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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    1 day ago

    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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      1 day ago

      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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    2 months ago

    “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!