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Reviewed in Germany on March 26, 2025
sehr schnelle Lieferung, erste Tests bestätigen die Funktion. Bei der Verarbeitungsqualität muss man natürlich sehr deutliche Abstriche machen. Die verchromten Teleskopantennenstäbe sind eher mittelmäßig, bei einer lassen sich die Teleskopröhrchen zu leicht verstellen, was zur unbeabsichtigten Längenänderung führt. Die Koax-Anschlussleitung ist am Antennenkopf sehr schlecht gecrimpt, warum überhaupt gecrimpt? weil die Seele und auch die Abschirmung der Koax-Leitung nicht aus Massiv-Kupferdrähten, sondern aus billigen verkupferten Aludrähten besteht, die nur bedingt oder gar nicht lötfähig ist. Beigelegte Verlängerung ist ebenfalls verkupfertes Alu! Beinahe der Niedergang der Elektrotechnik!Fazit: Verarbeitung mit qualitaiv miderwertigen Komponenten.
Gengen
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025
This comes with two pairs of telescoping antennas and tow different mounts. It's a really nice addition to a SDR for the price.
Gilles Vandal
Reviewed in Canada on January 20, 2025
As described. Second purchase. Works as described.
Josue Renteria
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
Worked very good! Only issue is to not be rough with the antennas. They become "loose" over time and don't hold up their rigidness. Comes with a pair of antennas for UHF+ and a longer pair for VHF/HF. Antennas are LISTEN (RX) ONLY.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2024
I won't beat around the bush: this is not a long-lasting product. The antenna tubes get loose, the legs on the flexible tripod break, the suction cup loses its grip, the arm holders on the dipole base get floppy - all of it. But after getting my first one with my first RTL-SDR, getting annoyed with its cheapness, and spending a few years trying to find something better, I'm back again to buy three more of these things.Ultimately, I think their short lifespan is just an acceptable drawback when compared to how much else they have going for them. If you want a sturdy antenna, you're going to be paying quite a bit more, and if you want an adjustable, lightweight antenna than can be adapted to as many different frequencies as this and easily carried around in a backpack and deployed literally anywhere, well.... I'm not sure there's any other game in town, at any price.If you're getting started with SDR stuff and don't have a particular band of interest yet, this is your antenna. There's not much more to say. There's not really anything else that will be as flexible or easy to use as this, and while its fragility is a pain, it will at least give you some time to figure out what you want in a more substantial antenna.Happy DXing!(P.S. - you might have some luck using an RG-58 crimping tool to make the attachment points between the antenna tubes and their threaded bases a bit tighter. It works better with some tools than others, and you have to make sure to pull the smaller tubes out first so they don't get caught in the crimp, but it can help a lot.)
Dylan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2024
I have been using it for receiving NOAA APT and its great, very cost effective. It has a wide range of frequencies you can tune it for, with great performance. And the design is easy to use.
M. A. Hinkley
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2024
This is a great add-on for a pocket software-defined radio such as noelec or RTL-SDR. Definitely improved reception over the monopole I had been using.
Bill
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024
Perfect antennas for SDR dongles and other receiving radios. Several different configurations are easily done with this and the tripod and auction cup mounts work very well.
KD9WTS
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2024
This product greatly improved the range over the stock antenna of the RTL SDR I got from adafruit. Range wise, it comfortable picks up airplanes from 35 miles away (not counting vertical height, which adds more.)The antenna, like all antennas, is impacted by structures and foliage. Get it as high as you can outside, safely.For beginners like me, I used SDRsharp (Airspy) to listen to local radio stations, HAM, and others using this antenna. I use the RTL1090 decoder software from jetvision.de and Virtual Radar Server to track planes for fun. It is all free.I keep the antenna in a 90 degree V shape on my garage. This is not the correct orientation for all applications, but it has worked well enough in this orientation that I didn't find a reason to change it.One downside of this antenna is that gravity is not your friend. If pole is oriented downward, wind will gradually wiggle the pole and unscrew it. Have them both oriented up and you are golden. Another reason I have the V shape.Weather is not an issue. Mine has withstood multiple days of heavy rain, and healthy wind.Long story short, it is worth it. I'm considering buying another SDR, and I'll be buying another one of these to go with it.
seth roach
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024
the left antenna is heavily preferred over the right. made me believe that the right antenna was disconnected inside the cable. it took a while to fix the connection but otherwise a pretty solid antenna. good kit for the price and comes with a lot of parts
Fernando MP Lobo
Reviewed in Spain on December 3, 2023
Este kit de antenas é muito pratico para usar.
H.P. de Groot
Reviewed in the Netherlands on October 14, 2023
nice antenna I use mainly for DAB+ and a little Hamradio listening.
Christopher A Gorski
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2019
I bought this kit to get my RTL-SDR APRS receiver going ASAP. For the price, it's pretty good, but be aware the construction is terrible and it's only really to get you off the ground until you find better hardware. If you're an experienced ham that already has hardware, avoid this. But if you need something right away and are aware of the flimsiness of the hardware, it will do the job.I was able to decode APRS packets from approx 50 miles away after a fairly easy installation using the fleximount on a porch and then running the coax through a window. It took me all of an hour to set up. The bottom half of the antenna fell off in the wind (like I said, it's flimsy) but ironically I got better signal with only half of a dipole.I've already ordered better equipment for 20x the cost, but this did the job.Five stars if it could last at least a month without parts falling off.
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