Nooelec NESDR Mini USB RTL-SDR & ADS-B Receiver Set, RTL2832U & R820T Tuner, MCX Input. Low-Cost Software Defined Radio Compatible with Many SDR Software Packages. R820T Tuner & ESD-Safe Antenna Input
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Nooelec NESDR Mini USB RTL-SDR & ADS-B Receiver Set, RTL2832U & R820T Tuner, MCX Input. Low-Cost Software Defined Radio Compatible with Many SDR Software Packages. R820T Tuner & ESD-Safe Antenna Input

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  • Compatible Devices
    Laptop Desktop
  • Connector Type
    Mini USB
  • Brand
    NooElec
  • Connectivity Technology
    USB
  • Color
    Black
📡SDR Tuner
🔌Mini USB
🛠️1-Year Warranty

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Description

📡 Tune In, Stand Out! Your gateway to the airwaves awaits.

  • ENHANCED RECEPTION - R820T tuner ensures crystal-clear signal capture for ADS-B and satellite.
  • UNLEASH THE AIRWAVES - Experience the power of Software Defined Radio with superior components.
  • PLUG PLAY CONVENIENCE - Seamlessly connect via Mini USB for instant access to a world of signals.
  • VERSATILE COMPATIBILITY - Works with a variety of SDR software packages for endless exploration.
  • SUPPORT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Enjoy peace of mind with a full 1-year warranty and dedicated installation support.

The NooElec NESDR Mini USB RTL-SDR & ADS-B Receiver Set is a low-cost, high-performance software-defined radio solution. Featuring an RTL2832U interface and R820T tuner, this compact device connects via Mini USB and is compatible with a wide range of SDR software. With enhanced components and a 1-year warranty, it's perfect for both hobbyists and professionals looking to explore the radio spectrum.

Specifications

BrandNooElec
Item model numberNESDR Mini
Item Weight2.33 ounces
Product Dimensions4.72 x 2.76 x 1.18 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH4.72 x 2.76 x 1.18 inches
ColorBlack
Voltage5 Volts
ManufacturerNooelec Inc.
ASINB009U7WZCA
Is Discontinued By ManufacturerNo
Date First AvailableOctober 21, 2012

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I have one and I love it. But how does the remote control fit in? How is it used? TNX
Is there any software to use this as a scanner for digital radio communications?
What bands does this unit cover? I'm looking for an HF receiver with 1 MHz~28 MHz bands, anything else is a bonus. Also, I'll be using this on Linux.
I am trying to decide between this and the NooElec NESDR Nano. Has anyone done a comparison?

Reviews

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H**R

Works!

