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sdr.md

SDR Topics

Software Defined Radio

Link to software:

Good page with description:

http://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/

Some packages

  • HDSDR (Win)
  • SDRDX (Multi platform). Supports RTL and Funcube, Andrus, Peaberry/Softrock and AFEDRI SDRs (not so good)
  • GQRX (Win Mac)
  • sdr-radio.com

Books:

The Hobbyist's Guide to the RTL-SDR

Hardware

Fun cube Dongle Pro+ V2

www.funcubedongle.com/ Freq: 150kHz to 260MHz and 410MHz to 2.05GHz

RTL-SDR based dongles

NESDR XTR+ http://www.amazon.de/dp/B014OH57S4 Frequency: 55MHz-2300MHz, with a gap near 1100-1200MHz USB: RTL2832U Tuner: R820T2 Connector: MCX Comment: performs better < 450 MHz range compared to RT820T2 Connector: MCX Comment: modifiable for HF band

NESDR Nano 2 http://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/nesdr-nano2-plus.html http://www.amazon.de/dp/B018PUYPCA Freq: 25-1750 USB: RTL2832U Tuner: R820T2 Connector: MCX

NESDR Mini 2+ http://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr/nesdr-mini-2-plus.html http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VZ1AWQA Freq: 25-1750 USB: RTL2832U Tuner: R820T2 Connector: MCX Comment: modifiable for HF band

Installation under mac:

sudo port install rtl-sdr sox gqrx gr-osmosdr usbutils gnuradio gnuradio-devel

some additional hints:

http://kmkeen.com/rtl-demod-guide/

Test the installation and listen to music:

rtl_test -t
rtl_fm -M wbfm -f 95.1M | play -r 32k -t raw -e s -b 16 -c 1 -V1 -

multi channel: https://github.com/ptrkrysik/multi-rtl

Port forwarding using Raspberry

A how to can be found here.

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