SWL My Rig / SetUp

Biography

In the early 90s I bought a simple CB radio and started with a Dirland Europa 1, then a Midland Alan 58e, followed by the the Midland Alan 48+ and 78+.

In 1995 I decided to also buy a scanner with a wide frequency range, it became the Yupiteru MVT-7100, which eventually resulted in listening to some HF conversations.

In the early 2000s I decided to stop the hobby. However, in 2023 an old friend reached out to me, he convinced me to start with Meshtastic. My first node was bought and around the same time I decided to use my RTL-SDR v4 for HF. A Youloop antenna was bought, including a Mini Whip, and here I am as a SWL.

Owner of the Meshtastic Netherlands Community site MeshNet www.meshnet.nl (Dutch) my own personal (node) page on MeshNet MeshNet.NL Meshtastic Netherlands Community.

Equipment

Hardware:

Raspberry Pi 3 + RTL-SDR v3 (VHF/UHF)
Raspberry Pi 3 + RTL-SDR v4 (HF)

ATS-20+ Plus v2
Yupiteru MVT 7100 (Scanner)

For use underway / portable use

TIDradio TD-H3 (RX-Only) (VHF/UHF)
Quansheng UV-K5(8) (RX-Only) (VHF/UHF)
Radtel RT-490 (RX-Only) (VHF/UHF)
Commtel Com 3000 (RX/TX 27MHz / CB Radio (FM))

Antenna's:

Moonraker SKYSCAN DESKTOP (VHF/UHF)
PA0RDT Mini-Whip (HF)
Youloop (HF)
+Some telescopic and other sorts of antennas

Software:

rtl_tcp on both Raspberry Pi's
OpenWebRX+ on a home server

Also active on Meshtastic:

2x Heltec V3 868MHz in a Bender Case
1x Heltec Wireless Stick Lite V3 868MHz
1x Heltec Wireless Stick LiteV3 433MHz

Listening/working on:

70cm, 2m, 10m, 12m, 15m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 80m

73's!
PA11674SWL