Features:

  • A full, wide-band RF solution for those interested in getting started with software defined radio and with a keen interest in HF bands
  • The NESDR SMArt HF Bundle utilizes a well-designed upconverter--the Ham It Up--to receive HF, NOT direct sampling hacks. This results in a vastly different HF experience--much better performance, and no loss of gain controls
  • Included is a Ham It Up v1.3 upconverter, installed in a custom black aluminum enclosure; an NESDR SMArt RTL-SDR, 3 antennas, an impedance matching balun for longwire and dipole antennas, and interconnect adapters
  • Proudly manufactured by NooElec in the USA and Canada, with a full 2 year product warranty on all bundle components and 24/7 technical support availability. Please contact our support team any time if you have questions!
  • Amazon-exclusive bundle! Only available for a limited time. NOTE: enclosure colors may vary contingent on availability
So far works great

After a few installation mistakes on my part this product is working great. If using HDSdr which was my prefered software make very sure you manually copy the library file or . Dll to your HDsdr folder. Won't work without it. Also remember if using the upconverter to set your offset to 1.25M. Acts really weird if you don't. I emailed NooElec about the fact nothing worked. Received a very speedy and detailed reply as to what to try. All things mentioned fixed my problem. Very good customer support. I am very happy with this company.

Lots of Fun for a low low price.

This is a BARGAIN! Ive had so much fun playing with this SDR. Some Caveats, follow the emailed instructions to the letter. The instructions for the driver loading software are incorrect. They say the device will show up as NE SDR.... it does not... it shows up as Bulk Device.... the instructions tell you the address of the device which does show up correctly. Once the driver was loaded I loaded the software and have had a blast with it.... no its not a Flex Radio... but it is a well built little sdr thst you can shove in your laptop bag so you have a radio with you on business trips... the Ham it upconverter is great too. One thing the description is wrong about saying NE SDR covers 100 khz to 1.7 GHz...this is incorrect. NE SDR natively covers 25 MHz to 1.7 GHz. You need to use the upconverter to receive below 25 MHz. You also need to put a -125 Mhz offset in the SDR software. Once you do you can receive HF Ham Stuff and shortwave. This is really a good deal. Highly recommended!

Excellent receiver

Great little general-coverage receiver.

Great purchase

This is notably one of the best purchases I have made as a ham radio operator. I am constantly amazed by what this thing will pick up. I quickly ditched the antennas that come with it. I picked up a 50' piece of speaker wire, pulled it apart, strung it up as a makeshift inverted V and used the balun that came with the unit. From Montana, I was picking up ham radio conversations from Hawaii to Germany. The HamItUp converter is an absolute must to get with this SDR. Without it, it will only go down to 50MHz and all the really cool stuff happens far below that. In the near future I will be putting together a much better antenna set up, with a better balun and we'll see how far that takes me.

A lot of fun for the money!

This is a great starter kit. The first receiver dongle was intermittent, which resulted in a replacement being sent quickly. Since then, I bought a second RTL-SDR dongle. And neither the replacement or new one has given me the first problem. I'm buying a second up converter shortly. Be sure you install the driver EXACTLY as instructed. NOTE ON SPURS: Not all SDR software allows this receiver to perform at its peak. Too many programs run AGC much too high - it makes things seem more sensitive, but this causes overloading, and stations showing up everywhere. Receive quality almost rivals some of my "Big Name" ham radio gear under many circumstances.....rivals, but not exceeding.... I use the SDR receiver on a laptop with Windows 10, as well as a Motorola Z2 Play and Samsung Tab 4 via OTG adapter cables so the dongle can receive power from a LiION battery which powers the up converter as well. The dongle will definitely get quite warm, this is completely normal!

Bargain start in SDR.

It's a well-thought-out package deal that provides everything one could reasonably expect (provide your own long wire for shortwave) for listening to anything from shortwave to microwave.

Nice kit!

I got it on the air on my computer and tuned around the band very quickly. It i great having the full kit with everything needed. I have been enjoying it so much I have not yet taken time to try the up-converter yet. Would be nice to at least have pictorial diagram of what all the parts are for and how it should be cabled. I understood mostly what was needed, but a newby may not.

excellent! I'm berry happy with this purchase

Delivery right on time, this product works as suppose to, so far I didn't find any negative observation, excellent! I'm berry happy with this purchase!

great little SDR

This was a great bundle for a good price. Everything needed is included to get up and going quickly, all you need to do is download the SDR software of your choice. No directions included, but there's very comprehensive stuff to be found on YouTube on how to set up and use it.

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