Works well

O**N

Awesome SDR tool for $20

I've never been all that interested in radio, or spending any money on it, but when I saw a video describing these $20 RealTek chipset based dongles and how they could be used for SDR and radio spectrograph type applications, I was like "For $20? Count me in!"Like most people I'm using SDR# and not any of the vendor's drivers. The thing that took me a little while to figure out was that the USB drivers for this thing have to be installed manually. (There's absolutely no "plug and play" support for this thing at all, because the driver used by SDR# is a very generic low-level USB driver that is only designed to allow applications to essentially talk directly to just about any USB device supporting some serial protocol.)The easiest way to get this working is to download sdr-install.zip from the SDR# web site, extract it, and run the install script that will download everything you need including zadig (the generic USB driver installer), the RTL chipset plugin for SDR#, and SDR# itself.Before running SDR# you need to run zadig.exe and use it to install the driver. This requires that you select "show all devices" from the Options menu, select your RTL dongle from the pop-up menu, and tell it to install/reinstall the WinUSB driver for that device. Be careful to select your RTL dongle before hitting install or you may accidentally install this over your mouse driver or some other device. (Like I say, this is a generic driver that installs a really basic software interface for any USB device that supports certain attributes, so there's nothing to stop you from overwriting one of the other drivers on your system if you select the wrong device.)Once the WinUSB driver is installed you can just run SDR#, select the RTL device as the input, and hit play.Tip: I'd recommend turning on the auto gain check box for the tuner ("Tuner AGC") in the configuration panel though, unless you want to mess with the manual RF Gain control. (I was able to do pretty well just using the auto gain, but before I enabled the auto gain every signal I was getting was very weak. So you really need some sort of gain adjustment be it manual or auto.)Without much effort and using only the little included antenna I was able to pick up NOAA weather radio (narrowband FM), a number of commercial FM radio stations (wideband FM), the wideband FM transmission from a Sennheiser RS110 926MHz analog wireless headphone transmitter, and see a bunch of other signals on the spectrograph that I didn't recognize.I was also able to pick up 2 or 3 ADS-B transmissions from commercial airplanes, even though I was sitting in my basement and using only the included antenna, though all of these airplanes were within the line of sight angle provided by the window in the room I was in. So this tuner seems to be good for ADS-B, but obviously you're going to need an unobstructed outdoor antenna of some sort to receive signals from all directions.The remote control that comes with the dongle seems to be totally useless since it appears to be an IR device and I don't see how a computer can even receive a signal from it without a separate IR receiver device. (The NooElec dongle doesn't appear to have an IR receiver on it, but I could be wrong.) In any case it would require either the vendor's DTV software or some other software to make any use of it, and I don't know of anyone who's written anything useful that it can be used with.At some point I'll probably buy a MCX to some sort of coax adapter and wire up a proper antenna for it outside, but for now I'm just messing with the cheapo little included antenna. It seems to work better than I expected.Anyway, this is the most interesting $20 gadget that I've bought in a long time. I suspect that one day it will come in handy for helping to locate and rectify sources of radio interference.

E**N

Great Starter SDR

Great starter SDR, I bought this to play with it and test it before moving onto something bigger (i.e. hackrf, rtlsdr Blog v4) you're going to get the most out of this if you cut thr antenna going to the puck and with any solder skill, wire the main pin (center) to your main antenna, and the shielding to a insulated base. DO NOT ENABLE BIAS T WITHOUT AN LNA OR ANYTHING, THIS WILL BLOW A FUSE.

N**G

Low price and gets the job done.

I used this and a old raspberry pi 3b+ that I had laying around to make an ADS-B receiver for FlightRadar24. The included antenna is short as heck so I can't pick up much and my range is short but it's enough to get that free business account from fr24.It does its job. Now I'm looking around to see if there's a taller antenna with the same tiny sized jack.

P**M

Perfect for an ADS-B receiver

Worked perfectly for building an ADS-B Flightradar24 receiver on a raspberry pi. Later I upgraded the antenna and now hitting distances of 185 nm.

M**X

The Product Itself Is Fine, But Not The Support.

It works for the most part, but for whatever reason, these are shipped to work as TV tuners out of the box, not SDR. This would be fine if the support for Linux was worth anything. The email they send you on how to swap out the drivers are outdated, for both the Ubuntu version (listed as 17.04, vs current which is 20.04) but it isn’t even for the right product either.I was personally hoping to listen to amateur radio frequencies on this, but the complete lack of documentation made this venture impossible. I can at least listen to Low Frequency radio stations though (think of what you might hear in your car’s radio), so the product isn’t completely useless.The support was friendly at the very least, and this thing is inexpensive. While it isn’t a very practical device in any real way outside of how compact it is, you can at least learn how SDR works with it then move on to something better if you can.If you’re a Linux user, I hope you’re advanced. Novices like me won’t get much out of this one.

H**R

Great device for home assistant reading automatic meter

Bought this thing for home assistant to read gas meter broadcast. In metro atlanta area, the freq is 915MHz. I use the rtl_433 addon and autodiscovery. But the device class was not set which I had to manually set to "gas" on the autodiscovery topic. Then I added a few utility meter entities to track day/week/month uses. Works like a charm!It is very sensitive to the location of the antenna. The antenna is a bit weak, I need to adjusted it a few times in different locations to get the max SNR number for my meter. It can receive the signals from multiple meters around the neighborhood, normally you can identify yours by the number printed on top of your meter.

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Good experience, but the tracking updates could be better.

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