Being in complete radio noise quietness is bliss . I mostly only do QRP portable on HF these days , because I can ' t stand the noise on HF where I live a city . Out in the countryside you can sometimes wonder of you have even connected an antenna , and go nearly deaf , once a signal comes in , because you ' ve turned up the volume too much . It has me almost convinced to move out in the middle of nowhere . So yeah RTLSDR is a nice entry tool , but HF is where all the fun is it , in my opinion And be grateful that you don ' t have to deal with all sorts of noise . <| sep |> Last weekends 2 free lines were for basically everyone . Not all deals will benefit everyone . What is Verizon or ATT giving away ? <| sep |> GO PLAY YOUR FLUTE