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r2cloud supports various hardware configurations. Due to limited resources we cannot test any possible combination of hardware components and software versions. So below is the recommended setup which is guaranteed to be working.

Antenna

Discone antenna. Omnidirectional:

• Search on Amazon. Good example
• Alibaba

Cables

PL259 Male to SMA Male. Length should be specific to installation. The shorter cable between antenna and RTL-SDR stick, the better.

• Amazon
• AliExpress

SDR

RTL-SDR

RTL-SDR from rtl-sdr.com has very good characteristics:

• Amazon
• rtl-sdr.com
• AliExpress

PlutoSDR

By default is disabled. See the guide on how to enable.

• Amazon

Raspberrypi

r2cloud supports RaspberryPI: 2,3,3+ and 4 versions. I.e. all with ARMv7 architecture. Check architecture with the command:

cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep ARM

It should output:

model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
...

Some sellers offer full set which includes: raspberrypi, sd card, case, charger.

• AliExpress
• Amazon