From w1 at zak.co.il  Tue May  3 17:15:44 2016
From: w1 at zak.co.il (Omer Zak)
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 17:15:44 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
Message-ID: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>

I am considering the purchase of an USB DVB-T dongle which will work
with Raspberry Pi (under Raspbian, of course).

What is the currently recommended model and where can one buy it for a
good price?

Thanks,
--- Omer Zak


-- 
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and its display device is grievously short of pixels.  Can anyone help?
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From yuval at y3xz.com  Tue May  3 18:39:41 2016
From: yuval at y3xz.com (Yuval Adam)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:39:41 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
Message-ID: <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>

You can find very cheap ones on eBay for ~$8-10.
The most popular ones are based on the R820T(2) tuner, and perform very
well.
Also suitable for RTL-SDR [1] applications.

There are more expensive dongles in the $25 range but aren't neccesary
unless you care about performance charecteristics.

[1] - http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr

On 05/03/2016 05:15 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
> I am considering the purchase of an USB DVB-T dongle which will work
> with Raspberry Pi (under Raspbian, of course).
> 
> What is the currently recommended model and where can one buy it for a
> good price?
> 
> Thanks,
> --- Omer Zak
> 
> 


From slitt at troubleshooters.com  Wed May  4 01:09:03 2016
From: slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:09:03 -0400
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
Message-ID: <20160503180903.4192c602@mydesk.domain.cxm>

On Tue, 3 May 2016 18:39:41 +0300
Yuval Adam <yuval at y3xz.com> wrote:

> You can find very cheap ones on eBay for ~$8-10.
> The most popular ones are based on the R820T(2) tuner, and perform
> very well.
> Also suitable for RTL-SDR [1] applications.
> 
> There are more expensive dongles in the $25 range but aren't neccesary
> unless you care about performance charecteristics.
> 
> [1] - http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr

All the boards on that list have frequency ranges that start at 24Mhz
or higher. I'd like one that goes from 0.5-30Mhz.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
April 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21


From yuval at y3xz.com  Wed May  4 09:28:26 2016
From: yuval at y3xz.com (Yuval Adam)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:28:26 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <20160503180903.4192c602@mydesk.domain.cxm>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160503180903.4192c602@mydesk.domain.cxm>
Message-ID: <c2d650ec-eb63-9f6f-020c-89ccea2b89c8@y3xz.com>



On 05/04/2016 01:09 AM, Steve Litt wrote:

> All the boards on that list have frequency ranges that start at 24Mhz
> or higher. I'd like one that goes from 0.5-30Mhz.
> 

You're asking for a lot from a $10 dongle. Even the upper tier SDR
boards (HackRF, BladeRF) don't go down to HF freqs, not even close actually.
For HF you'll need an upconverter, or dedicated hardware.
That said, there are also direct sampling hacks [1] that will enable
rudimentary HF support on an RTlSDR.

[1] -
http://www.rtl-sdr.com/an-interesting-rtl-sdr-direct-sampling-modification/


From shlomo.solomon at gmail.com  Wed May  4 09:55:26 2016
From: shlomo.solomon at gmail.com (Shlomo Solomon)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:55:26 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
Message-ID: <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>

Is there any way to know if these cheap ones support Linux and/or
Raspberry PI? As far as I could see none of them specifically mention
Linux and many state which Windows versions are supported - but again
with no mention of Linux.

