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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 995403" data-attributes="member: 176704">CH/ChrisAbout those Blue Ocean dongles, and similar products at that price point because they look interesting for the lower end of the frequency ranges, and so read a few of the reviews on Amazon.com, and those pointed to a few issues with them:- the &quot;MCX&quot; antenna connectors which are on most of the dongles are pretty ropey in most cases and you will probably need an MCX to SMA adapter, and the small supplied antennas are not much use either. There are some units with SMA connectors, but the construction, and the mounting of the SMA connectors can be &quot;suspect&quot;- No front-end filtering, and so lots of off-channel interference seems widely reported- Don't use the supplied s/w (if any), but I expect that you already knew that.Sounds like not bad for the price but not to expect too much for $20-$30, and there are apparently better ones in the $150-$200 range.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 995403, member: 176704"] CH/Chris About those Blue Ocean dongles, and similar products at that price point because they look interesting for the lower end of the frequency ranges, and so read a few of the reviews on Amazon.com, and those pointed to a few issues with them: - the "MCX" antenna connectors which are on most of the dongles are pretty ropey in most cases and you will probably need an MCX to SMA adapter, and the small supplied antennas are not much use either. There are some units with SMA connectors, but the construction, and the mounting of the SMA connectors can be "suspect" - No front-end filtering, and so lots of off-channel interference seems widely reported - Don't use the supplied s/w (if any), but I expect that you already knew that. Sounds like not bad for the price but not to expect too much for $20-$30, and there are apparently better ones in the $150-$200 range. [/QUOTE]

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