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HARDWARE IS UP TO THE TASK.  HDSDR MUST WORK ON YOUR PC WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS.
SDR TOUCH NEEDS TO WORK WITH YOUR TABLET OR SMARTPHONE.  THE AUTHOR OF SDR
TOUCH PROVIDES A FREE VERSION THAT YOU CAN USE TO MAKE SURE YOUR TABLET OR
SMARTPHONE WORKS WITH THIS SDR AND SOFTWARE.  THE FREE VERSION TUNES ONLY
THE FM BROADCAST BAND FOR 1 MINUTE.  FROM THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE, DOWNLOAD
SDR TOUCH AND THE DRIVER FOR THE SDR RTL2832U INTERFACE.  THE DRIVER
APPEARS NEXT TO SDR TOUCH IN THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE.  AFTER INSTALLING THEM,
TOUCH ON THE SDR TOUCH ICON, THEN THE POWER ON SYMBOL A CIRCLE WITH A
VERTICAL LINE INSIDE.  YOU SHOULD SEE A POP UP REFERRING TO THE RTL2832U
DRIVER, THEN CLICK USE BY DEFAULT AND OK.  IF THE PROGRAM BEGINS RUNNING
THE SPECTRUM AND WATERFALL DISPLAY APPEARS YOU ARE DONE WITH THE TEST, AND
YOU CAN USE JUMP TO SET THE FREQUENCY TO A LOCAL FM STATION TO SEE IT
ACTUALLY WORKING.  YOU GET 60 SECONDS TO TUNE IN A STATION AND LISTEN TO
THE AUDIO TO VERIFY THAT THE TABLET/SMARTPHONE CAN SERVE AS A USB HOST WITH
THE FREE VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE.  ONCE YOU VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING WORKS
WITH THE DEMO VERSION, PURCHASE THE SDR TOUCH KEY FOR ABOUT 10 AT THE
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