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It's too bad that radio had overheating issues though. And like $200 used on eBay, and extra time, effort, and/or money if you want to upgrade it to handle the heat (there is a guy you can pay $100-200 to replace components with better rated ones and add a fan).

I wish Sony would've improved the design or licensed it to someone else when they left the HD radio market. The Sangean HDT-1X (which I got for about $100 used on eBay) blends stereo to mono extremely agressively on weaker (analog) signals, though reports say it performs similarly to the XDR-F1HD on HD signal weren't for the issues I would spend $200 on it used, though I'm not in that case it would be more like $400 used! If only I'd gotten it for $50 bucks new with the rebate, though I was probably too young to even know what HD radio was at that point.

Exactly! If hd radio is the future, make the technology more accessible. Radio is free for people to listen to, so cue them in with these incentives.

 

[Double A]

Is Nielsen's eCBET PPM encoding part of what is making some Pittsburgh stations sound like crap? I did not know that this was a thing until a couple of days ago.

Portable People Meter - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The XDR-F1HD is one of those famous flukes like the Realistic Minimus 7 speakers. It turned out better than it was supposed to be. I have the Sony XDR-S3HD table radio model that I use for FMdxing. It's got the same tuner without the heat problems. They can be had on eBay for under $100. Of course none of them come with the damn remote.

I just bought one for $80 including shipping on eBay (no remote)! I read that the S3HD has a fan so maybe that will help a bit with the heat issues?

 

[xm41]

I just bought one for $80 including shipping on eBay (no remote)! I read that the S3HD has a fan so maybe that will help a bit with the heat issues?

It's kinda amazing how neither the F1HD or S3HD never have the remotes. If I had my tin foil hat I'd swear it was a conspiracy.

 

[192khz]

Inserting ppm into stations

Go to 4:26 to the sound and different options.

 

[Double A]

Inserting ppm into stations

Go to 4:26 to the sound and different options.

Thanks, exactly the video I was looking for!

 

[Double A]

How do I get the hd sdr software?

Well, I recently got a new laptop so I had to do the install again. Here is exactly what you need: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19CvCF5-XCAnfU7q2CpfkjcrPUS9gBbXa?usp=sharing . Don't waste your time installing the dependencies listed in readme.txt in the nrsc5-gui_1.2.2 folder! Just follow my directions in Instructions.pdf.

Of course you'll need to do initial setup/driver installation for your RTL-SDR USB dongle https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-quick-start-guide/ if you haven't already.

Let me know whether this works for you, as it is possible I left something out. I might try to make a YouTube video of this once I've refined my directions.

 

[Double A]

I might try to make a YouTube video of this once I've refined my directions.

Here it is... a YouTube video for those with an SDR interested in decoding HD radio on their computer:

. These steps worked on several different installation of Windows 10, including a fairly fresh one. Recorded right here in Pittsburgh!