[Skimmertalk] Using Skimmer with RTL-Dongle SDR?

[N4ZR]

A couple of years ago I was in touch with some guys who were 
experimenting with a battery of dongles for a multi-band Skimmer 
receiver.  I heard (maybe second-hand) that they dropped the project 
because of difficulties with frequency instability.  Perhaps they read 
this reflector (?) and can correct or clarify.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/11/2018 7:43 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
> Thanks, Bob!  That's exactly what I was hoping to hear.
>
> 73,
> John
> ----
>
> On 01/11/2018 12:25 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>> See http://dxatlas.com/SkimServer/.  The N1GP RTL Dongle is supported 
>> by HermesIntf.dll, the same one we use for the Red Pitaya.
>>
>> See 
>> http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/skimmertalk/2015-March/001481.html 
>> .
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 6:05 AM, John Ackermann N8UR <jra at febo.com 
>> <mailto:jra at febo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     A group of VHF contesters in the Ohio area are looking at the
>>     possibility of using Skimmer and RBN (or something like that) to
>>     monitor the CW and beacon segments of 2M, 222, 432, etc. to generate
>>     propagation information.  We're now looking at the hardware options.
>>
>>     It seems as though the inexpensive RTL-Dongle devices would be good
>>     for this application.  Has anyone looked into interfacing them to
>>     Skimmer?
>>
>>     If not, has anyone looked into this issue and come up with a
>>     different solution for VHF monitoring?
>>
>>     One possibility is using a Red Pitaya with VHF converters in front,
>>     but that adds hardware complexity and cost.  We'll take that route
>>     if there's no other reasonable alternative.
>>
>>     Thanks!
>>
>>     73,
>>     John N8UR
>>
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