How to get started with RTL-SDR (opens in new tab)

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32 pointsroborodent11y ago10 comments

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If you're on windows, I recommend using SDR# instead [1]. It's got a lot cleaner interface, and easily supports running multiple copies simultaneously if you have multiple SDRs you want to use.

http://sdrsharp.com/

darklajid11y ago

"My state doesn't allow Amazon Affiliates"

What is the reason for this? Never stumbled upon a line like that.

pja11y ago

IIRC California[1] ruled that if you were an Amazon Affiliate living in California, then that constituted Amazon having a "Nexus" in the state which would make them liable for sales taxes on all their Californian sales. Rather than have to add sales tax to all their Californian sales, Amazon chose to eliminate all their Californian resident Amazon Affiliates. No doubt the same applies to a number of other states, but I haven’t kept up with the details.

So it’s not really "my state doesn’t allow Amazon Affiliates", more "Amazon took a business decision to not have Amazon Affiliates in my state".

[1] Maybe it was another state, but the principle remains the same.

arfar11y ago

What software is suggested for those running Linux?

bcl11y ago

Give http://gqrx.dk/ a try.

finnn11y ago

http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr#KnownApps

platz11y ago

it's all on http://rtlsdr.org/

colechristensen11y ago

If you're on OS X I've been working on a fork of some homebrew packages [1] which could (and hopefully will soon) be a whole lot better.

There are some good getting started tutorials for using gnuradio [2] which I found very helpful when getting started. For different hardware, they still can be quite useful.

1. https://github.com/cole-christensen/homebrew-rfbrew

2. https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/

est11y ago

Gosh I swear I tried to follow the brew steps to install GNURadio a million times and after hours it always end up stuck in some really weird compilation error which I failed to Google out.

I gave up.

colechristensen11y ago

Me too, I became frustrated enough to try to fix it. My hacks on the upstream succeeded on a fresh install of OS X right before I left on vacation alas with some inaccurately documented steps.

Interested in being a tester? E-mail me (I would be very happy if I could help more than just myself and get some external verification)

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Sanddancer11y ago

If you're on windows, I recommend using SDR# instead [1]. It's got a lot cleaner interface, and easily supports running multiple copies simultaneously if you have multiple SDRs you want to use.

http://sdrsharp.com/

darklajid11y ago

"My state doesn't allow Amazon Affiliates"

What is the reason for this? Never stumbled upon a line like that.

pja11y ago

So it’s not really "my state doesn’t allow Amazon Affiliates", more "Amazon took a business decision to not have Amazon Affiliates in my state".

[1] Maybe it was another state, but the principle remains the same.

arfar11y ago

What software is suggested for those running Linux?

bcl11y ago

Give http://gqrx.dk/ a try.

finnn11y ago

http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr#KnownApps

platz11y ago

it's all on http://rtlsdr.org/

colechristensen11y ago

If you're on OS X I've been working on a fork of some homebrew packages [1] which could (and hopefully will soon) be a whole lot better.

There are some good getting started tutorials for using gnuradio [2] which I found very helpful when getting started. For different hardware, they still can be quite useful.

1. https://github.com/cole-christensen/homebrew-rfbrew

2. https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/

est11y ago

Gosh I swear I tried to follow the brew steps to install GNURadio a million times and after hours it always end up stuck in some really weird compilation error which I failed to Google out.

I gave up.

colechristensen11y ago

Me too, I became frustrated enough to try to fix it. My hacks on the upstream succeeded on a fresh install of OS X right before I left on vacation alas with some inaccurately documented steps.

Interested in being a tester? E-mail me (I would be very happy if I could help more than just myself and get some external verification)

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