On Tue, 3 May 2016 18:39:41 +0300
Yuval Adam <yuval at y3xz.com> wrote:

> You can find very cheap ones on eBay for ~$8-10.
> The most popular ones are based on the R820T(2) tuner, and perform
> very well.
> Also suitable for RTL-SDR [1] applications.
> 
> There are more expensive dongles in the $25 range but aren't neccesary
> unless you care about performance charecteristics.
> 
> [1] - http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr
> 
> On 05/03/2016 05:15 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
> > I am considering the purchase of an USB DVB-T dongle which will work
> > with Raspberry Pi (under Raspbian, of course).
> > 
> > What is the currently recommended model and where can one buy it
> > for a good price?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > --- Omer Zak
> > 
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-il mailing list
> Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il
> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il



-- 
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http://the-solomons.net
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From yuval at y3xz.com  Wed May  4 10:00:15 2016
From: yuval at y3xz.com (Yuval Adam)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 10:00:15 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
Message-ID: <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>



On 05/04/2016 09:55 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> Is there any way to know if these cheap ones support Linux and/or
> Raspberry PI? As far as I could see none of them specifically mention
> Linux and many state which Windows versions are supported - but again
> with no mention of Linux.
> 

All the RTL2832-based dongles are well supported on Linux via the
dvb_usb_rtl28xxu driver.
Due to extremely popular demand, pretty much all the dongles on eBay are
R820T/RTL2832-based (former is the tuner chip, latter is the hardware
decoder chip)


From geoffreymendelson at gmail.com  Wed May  4 10:47:00 2016
From: geoffreymendelson at gmail.com (geoffrey mendelson)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 10:47:00 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
 <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
Message-ID: <7db22ae3-9437-2d5c-4fad-5a1d0c91b4ff@gmail.com>

On 5/4/2016 10:00 AM, Yuval Adam wrote:
>
> All the RTL2832-based dongles are well supported on Linux via the
> dvb_usb_rtl28xxu driver.
> Due to extremely popular demand, pretty much all the dongles on eBay are
> R820T/RTL2832-based (former is the tuner chip, latter is the hardware
> decoder chip)
>
>
BTW, the R stands for Rafael, a division of IAI, which is  owned by the 
Israeli government.


Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.

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From yuval at y3xz.com  Wed May  4 10:51:01 2016
From: yuval at y3xz.com (Yuval Adam)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 10:51:01 +0300
Subject: Up-to-date hardware recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?
In-Reply-To: <7db22ae3-9437-2d5c-4fad-5a1d0c91b4ff@gmail.com>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
 <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
 <7db22ae3-9437-2d5c-4fad-5a1d0c91b4ff@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a4c11c00-eb61-f803-9f76-b9c9a8ef2b7b@y3xz.com>

On 05/04/2016 10:47 AM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:

> BTW, the R stands for Rafael, a division of IAI, which is  owned by the
> Israeli government.

Are you sure this is the same rafael? http://www.rafaelmicro.com/


From borissh1983 at gmail.com  Mon May 16 17:56:39 2016
From: borissh1983 at gmail.com (borissh1983 at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 17:56:39 +0300
Subject: Fwd: =?UTF-8?B?16fXqNeZ15DXlCDXnNeU16jXpteQ15XXqiAtINeQ15XXkteV16HXmCDXpNeg15LXldeV15nXnw==?=
Message-ID: <4149229.IUpfehOhts@midgard>

Apologies for cross posting , but I didn't see it here . 

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From borissh1983 at gmail.com  Sun May 22 10:35:03 2016
From: borissh1983 at gmail.com (borissh1983 at gmail.com)
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 10:35:03 +0300
Subject: Hamakor calendar
Message-ID: <1994927.ONhdto8kDE@midgard>

Hi all,

I don't know if many know or not , but there is a FOSS related calendar at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/board%40hamakor.org.il/public/basic.ics
I think it could be good place to share FOSS events in addition to whatever one used before.

It's an vcalendar without any auth so you can simply include it in your own Google calendar,  download it via wget or use it from your favorite calendar app.  


From dotan at shavitos.com  Mon May 23 09:12:57 2016
From: dotan at shavitos.com (=?UTF-8?Q?=D7=93=D7=95=D7=AA=D7=9F_=D7=A9=D7=91=D7=99=D7=98?=)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 09:12:57 +0300
Subject: Hardware setup and support - recommendation
Message-ID: <acdbc27f73fe81cdefa363e39fd67ed6@integritymeter.com>

 

Hi all, 

I'm looking for a recommendation for a supplier of hardware setup and
support. 
Requirements: 
Setup ~ 5 computers, some connected to the internet and some on an
isolated network. 
Setup of a backup procedure. 
24/7 maintenance and support. 

