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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
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For full product details and specifications, please visit the product page at nooelec.com

Included:

Ham It Up v1.3 upconverter, assembled in black aluminum enclosure
NESDR SMArt SDR bundle including custom antenna base w/ low-loss RG-58 cable & 3 antenna masts
Balun One Nine antenna balun for longwire and dipole HF antennas
Male SMA to male SMA pigtail cable, 15cm, w/ RG-316 cable
Male SMA to male SMA barrel adapter
Male SMA to female F-connector (US TV connector) adapter
Male SMA to female Belling-Lee (EU TV connector) "PAL" adapter
Ham It Up Operation:
- Connect your antenna to the RF input
- Connect your SDR to the IF output
- Ensure your toggle switch is in the enable position
- Plug your USB power source into the USB-B USB jack
- Fire up your favorite SDR software. Tune to 125MHz + (+/- the tuning offset from the tuning procedure) + your desired frequency and enjoy!

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Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 30 x 23 x 4 cm; 321 g
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ 24 July 2017
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ NooElec Inc.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0747PX3NZ
Item model number ‏ : ‎ NooElec NESDR SMArt HF Bundle
Country of origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Guaranteed software updates until ‏ : ‎ unknown

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Customers find the tuner to work well with Raspberry Pi and is a good starter kit for beginners. They find it good value for money and an excellent introduction to SDR. However, some customers report issues with the dongle running hot.

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13 customers mention ‘Functionality’10 positive3 negative

Customers like the tuner's functionality. It works well with a decent antenna and is a great device to work with. The packaging was perfect.

"...it up box" because I wanted access to the ham bands.... and it works really well.... with a decient antena....and when you have figured out that..." Read more

"...Still, at time of writing everything else is working fine, and in the space of a long, sometimes exasperating but ultimately rewarding, weekend I've..." Read more

"...on software etc depending on what you want to use it for, but performing very well for me" Read more

"...Come with good extras like the long wire balun. The other antennas are quite poor tho and not obvious what they are for" Read more

10 customers mention ‘Kit quality’10 positive0 negative

Customers like the kit quality. They say it's a good piece of kit, an excellent SDR kit, and a nice little starter kit for VHF/UHF/HF SDR.

"...All in all.... a good piece of kit.... have to say though...the dongle does run a little hot for my likings ...... but so far so good...." Read more

"This is a very nice little starter kit for VHF/UHF/HF SDR...." Read more

"Nice bit of kit. Going to take a while to learn the in's and out's but it's a learning curve. Few good videos on YouTube to help get you set up...." Read more

"Good piece of kit once you decide which software to use it with...." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Value for money’7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value for money. They say it's a good radio for the price, a cheap entry into SDR, and has excellent performance for the price.

"...Not any more. Not only are kits like this inexpensive for what they deliver, the availability of software like Spyserver combined with a cheap..." Read more

"...It doesn't receive as well as a proper radio bit good for the money. Come with good extras like the long wire balun...." Read more

"excellent performance for the price." Read more

"Superb kit and value for money..." Read more

3 customers mention ‘Learning curve’3 positive0 negative

Customers find the tuner a good way to start learning about SDR. They say it's a great way to connect to an existing antenna.

"...Going to take a while to learn the in's and out's but it's a learning curve. Few good videos on YouTube to help get you set up...." Read more

"...to know what's going on out there on the airwaves this a great way to start to learn. Good little kit and all solid parts. Enjoy!" Read more

"Great way to get into sdr , connect it up to your existing antenna for even better perfomance ." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Instruction manual’0 positive7 negative

Customers find the product complex to operate and the software difficult to use. They mention that the setup is messy with cables. There is a steep learning curve and you need to be computer-literate to get the best performance from this device.

