Reddit reviews uxcell F Type Female to SMA Male Coaxial Cable Adapter Connector Silver Tone
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Product Name : SMA RF Coax Connector;ConnectorType : F Type Female to SMA MaleMaterial : Metal;Color : Silver ToneDimension : 2.6 x 1.1cm/ 1" x 0.4"(L*D)Weight : 9gPackage Content : 1 x F Type Female to SMA Male Connector
I have the adapter below and I use 50ohm home coax for all of the antennas that I make. If I find something really interesting that I want to look at closer and I'm not getting a good enough signal with my pizza pan antenna, I will make a simple ground plane antenna for that specific frequency. It consists of 4 1/4 wavelength elements. Three are soldered onto a penny, evenly spaced out at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. I then use a drill and tap the size and threading of a F type barrel and screw the penny onto the barrel and orient it vertically. I have an old slide projector that I took the screen off that extends to about 7.5 feet at the top. The fourth element goes into the center pin of the barrel.
Find a good ruler. I have a short and thin stainless steel ruler that I got from Harbor freight years ago that works great.
When I am cutting my elements I prefer to leave them a little long and then measure & trim them after they are soldered into place. An element off my a few tenths of a millimetre can produce a surprising amount of noise when you've got the gain turned up.
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https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Female-Coaxial-Adapter-Connector/dp/B016FCLM3K/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1491424622&sr=8-16&keywords=sma+to+f+type
I personally have the nooelec NESDR dongle (Wanted the v3 dongle but it was sold out when I bought mine). Either will work well. My nooelec dongle came with a much heavier gauge cable for the magnet mount antenna than my buddies v3 dongle. However the v3 dongle has an integrated bias tee that can power a LNA while the nooelec dongle does not. Which will probably be the next thing you buy after the bug fully bites you ha ha ha.
http://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/
The rtl-sdr.com brand rtlsdrs are one of the best on the market. Coax Colinears are also very easy to make. Get an F-type to SMA adapter and hook everything up with common CATV RG6 from the hardware store and you're all set.