enough to compensate. I have ordered an 8-way splitter but not installed yet. My question is this: Why do we need insulation between 2 ...

Have you tried connecting the coax to port A or B and go from there? As you already have a balun outside transforming to 50 Ohm. As for blowing the box to pieces, that is not going to happen unless you connect a transceiver to it directly or close. The ports are protected against ESD etc and they ca...

Well, Firefox did solve the mystery as to where the file is coming from:
Tada!!!

You can upload it with FTP or SSH, simplest way is to download mc (midnight-commander) then make an SSH connection to the Pi. Normally it will tunnel SFTP and transfers the file to where you want. Then go into the Pi with SSH and "chmod +x filename" and ./filename to run it. mc for Windows: https://...

I was talking about the S-meter as instrument to measure signals on HF that are not lab-conditions. As an instrument measuring e.g. power in a lab it's perfect as the conditions are always the same and all variables are known. But to give signal reports on areal radio stations it's not very useful. ...

There you make a mistake. The S-meter only gives the sum of signals at the input, there is no way it will tell the real strength unless your noise floor is 0 volt and this is never the case. I have seen many cases where the s-meter read 9+20db and the other station was barely audible, the reading wa...

The only thing you measure is the voltage at the input-plug of the receiver. It doesn't say anything about the signal, antenna-system, cable losses, conditions in the sky, etc. Also, on HF it's 50μV for S9 but on VHF 5μV, so on VHF you should see a different reading. But it's just that, a μV number ...

Hi Trevor, You can use cheap steel-wire with a zinc coating of about 2mm thick. A roll of 100m will cost about 20 euro/pound and insulators can be found for horse-electrical-fences. Most simple and effective antenna is a single wire of about 50m long en some counter like a fence. Just Google for "si...

We Ham Radio Amateurs call the S-meter a Fun-meter or Lie-detector, just depends if the reading is good or bad for you. Don't think anything of it, it's just a reading that you can use to compare signals for yourself and nothing else. Any reading you get has no meaning and also can't be compared to ...