"...even armed with some prior knowledge and research there is a very steep learning curve with this gear as various other reviews both positive and..." Read more

"...It is not supplied with any instructions just a link to the drivers...." Read more

"...if it wasn't for youtube I wouldn't have worked it out also no instructions at all" Read more

"...Also some software is complicated to add the 125mhz offset required for the converter. Receiver gets very hot too...." Read more

3 customers mention ‘Hf’0 positive3 negative

Customers dislike the HF tuner. They say the dongle runs a little hot for their likings.

"...in all.... a good piece of kit.... have to say though...the dongle does run a little hot for my likings ...... but so far so good...." Read more

"...The VHF/UHF dongle gets quite warm which is normal but you have to remember all that power going to make that little dongle hot is travelling..." Read more

"...Receiver gets very hot too. It doesn't receive as well as a proper radio bit good for the money. Come with good extras like the long wire balun...." Read more

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alfie thackery
Hmmmm !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2018
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Great little device.... some assembly instructions would have been nice but youtube had all the answers. In my opinion the manufacturer would do well to include some freeware just so folks could get it up and running right away and not have to spend hours searching the internet but once you have it sorted out its a great device to work with.
I opted for the whole bundle to include the "Ham it up box" because I wanted access to the ham bands.... and it works really well.... with a decient antena....and when you have figured out that you have to modify the software to operate on those frequencies.
All in all.... a good piece of kit.... have to say though...the dongle does run a little hot for my likings ...... but so far so good.
Ariel wise..... depends largely on your location... if you can erect an outside ariel....DO SO !!.... unfortunately I am stuck with indoor ariels but with a little research on youtube I was able to construct a really good sensitive unit that does the job nicely.....spend some time researching ariels and how they work .... it will pay off and you will end up with a neat little dongle that turns into a powerfull and versitile srd radio.

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KevR
Impressive kit let down very slightly by a dodgy pigtail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2021
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This is a very nice little starter kit for VHF/UHF/HF SDR.

Over the years I've looked for various ways to combine my old late 1980s/early 1990s hobby of scanning and SWLing with my lifetime love of computers, but all the solutions were either technically problematic (powerful computers and sensitive receivers aren't the best of friends) or ridiculously costly.

Not any more. Not only are kits like this inexpensive for what they deliver, the availability of software like Spyserver combined with a cheap Raspberry Pi or similar allows you to keep all the RF stuff far away from the electromagnetic maelstrom of the desktop computer, and just enjoy the experience of dipping in and out of nearly 2GHz of spectrum from the comfort of your favourite office chair. I've been waiting 30 years for this.

Make no mistake, even armed with some prior knowledge and research there is a very steep learning curve with this gear as various other reviews both positive and negative will testify. Even if you follow all of the FAQs and YouTube tutorials and dedicate fifty browser tabs to searching, there may be times when you come unstuck. I certainly did. But if you have a decent grounding (pardon the pun) in radio and computer technology and aren't afraid to tinker and search, you will be rewarded. The hardware and software will do pretty much anything you ask of it, as long as you ask in the right way...

The only operational gripe is having to swap between my exterior HF and wideband antennas when switching the Ham-It-Up's conversion on or off. This isn't the hardware's fault of course, just a consequence of the very different requirements of HF, but it's worth noting as it's obviously one of the few things that can't be done in software. It's especially annoying if your hardware is remote from your workstation. At some point I'm almost certainly going to buy a second one of these, dongle only, so I can dedicate it permanently to the HF bands and just switch sources in SDR# which has fast become my software of choice.

The only thing that makes me question the long-term quality of this kit (hence the one-star drop; it would only drop half a star if I could) is that one of the centre pins of the pigtail connector broke off in the dongle the first time I removed it. It wasn't the end of the world -- it turned out I didn't need the pigtail and I was able to easily remove the errant pin from the dongle's socket -- but it gave me pause to think about other possible quality issues. SMA aren't always the most robust connectors in the world, but I'd expect even the poorest connector to survive more than one insertion.

