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GOOGLE PLAY STORE.  IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE FM BAND APPEAR, THEN YOUR
TABLET/SMARTPHONE IS NOT COMPATIBLE.  NEXT, DETERMINE THE IF FREQUENCY OF
YOUR RECEIVER OR TRANSCEIVER TO FIND OUT IF YOU NEED AN UPCONVERTER.  MY
TEN TEC EAGLES IF IS 9 MHZ AND IS PROVIDED AT AN RCA CONNECTOR LABELED AUX
1 AT THE BACK PANEL.  OTHER RIGS MAY HAVE THE IF SIGNAL PROVIDED ELSEWHERE.
IF THE IF SIGNAL IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER, YOU WILL HAVE TO
DETER MINE WHERE TO TAP INTO THE RIG.  PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL I ASSUME NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR WORK.  I SUGGEST USING A LENGTH OF RG 174 COAX TO
GET THE SIGNAL OUTSIDE THE ENCLOSURE.  SOME MODERN RIGS HAVE A FIRST IF OF
65 MHZ.  IF YOUR RIG HAS A HIGH IF THAT THE SDR CAN TUNE ABOVE
APPROXIMATELY 30 MHZ YOU MAY NOT NEED AN UPCONVERTER.  IF YOU NEED AN
UPCONVERTER TO SHIFT THE IF UP INTO A RANGE THAT THE SDR CAN TUNE, MAKE
SURE ITS LOCAL OSCILLATOR LO IS 125 MHZ, NOT 100 MHZ.  WITH A 100 MHZ LO,
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