EKEN GT10X Tablet

[fgentges at mindspring.com]

Bill Fenn, N4TS, showed up with a new tablet computer that looked really 
promising so I went over to Microcenter and also got one.  It is the 
Eken GT10X.

It is Android based, has a 10.1 inch screen and has a lot of 
capabilities starting with a WiFi connection.  You can find info at:

eken.com

He and I were successful installing an Android driver for the RTL-SDR 
dongle giving a VHF/UHF receiver.  Adding a $10 purchase we got a 
software upgrade that displays the spectrum.  It is very nice.  The 
dongle we used is the Software Radio USB DVB-T RTL2832U found on eBay 
for under $10 and ships from China.

While your at it buy one of the adapter connectors that let you connect 
your better antennas into the the dongle.  You will spend almost as much 
for the adapter as you do for the dongle.  Your alternative is to clip 
off the cable and add a connector.

There is a review on Youtube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py4sO-gXHrU

The review is along the lines of a game player but it also covers the 
rest of it.

I see the tablet in the Microcenter catalog for January so it looks like 
these are not a one-time-good-deal but will become a regular item.  The 
price is $79.99 which makes it a bargain.  For now you cannot buy 
on-line but must go into the store.  I suspect that will change before 
long.  Meantime, I would be happy to pick up one for those of you 
outside their store areas.

Let us know what kind of experience you have had with one of these and 
any new tips about using it.  It should do a lot of ham radio kind of work.

Frank K0BRA