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Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+ 0.5PPM TCXO RTL-SDR & ADS-B USB Receiver Set w/Antenna, Mount & Female SMA Adapter. RTL2832U & R820T2 Tuner. Low-Cost Software Defined Radio for Windows, Mac OS & Linux

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  • New! Redesigned for lower noise, better sensitivity and lower power consumption.
  • Design changes include RF-suitable 3.3v power supply with 1/10th of the noise of other SDRs, shielded power inductor for improved EMI rejection, and more!
  • A male MCX to female SMA adapter and strong magentic antenna mount included as standard.
  • R820T2 tuner provides substantial performance improvements over R820T-based devices
  • Full support and service directly through Nooelec!


The NESDR Mini 2+ is tuned for SDR usage, including a high-accuracy, Japanese fabricated, GPS-rated 0.5PPM TCXO crystal; re-designed RF-suitable power supply; and improved capacitors and inductors compared to generic devices. Power consumption has been reduced while improving sensitivity and lowering the noise floor.

A high quality telescopic antenna and strong magnetic mount base included free of charge in order to facilitate a wide variety of antenna mounting options. A free female SMA adapter is also included at no cost for those looking to connect SMA antennas to the NESDR Mini 2+.

The perfect device for learning software defined radio, on the cheap. Amateur radio, ADS-B, police & fire scanning, trunking, satellite images--you name it, this little guy can probably do it. Outperforms many devices 10x its cost!

These units are based on the R820T2 tuner IC made by Rafael Micro. This provides substantial performance improvements over R820T. They have a frequency capability of approximately 25MHz-1750MHz, though this can vary slightly from unit to unit. There is also an RTL2832 (RTL2832U) IC on board of course, which acts as the demodulator and USB interface.

The connector type on the antenna and USB board is MCX--male MCX on the antenna, female MCX on the SDR.

Want HF too? Take a look at the Ham It Up which will allow you to listen all the way down to 100kHz or lower with impeccable sensitivity.