Still, at time of writing everything else is working fine, and in the space of a long, sometimes exasperating but ultimately rewarding, weekend I've gone from knowing next to nothing about SDR to having the sort of PC-based wideband receiving setup I've been dreaming about for decades. Isn't technology wonderful?

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Edward A.
Superb kit and value for money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2020
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The kit arrived and the same day I attached it to my Android Phone, jumped in the car and minutes later was receiving ADSB signals from aircraft up to 170 miles away. A further 5 minutes later I was listening to Shanwick on HF USB. The only tiny issue is that the aerial proved for ADSB is great but there is no HF aerial provided and I am struggling to find a suitable aerial for good HF reception. However an old VHF mag-mount is doing a reasonable job.

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Steve
Nice bit of kit for the price.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2019
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Nice bit of kit. Going to take a while to learn the in's and out's but it's a learning curve. Few good videos on YouTube to help get you set up. Still confused about what the two black Aerials are used for but I'm sure I'll work it out in the next week or so.

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Mike
Expensive and not up to it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2018
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I can only comment on the VHF/UHF side of the scanner as the HF converter crashed my computer. I downloaded the drivers and HDSDR software and connected it to a Skyscan loft antenna which works fine with my other radios it pulled in some nice clear stations but nowhere near as sensitive as even my cheapest dedicated radio. It is not supplied with any instructions just a link to the drivers. I had to download a separate DLL file in addition to the HDSDR software in order to get it working at all - no mention of that little gem! for nearly £90 I expect it to work out of the box more or less. The VHF/UHF dongle gets quite warm which is normal but you have to remember all that power going to make that little dongle hot is travelling straight through your USB computer port. There is quite a mess of cables when it is setup which looks unsightly and makes it hard to install into a permanent position. What's needed is one box, one USB cable, one power cable, two antenna sockets and definitely no switches.

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nick
Disappointed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2020
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Had it for around 3 weeks and fallen to bits had to be re- soldered it was doing the job also when you use hamitup you have to keep trying offset to get it working if it wasn't for youtube I wouldn't have worked it out also no instructions at all

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ebbtider
Great piece of kit
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2021
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Need to do a fair bit of research on software etc depending on what you want to use it for, but performing very well for me

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I M.
Good for the price
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2018
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Good piece of kit once you decide which software to use it with. My only complaint is there is only one antenna socket so you have to swap antennas over if you want to switch between vhf and hf operation as well as a little switch to turn the ham it up converter on or off. Also some software is complicated to add the 125mhz offset required for the converter. Receiver gets very hot too. It doesn't receive as well as a proper radio bit good for the money. Come with good extras like the long wire balun. The other antennas are quite poor tho and not obvious what they are for

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Alberto
Excelente para iniciarse
Reviewed in Spain on 26 August 2024
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Un kit impresionante para iniciarse en el mundillo. El ham it up me lleve la sorpresa que es la versión 2.0 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. También viene algún adaptador más que no parece en la foto y cables. Muy bien, súper recomendable al 1000%

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Excelente para iniciarse
Reviewed in Spain on 26 August 2024
Un kit impresionante para iniciarse en el mundillo. El ham it up me lleve la sorpresa que es la versión 2.0 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. También viene algún adaptador más que no parece en la foto y cables. Muy bien, súper recomendable al 1000%

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300cPilot
You need to be willing to tinker!
Reviewed in the United States on 27 September 2020
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This is a great piece of tech and I have barely scratched the surface in its capabilities. It was purchased to be able to listen to FT8 transmissions. In the future it will be used in many ways I can not imagine yet. Please note that a great deal of learning is needed to truly get this thing working how you need it too. Also the infinite levels of tweaking will kill a mere mortal.

