Hi,

After finding settings that I had to change in the options/misc sub 
menu, I am finally able to type in a frequency in the HDSDR software and 
the RTL2832T2 dongle goes there.  The up converter also works , but 
there are several drawbacks to this system.  It overloads very easily.  
That's why the donble works better in the vhf/UHF range where signals 
are more spread out.  Many hams use a SDR dongle as a second receiver to 
turn there computer in to a panadapter.  I wouldn't use it as my main 
receiver.

I do use it to listen to the national weather radio service, the local 
airport ground info frequency and our local repeaters.  There does not 
seem to be a wide band FM mode for broadcast FM but it does have all of 
the other common modes.  The only SDR software that I've found that is 
accessible is the
HDSDR software at
www.hdsdr.com
HTH

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]