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Specifications

	DVB-T	DVB-T2
Input device Interface	Single Transport Stream (TS)	Multiple Transport Stream (MTS) and Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE)
Modes	Constant Coding & Modulation	publisher=DVB consortium\|date=February 2011}}</ref>
Forward Error Correction (FEC)	1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8	Low-density parity-check code(LDPC) + BCH code 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 8/9
	Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)	OFDM
Modulation Schemes	QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM	QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM
	1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32	1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128
Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size	2k, 8k	1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k
Scattered pilot signals	8% of total	1%, 2%, 4%, 8% of total
Continual Pilots	2.6% of total	0.35% of total
Physical Layer Pipes	no	yes

For instance, a UK MFN DVB-T profile (64-QAM, 8k mode, coding rate 2/3, guard interval 1/32) and a DVB-T2 equivalent (256-QAM, 32k, coding rate 3/5, guard interval 1/128) allows for an increase in bit rate from 24.13 Mbit/s to 35.4 Mbit/s (+46.5%). Another example, for an Italian SFN DVB-T profile (64-QAM, 8k, coding rate 2/3, guard interval 1/4) and a DVB-T2 equivalent (256-QAM, 32k, coding rate 3/5, guard interval 1/16), achieves an increase in bit rate from 19.91 Mbit/s to 33.3 Mbit/s (+67%).

http://www.fub.it/public/Morello020408B.pdf Presentation given by Dr. Morello
https://web.archive.org/web/20081112091334/http://www.fub.it/public/Morello020408B.pdf RAI research centre, Rome, 3 April 2008.

Recommended maximum bit-rate configurations for 8 MHz bandwidth, 32K FFT, guard interval 1/128, pilot pattern 7 * http://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3348.pdf title=Frequency and Network Planning Aspects of DVB-T2. Version 2.0

https://web.archive.org/web/20121021030838/http://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3348.pdf

Modu- lation	Code rate	Bitrate (Mbit/s)	Frame length LF	FEC blocks per frame
QPSK	1/2	7.4442731	Template:060	Template:050
	3/5	8.9457325
	2/3	{9.9541201
	3/4	11.197922
	4/5	11.948651
	5/6	12.456553
16-QAM	1/2	15.037432	Template:060	101
	3/5	18.07038
	2/3	20.107323
	3/4	22.619802
	4/5	24.136276
	5/6	25.162236
64-QAM	1/2	22.481705	Template:060	151
	3/5	27.016112
	2/3	30.061443
	3/4	33.817724
	4/5	36.084927
	5/6	37.618789
256-QAM	1/2	30.074863	Template:060	202
	3/5	36.140759
	2/3	40.214645
	3/4	45.239604
	4/5	48.272552
	5/6	50.324472

USB devices

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DVB-T

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T

Compatible devices
VID	PID	tuner	device name
0x0bda	0x2832	all of them	Generic RTL2832U (e.g. hama nano)
0x0bda	0x2838	E4000	ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle
0x0ccd	0x00a9	FC0012	Terratec Cinergy T Stick Black (rev 1)
0x0ccd	0x00b3	FC0013	Terratec NOXON DAB/DAB+ USB dongle (rev 1)
0x0ccd	0x00d3	E4000	Terratec Cinergy T Stick RC (Rev.3)
0x0ccd	0x00e0	E4000	Terratec NOXON DAB/DAB+ USB dongle (rev 2)
0x185b	0x0620	E4000	Compro Videomate U620F
0x185b	0x0650	E4000	Compro Videomate U650F
0x1f4d	0xb803	FC0012	GTek T803
0x1f4d	0xc803	FC0012	Lifeview LV5TDeluxe
0x1b80	0xd3a4	FC0013	Twintech UT-40
0x1d19	0x1101	FC2580	Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (Logilink VG0002A)
0x1d19	0x1102	?	Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0)
0x1d19	0x1103	FC2580	Dexatek Technology Ltd. DK 5217 DVB-T Dongle
0x0458	0x707f	?	Genius TVGo DVB-T03 USB dongle (Ver. B)
0x1b80	0xd393	FC0012	GIGABYTE GT-U7300
0x1b80	0xd394	?	DIKOM USB-DVBT HD
0x1b80	0xd395	FC0012	Peak 102569AGPK
0x1b80	0xd39d	FC0012	SVEON STV20 DVB-T USB & FM

Comparisons with other common Wideband Commercial Software Defined Radios:


SDR	Tune Low (MHz)	Tune Max (MHz)	RX Bandwidth (MHz)	ADC Resolution (Bits)	Transmit?(Yes/No)	Price ($USD)
RTL-SDR (R820T)	24	1766	3.2 / 2.56 Stable	8	No	~20
Funcube Pro+ 0.15 410	260	2050	0.192	16	No	~200
Airspy	24	1800	10	12	No	199
SDRPlay	0.1	2000	8	12	No	149
HackRF	30	6000	20	8	Yes	299
BladeRF	300	3800	40	12	Yes	400 & 650
USRP 1	DC	6000	64	12	Yes	700

references

DVB-T Television and Radio reception

vlc and w_scan

You will need w_scan2 to scan for the new DVB-T2 system channels (which includes the ABC that now uses T2 exclusively):

download

git clone https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/w_scan2

build

./autoconf.sh
./configure
make
make install\

for your convenience I have a Debian tarball of the command
- you can just extract w_scan2/w_scan2 binary that I compiled for Debian 10 if you do not wish to build again

media:w_scan2.tar

make a playlist

w_scan2 -ft -c AU -L > dvbt2.xspf

play via vlc

vlc vbt2.xspf

Various channels will appear in the playlist which you can select via View >> Playlist or Ctl L.

old DVB-T only

If you are only after simple DVB-T or ASC then

apt install vlc
apt install w-scan
w_scan -ft -c [country_code] -L > dvbt.xspf

via capture device
- http://www.izitips.com/software/how-to-watch-dvb-t-with-vlc-media-player/

vlc dvbt.xspf

Various channels will appear in the playlist which you can select via View >> Playlist or Ctl L.

You may find that some channels are not strong enough to be decoded, thus an external LNA may be required to boost the signals.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32974067035.html?spm=a2g0s.12269583.0.0.1abd5c7dBp8qk3

references

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General RX

This area is to be explored later. With an RTL dongle you can make a spectrum analyser, a radio or TV receiver. Its interesting that these devices were designed for Cable TV and are very prolific. They more than likely could benefit from pre-amplifiers.

I would also be possible to adapt other Software Defined Radio hardware.