diff --git a/src/tuner_r82xx.c b/src/tuner_r82xx.c
index 1510fc3..dbdf4e9 100644
--- a/src/tuner_r82xx.c
+++ b/src/tuner_r82xx.c
@@ -458,7 +458,10 @@ static int r82xx_set_pll(struct r82xx_priv *priv, uint32_t freq)
 		return rc;
 
 	/* set VCO current = 100 */
-	rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x80, 0xe0);
+	/* rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x80, 0xe0); */
+
+	/* RTL-SDR Blog Modification: Set VCO current to MAX */
+	rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x06, 0xff);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -550,7 +553,9 @@ static int r82xx_set_pll(struct r82xx_priv *priv, uint32_t freq)
 
 		if (!i) {
 			/* Didn't lock. Increase VCO current */
-			rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x60, 0xe0);
+			/* rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x60, 0xe0); */
+			/* RTL-SDR Blog Hack: Set max current */
+			rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x12, 0x06, 0xff);
 			if (rc < 0)
 				return rc;
 		}
@@ -673,6 +678,10 @@ static int r82xx_sysfreq_sel(struct r82xx_priv *priv, uint32_t freq,
 	rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x11, cp_cur, 0x38);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
+
+	/* RTL-SDR Blog Hack. Improve L-band performance by setting PLL drop out to 2.0v */
+        div_buf_cur = 0xa0;
+
 	rc = r82xx_write_reg_mask(priv, 0x17, div_buf_cur, 0x30);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;