The RTL-SDR Blog V4 has been a very popular product that we released back in August 2023. Back then, it was released as a 'limited edition' product because the Blog V4 relied on the Rafael R828D chip, which Rafael Micro no longer produces. We did have access to a large stockpile that we calculated could give us about a year of sales. As 2024 approached, we were very lucky that our contract manufacturing partner was able to secure a new large stockpile, which has brought us to where we are now. Unfortunately, this stockpile has now been exhausted, and as
  • Gsus4@mander.xyz
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    il y a 2 jours

    So what is the next best thing if you want to do SW? Or is it better to somehow wait for the V5? Even if the V4s were somehow a serendipitous use of a type of TV tuner that is out of production now…

    • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioOP
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      il y a 2 jours

      Good question.

      I’m not sure if anyone has created a list. There’s several Wikipedia articles about SDR, including comparison lists, but AFAIK they don’t have pricing information.

  • PixeIOrange@lemmy.world
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    il y a 2 mois

    “however, we have just confirmed that the last R828D chips that we could possibly obtain were all faulty in some way”

    Oh noooo 😞 time for V5!