Thanks,
Dotan 
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From w1 at zak.co.il  Wed May 25 23:04:49 2016
From: w1 at zak.co.il (Omer Zak)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 23:04:49 +0300
Subject: Using DVB-T on Raspberry Pi (was: Re: Up-to-date hardware
 recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?)
In-Reply-To: <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
 <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
Message-ID: <1464206689.32245.47.camel@zak.co.il>

Few weeks ago I asked about recommendations for a USB DVB-T dongle.
Meanwhile I ordered and received DVB-T+DAB+FM D037C-04.

Now the task is to make it work with Raspberry Pi using Raspbian.

According to the link
http://askubuntu.com/questions/20204/which-application-do-you-recommend-for-watching-tv-dvb
people recommend: vlc, kaffeine
the following were mentioned, too: totem, gxine, mplayer

The link
http://www.howtoeverything.net/linux/hardware/making-dvb-usb-sticks-and-other-tv-cards-work-linux
(Making DVB-USB-Sticks and other TV cards work with Linux)
recommends to install kaffeine and libxine1-all-plugins
Raspbian has libxine2-all-plugins instead.

My experience was that the Raspbian installation (most up-to-date Jessie
one) recognized the device without the need to install anything further.

I got stuck at failing to find any channels when scanning. Not known
whether it's a problem of bad reception or another problem.

--- Omer


-- 
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walking turd.
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From govershay at gmail.com  Thu May 26 00:06:16 2016
From: govershay at gmail.com (Shay Gover)
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:06:16 +0300
Subject: Using DVB-T on Raspberry Pi (was: Re: Up-to-date hardware
 recommendation (this time, USB DVB-T dongle)?)
In-Reply-To: <1464206689.32245.47.camel@zak.co.il>
References: <1462284944.23229.69.camel@zak.co.il>
 <a7c554ec-0040-d9e1-1a75-cbb532c82bcc@y3xz.com>
 <20160504095526.056d2780@shlomo1.solomon>
 <cf7704be-4a3c-65bd-c9eb-62de6e7c592d@y3xz.com>
 <1464206689.32245.47.camel@zak.co.il>
Message-ID: <CANM5d8coX+vMGDFfbg-uEiA6ouh2cSq2tL1KsPCgqzg=r-s2Vg@mail.gmail.com>

You can check if it's reception by taking it to work (Where you'll probably
have a usb for power and a monitor).

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:

> Few weeks ago I asked about recommendations for a USB DVB-T dongle.
> Meanwhile I ordered and received DVB-T+DAB+FM D037C-04.
>
> Now the task is to make it work with Raspberry Pi using Raspbian.
>
> According to the link
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/20204/which-application-do-you-recommend-for-watching-tv-dvb
> people recommend: vlc, kaffeine
> the following were mentioned, too: totem, gxine, mplayer
>
> The link
>
> http://www.howtoeverything.net/linux/hardware/making-dvb-usb-sticks-and-other-tv-cards-work-linux
> (Making DVB-USB-Sticks and other TV cards work with Linux)
> recommends to install kaffeine and libxine1-all-plugins
> Raspbian has libxine2-all-plugins instead.
>
> My experience was that the Raspbian installation (most up-to-date Jessie
> one) recognized the device without the need to install anything further.
>
> I got stuck at failing to find any channels when scanning. Not known
> whether it's a problem of bad reception or another problem.
>
> --- Omer
>
>
> --
> For the average human female, a cockroach is merely another name for a
> walking turd.
> My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/
>
> My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone.
> They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which
> I may be affiliated in any way.
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>
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