Roger Lipscombe

What's a good antenna for RTL SDR v3?

The recommended dipole antenna kit -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/RTL-SDR-Blog-Multipurpose-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B075445JDF -- is out of stock on Amazon UK. Also: Amazon.

I don't (think I) want anything fancy -- just to mess around with.

I had a Wifi antenna connected to it at one point, which worked OK, but now I'm using that for its original purpose.

#sdr #rtl_sdr

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Feb 27, 2025 at 3:28pmWeb
Show threadentropealabsFeb 28, 2025
@rogerlipscombe I would imagine it would depend on your primary use case.
Show threadRoger LipscombeFeb 28, 2025

@entropealabs couple of different ideas: (1) picking up the signals from the outside weather station. (2) (maybe) listening to ADS-B information; (3) picking up the remote for the doorbell.

Not all at the same time.

Show threadentropealabsFeb 28, 2025
@rogerlipscombe I would look at the frequencies for each and find an antenna that is optimized for that frequency. There are definitely ADS-B specific antennas.