Brian Hankey
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025
The setup instructions are clear and easy to follow, making the process straightforward. Initially, I configured it using a Virtual Machine on my PC, but I later decided to purchase a Raspberry Pi kit for installation. I use it primarily for ADS-B tracking on one of the major flight-tracking websites.
Emmanuel leT
Reviewed in France on April 25, 2024
Le NESDR Mini 2+ 0,5PPM TCXO RTL-SDR et ADS-B USB est un véritable bijou pour les amateurs de radio logicielle et de technologies innovantes. Cette petite clé USB offre une multitude de possibilités et permet d'explorer un large éventail de fréquences radio.Tout d'abord, la qualité de réception est remarquable. La puce TCXO 0,5PPM garantit une stabilité de fréquence exceptionnelle, ce qui permet de capturer les signaux avec une grande précision. Que ce soit pour écouter des stations de radio, suivre des communications de vol avec l'ADS-B ou même surveiller les signaux sans fil, cette clé USB offre des performances exceptionnelles.La facilité d'utilisation est un autre point fort. L'installation est simple et rapide, et le logiciel fourni permet de démarrer rapidement. De plus, la compatibilité avec une large gamme de logiciels de radio logicielle offre une grande flexibilité pour explorer différents aspects de la radio amateur.La clé est également livrée avec une antenne de qualité, ce qui permet de commencer immédiatement à explorer les ondes radio. L'adaptateur inclus est pratique pour connecter la clé à différents types de ports USB, ce qui ajoute à sa polyvalence.
NOGARA PAOLO
Reviewed in Italy on May 14, 2022
Il prodotto è arrivato non funzionante. Infatti dopo avere scaricato il software per PC e collegato la chiavetta alla porta USB, la stessa veniva riconosciuta con un nome diverso da quello spiegato nelle istruzioni di installazione descritte sul sito web di Nooelec. Oltretutto poi non funzionava in abbinamento al software. Dopo innumerevoli peripezie e scambi di mail con Nooelec, e soprattutto dopo avere perso le speranze, mi è arrivata una mail dal produttore, che dopo una serie di indagini a seguito delle mie segnalazioni, mi era stata accordata la sostituzione del prodotto. Infatti poco dopo me ne è arrivata a casa una nuova, stavolta funzionante in tutto e per tutto. Vale comunque la regola (come già detto per altri prodotti del genere), che non si possono certo paragonare le prestazioni di questi SDR, a quelle dei ricevitori di marche e modelli diversi e di tipo professionale. Il suo dovere comunque lo fa.
The Dude
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2021
It’s a fun toy for exploring SDR to see if you like it or not, but it’s nowhere near sensitive enough to pickup weaker signals unless they’re very close.The antenna it ships with is good enough to pick up local radio stations and other relatively powerful transmissions. I was able to pick up at least a dozen FM stations as well as a lot of other transmissions I wasn’t able to make much sense of.For the price I can’t complain, it was fun enough to keep me up late several nights with various antennas searching for signals and listening intently.If you’re curious you should absolutely get one.
Martin
Reviewed in Spain on February 13, 2021
El producto está bien. Muy buen precio por lo que hace. Por la gente que utiliza Windows la instalación no es fácil. Por MAC es muy muy fácil enstalarlo...lo enchufas y bajas el software cubicsdr (que funciona bien pero podría ser más intuitivo)
Tom H.
Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 28, 2020
De hardware van deze stick zou verbeterd zijn tov de oude in omloop zijnde SDR-sticks, ik zie bij werken met deze stick eigenlijk weinig tot geen verschil, maar ik heb hem net dus wellicht dat met meer uitproberen mij het verschil wel duidelijk zal worden. Leuke entry-level SDR-Dongle. wel mooi dat ze een adapterstukje meelevere zodat de antenne ook bruikbaar is op andere dongles met sma-aansluiting.
Molon Labe
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2019
You'll need a few YouTube videos to make this thing works with SDR# but works great. Interesting tool.
TheDealer8
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2016
I purchased two of these NooElec SDR dongles with the intention of monitoring ADS-B broadcasts of over head air traffic and local trunked radio systems. The dongles themselves are well made and work perfectly. The supplies antennas also work surprisingly well across a broad range of frequencies. I was able to pick up ADS-B transmissions from my basement that were over 150 miles away. While this hardware does work well, be warned that the common 3rd party software for this equipment can be very difficult to setup and use. This product also requires an advanced level of understand of both computers and radio equipment/frequencies to use effectively. I was able to finally receive the ADS-B transmissions with significant effort after a couple evenings working on it (using RTL1090 and ADS-B Scope software), but I was never able to get the trunked radio software (Unitrunker) to work.
Evans
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2015
I like it! I use SDR* (this unit in particular with the "HAM IT UP" converter) to spot signals/callers on whatever ham band I'm working at the time - a bit "wimpy" (sensitivity seems to drop off a bit on my module) at the AM radio frequencies and lower - If you want it for VHF and UHF listening it seems perfectly fine (police, fire, weather) I've had some compatibility issues with certain older USB ports - I also have had a bit of trouble getting it to work well with SDR # (again on some older machines and one newer machine) which surprised me a little - BUT since I basically use HDSDR and it worked very well with that, I didn't fight very hard to resolve the SDR # issues on some machines - it is definitely compatible with either SDR program and many others - it works VERY well on both programs on my Lenovo YOGA PRO 2 - it's an eye opening experience for such an inexpensive module to get an insight in to SDR, esp. if you've never beenexposed to SDR before*SDR means software defined radio(on edit 2/14/2016)This unit has totally converted me to SDR - I will be buying some kind of SDR FLEX transceiver system as a result of this unit, but I digress - HF. VHF, UHF, different modes, and then there's aircraft tracking as well - there just doesn't seem to be an end to the things I keep discovering it can do.If you're at all interested in radio modes, sw listening, and can't or don't want to invest a lot of money, this is definitely the way to "get your proverbial feet wet"You definitely want an upconverter though if interested in SW listening or HAM RADIO. (I'm using NooElec's V1.3 unit) This has also become a very important "band preview" device as well. It holds up well in strong transmitter fields. I expected I like it! I use SDR* (this unit in particular with the "HAM IT UP" converter) to spot signals/callers on whatever ham band I'm working at the time - a bit "wimpy" (sensitivity seems to drop off a bit on my module) at the AM radio frequencies and lower - If you want it for VHF and UHF listening it seems perfectly fine (police, fire, weather) I've had some compatibility issues with certain older USB ports - I also have had a bit of trouble getting it to work well with SDR # (again on some older machines and one newer machine) which surprised me a little - BUT since I basically use HDSDR and it worked very well with that, I didn't fight very hard to resolve the SDR # issues on some machines - it is definitely compatible with either SDR program and many others - it works VERY well on both programs on my Lenovo YOGA PRO 2 - it's an eye opening experience for such an inexpensive module to get an insight in to SDR, esp. if you've never beenexposed to SDR before*SDR means software defined radio(on edit 2/14/2016)This unit has totally converted me to SDR - I will be buying some kind of SDR FLEX transceiver system as a result of this unit, but I digress - HF. VHF, UHF, different modes, and then there's aircraft tracking as well - there just doesn't seem to be an end to the things I keep discovering it can do.If you're at all interested in radio modes, sw listening, and can't or don't want to invest a lot of money, this is definitely the way to "get your proverbial feet wet"You definitely want an upconverter though if interested in SW listening or HAM RADIO. This has also become a very important "band preview" device as well. It holds up well in strong transmitter fields. I expected damage at high transmitter power, but so far nothing. It just keeps on ticking! :)I had problems with a WIN 7 install originally. Something was wrong in that original OS. Same machine but upgraded to WIN 10 Pro, and both SDR# and HDSDR work perfectly now. I expected possible damage at high transmitter power, but so far nothing. It just keeps on ticking! :)I had problems with a WIN 7 install originally. Something was wrong in that original OS. Same machine but upgraded to WIN 10 Pro, and both SDR# and HDSDR work perfectly now.What, $20.00 or $25.00 plus the upconverter @approx: $45.00 and you have quite a bit you can do. I really like it for ham radio but recently using the aircraft tracking sw. has really been "enlightening!"
Matt M
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015
I've tried a few of the "cheaper" models out there, they are decent, but drift 30-45PPM error - when this came down in price, I was eager to get one. I've used it on Windows and Linux (both Debian x86 and RaspberryPi ARM) it seems to run well, though I had to manually update the drivers in Windows 10 to make it work (Windows Update reverted them back, I just had to say "pick manually" and click the right one again).NooElec's SDR not only bet but far exceeded my expectations! Mine came with a small telescoping antenna - while not the best, it at least works better than the tiny stub that others include to get started! On top of that, the stability is rock solid with the temperature compensation. I'm left wishing I had put the money toward a another of these instead of the other basic units.One thing worth noting, the error on my unit was 0.6-0.7 PPM error according to "Kalibrate-SDR", slightly above stated spec. More testing is needed to determine if this is "warm up" or fixed, but it seems worth mentioning. I'll take off 1 star (wish I could give it 4.5 star) for that being outside their stated specs, but that is still top-notch.
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