I should mention that I've tried listening for the oscillator frequency 
produced by the SDR dongle and have also transmitted on the frequency 
the dongle was tuned to.  That's why I think that I might have a dead 
SDR Dongle.

Yesterday, I heard of a DStar hotspot in a dongle, but I haven't checked 
it out yet.

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

On 4/12/2015 11:49 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman]\\` wrote:
> Bob, keep me posted on your progress. SDR accessibility is another area of
> interest to us. It is definitely the way of the future; in fact, the future
> is already here! <smile>
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tinney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; blind ham radio operators
> Subject: Re: SDR
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I have made some progress, but I'm still having problems.  At first, my
> Windows 8.1 computer refused to recognize the SDR dongle.  Even though the
> dongle showed up in the device manager, the HDSDR software refused to open
> the dongle.
>
> I finally realized that the dongle had broken my webcam software.  I
> unpluged the camera and reinstalled the dongle and DLL file and sucess,
> HDSDR now ccan open the SDR dongle.
>
> Here is the problem, I still haven't heard a single RF signal. HDSDR
> software is accessible and I can change listening modes and frequencies, but
> so far no segar!
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>