First off I would like to point out that after I purchased this I received an email from the seller outlining that the drivers are very important. Thank you to the seller! Follow their directions and it is pretty painless, as long as you are familiar with software installation. If not then Youtube is your friend. This is the first time a vender has warned me ahead of getting their product. The CubicSDR software that they ask you to use, I did not like, but it works. May be fine for you. So far I have settled on using AirSpy SDR, it pipes the audio to a Virtual Cable software and it then sends it to WSJT-X. Just search this on Youtube if you are interested. It seams to display everything I am wanting. Waiting on my cables to hook up my radio. Stinking covid...

I watched a pile of video's and read what I could find before I got this. If there is a better one for the cost, I did not find it. There are more expensive ones that will transmit as well.

Now I want to call out the guy that said you could use 75 ohm TV coax when you are listening only... Well if you tweak it for about 10 hours, sure you can hear something. Maybe even get some FT8 through it. But no you will not like it at all. I'm no rocket surgeon, but I can tell you what I see.

The Ham It Up converter that I received requires a -125,000,000 Shift to be put into the SDR software. It is important, at least in AirSpy that the offset has comma's in it. Even though it shows dots in the menu. This was close to an hour of Googling.

This guy does run hot! So far it has not given out. But I place it where it can get as much air as possible.

Lessons I learned the hard way:
Extend your USB cable before you use a length of cable between the SDR and your antenna. I found that if I had a 16 foot of "China Best RG-58u" in the mix, I received no signals that could be processed for FT8 and mostly noise. The cables and adapters just produced to much loss i guess? The connectors that I received are good. Use a meter to test the ones you get, just to be sure. Cables that you buy need tested as well.

The antenna's that you get, make sure you know which one to use. Bigger is not always better. Look online for an antenna calculator and plug in the frequency you want to hear and it will give you the 1/4 wave length, then setup your antenna accordingly. Look up this kit on youtube and see how to configure the balun for longwire and dipole antennas. This is the only antenna that has worked for me. The others are for wave lengths I'm not interested in yet.

One antenna will not do everything.

I did try using this on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and a Pi 4 2 gig and I found that the cpu was not enough to get rid of clipping in the audio. Pi's are great, but not for this in my mind. The software was running the cpu's at 100%.
I now run it on a Windows 10, i7 . Nothing is lost and it runs at 20% cpu.

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300cPilot

You need to be willing to tinker!
Reviewed in the United States on 27 September 2020
This is a great piece of tech and I have barely scratched the surface in its capabilities. It was purchased to be able to listen to FT8 transmissions. In the future it will be used in many ways I can not imagine yet. Please note that a great deal of learning is needed to truly get this thing working how you need it too. Also the infinite levels of tweaking will kill a mere mortal.

First off I would like to point out that after I purchased this I received an email from the seller outlining that the drivers are very important. Thank you to the seller! Follow their directions and it is pretty painless, as long as you are familiar with software installation. If not then Youtube is your friend. This is the first time a vender has warned me ahead of getting their product. The CubicSDR software that they ask you to use, I did not like, but it works. May be fine for you. So far I have settled on using AirSpy SDR, it pipes the audio to a Virtual Cable software and it then sends it to WSJT-X. Just search this on Youtube if you are interested. It seams to display everything I am wanting. Waiting on my cables to hook up my radio. Stinking covid...

I watched a pile of video's and read what I could find before I got this. If there is a better one for the cost, I did not find it. There are more expensive ones that will transmit as well.

Now I want to call out the guy that said you could use 75 ohm TV coax when you are listening only... Well if you tweak it for about 10 hours, sure you can hear something. Maybe even get some FT8 through it. But no you will not like it at all. I'm no rocket surgeon, but I can tell you what I see.

The Ham It Up converter that I received requires a -125,000,000 Shift to be put into the SDR software. It is important, at least in AirSpy that the offset has comma's in it. Even though it shows dots in the menu. This was close to an hour of Googling.

This guy does run hot! So far it has not given out. But I place it where it can get as much air as possible.

