FW: EKEN GT10X Tablet

[William Fenn]

Google Play has the application and the driver.  All you have to do is
install them on your android device after you use the search term "SDR"..

 

Bill

N4TS

 

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From: tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org
[mailto:tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Alex Fraser
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 3:34 PM
To: Tacos
Subject: Re: EKEN GT10X Tablet

 

What Android drivers did you use with the dongle? 
Is the Google Play store available on the tablet?
A lot of Chinese gear  use different brand names, but the actual gizmo is
actually from a larger company.  One is Changjiang.  I think another is
Hongjiayuan.  I viewed the Eken "About us" link on their page.  It's pretty
good with a  Google map of their HQ location.  It says they are vertically
integrated, which I think means they don't have anything against tall
people...
Nearby bus stops are shown on the map which when you click on them show the
schedules in Chinese.  Backing out on the map shows that the HQ is near the
coast.  Didn't the US just send an aircraft carrier out that way over China
expanding its air control over the South China Sea?  I wonder if that will
affect prices of the Tablets?

On 12/30/2013 4:58 PM, fgentges at mindspring.com wrote: 

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 
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