[amsat-bb] Well I've finally joined the 21st century.

[Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL]

At 03:35 PM 8/4/2018 +0000, howied231 at hotmail.com wrote:
>Welcome to the new century Vince. One of the first things you need to do 
>with your  new smartphone is to get one of those shock absorbing cases to 
>prevent the screen from cracking, not from dropping it but from throwing 
>it in frustration 😊
>
>I have used my Android phone (Blackberry Priv) with an RTL-SDR Dongle 
>using both SDRoid and SDRTouch  and it works as good as when I use the 
>dongle on any other computer. You need to make sure the phone supports USB 
>On-The-Go so that he phone can act as a USB host. You will also need an 
>OTG (On-The-Go) adapter cable. This plugs into the  micro USD port on the 
>phone and provides a standard USB jack. It also has special connections on 
>the USB micro connector to signal the phone to  swith to host mode. You 
>can find these on ebay and other similar places for a few  dollars.
>
>Howie
>AB2S


Thanks to everyone for the info on apps and recommendations. My
phone is an: 'LG G7 ThinQ.'  I'm doing some searching now to see
if it can USB on-the-go.  If it can, I'll need as SDR dongle too.

Fingers crossed.

73
KB7ADL