Lessons I learned the hard way:
Extend your USB cable before you use a length of cable between the SDR and your antenna. I found that if I had a 16 foot of "China Best RG-58u" in the mix, I received no signals that could be processed for FT8 and mostly noise. The cables and adapters just produced to much loss i guess? The connectors that I received are good. Use a meter to test the ones you get, just to be sure. Cables that you buy need tested as well.

The antenna's that you get, make sure you know which one to use. Bigger is not always better. Look online for an antenna calculator and plug in the frequency you want to hear and it will give you the 1/4 wave length, then setup your antenna accordingly. Look up this kit on youtube and see how to configure the balun for longwire and dipole antennas. This is the only antenna that has worked for me. The others are for wave lengths I'm not interested in yet.

One antenna will not do everything.

I did try using this on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and a Pi 4 2 gig and I found that the cpu was not enough to get rid of clipping in the audio. Pi's are great, but not for this in my mind. The software was running the cpu's at 100%.
I now run it on a Windows 10, i7 . Nothing is lost and it runs at 20% cpu.

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Reviewed in Canada on 10 April 2018
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This applies to the NooElec NESDR SMArt HF Bundle. I think it's super, but there are some things to watch out for, or order to have a happy experience with this software defined radio. It ships without instructions so watch the YouTube videos on setup first.

The USB device which plugs into the computer is very large and will block adjacent ports. It is large because it consumes a lot of power and is worked hard - and so gets hot. In order to use the Ham it Up device, then a USB (male/female) extension cable is needed, in addition to the USB cable for power to the Ham it Up device. There are YouTube videos on setup. Anyway the NooElec devices have worked well over weeks and have had no issues using good USB cables (which are not provided).

Then there's the dreaded driver issue. When you plug the thing into the USB port of your computer it will recognize the unit right away as a DVB television tuner - which unfortunately is wrong and a case of mistaken identity. Nooelec did provide exact instructions on blacklisting TV drivers for the dvb-128xxu device as well as installing and testing the proper drivers for the device. They also emailed me with a direct link within a few days after I received the device(s). I use Linux, but all distros should have a copy of rtl-sdr in their repositories which will get the correct drivers working. Since that part took minutes, I was shocked at how difficult it was to get programs working since most are packaged only for Ubuntu and Debian Linux.
The solution was to download an ISO of Skywave Linux and use that to make a live DVD/USB. You simply put that into your DVD drive or USB and set the computer to start from DVD or USB first. Then your computer loads the Skywave operating system (based on Ubuntu). All driver issues are settled and HAM programs work. I was amazed at how well everything worked for a new distribution! It was a matter of plugging in the NooElec devices, having them properly detected and working and checking out the programs. When you are done playing, just remove the DVD or USB stick and reboot back in to your regular
system. DO NOT install to computer unless you have an old computer to set up for radio! There are YouTube videos explaining everything step by step.

Overall, I'm very happy with the NooElec bundle and I'm learning lots by using it!

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Reviewed in Italy on 14 September 2019
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Premetto: restituito perché troppo impegnativo (necessario stare davanti al PC per usarlo....e ti rapisce...). Necessità di un'antenna OTTIMA, altrimenti non può essere apprezzato.
Funziona benissimo ed ha un tumore di fondo bassissimo. Sì ricevono onde lunghe, corte, medie e tutta la banda scopre le FM....(antenna specifica per ogni range di frequenza, indispensabile). Funziona con diversi software, ma Airspy e' il più semplice e gestibile. La frequenza e' precisa al millesimo in ogni stazione. Se avessi tempo lo ricomprerei (ho optato per un portatile wifi che riceve in streaming tutte le web radio).

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Vincent Delhez (Belgique)
Bon prix
Reviewed in France on 25 July 2019
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L'ensemble correspond parfaitement au descriptif. Juste un bémol, les antennes sont de basses qualités, un conseil, recherchez l'antenne adéquate par bande de fréquences utilisées. Le Ham it up fonctionne tes bien.

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