[8bitsrule]

I sorely missed the experimental side of the hobby (and the Shack's easy parts access)- always a big kick - after that dropped away.

What's the best place online to plug into what's going on in SDR?

[shermozle]

As mentioned the RTL-SDR group on Reddit is good. You can also play without any hardware (and with better antennas) using online SDRs: http://rx.linkfanel.net/

[jcims]

Also http://websdr.org/

[newman8r]

https://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/ is an active community

You can also search on github for active projects, https://github.com/topics/sdr is a good place to start

I also like to browse https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Signal_Identification_Guide to get ideas for signals to look for

I personally use both rtl-sdr and a HackRF One. The HackRF makers have some pretty good videos on their site https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/

I've built a few basic radios from scratch as well, and the only reason is because the SDR makes it cheap to test and interface with whatever I make. Radio shack may be gone, but any component you could dream of is only a few days away via amazon, etc.

[8bitsrule]

Thanks to you both!