Questions tagged [software-defined-radio]
Radio devices that use digital signal processing in place of analog electronic components to manipulate RF signals.
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What is the most powerful amp for software defined radio?
I am asking if there is a way to get it to hundreds of watts. All of the commerical amps seem to only be a few watts. Who has the most powerful software defined radio setup?
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How is gqrx producing audio?
How exactly is GQRX converting signal in any frequency to produce audio output?
Is it actually done by gqrx or some other element of the stack?
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Scan and identify bluetooth device [closed]
Being a quasi-newbie in this game, I'm trying to identify a device which communicates on 2.4Ghz, a Bluetooth mouse talking to his dongle.
My goal is to identify the MAC address of the device and then ...
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How to send DMR SMS using MMDVM modem or hackrf?
I have a baofeng DMR radio with SMS feature, and since there is not much DMR radio owners in my area I want to do something myself.
The easiest thing I can do I thought is to send myself some SMS as ...
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Most accurate way to measure signal power with (cheap) Spectrum Analyzer
I am using an USRP X310 which is unfortunately not calibrated and the specs given are only very vague.
Hence I would want characterize the device with first-order measurements. Unfortunately I only ...
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Can I use a “bunny ears” TV antenna for RTL-SDR?
I'm trying to get into SDR and was planning on buying an RTL-SDR. For an antenna, I was thinking of using an old set of bunny ears I have lying around. However, I first want to make sure that they'll ...
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DIY SA612 + RTL-SDR HF receiver: good on laptop, but huge wideband noise on Raspberry Pi
I recently built a SA612 mixer for HF reception. I used an USB-frequency oscilator to shift the incoming frequency up by 28.8 MHz.
I used a random wire antenna outside my balcony and connected it to ...
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Shifting frequency outside of the band
In theory when i need to shift some frequency i just multiply that signal by some sin or cos wave with the right frequency and than apply LPF or HPF.
But when there is a wideband complex signal with ...
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Is there any 2.4 GHz tuner ICs for SDR receivers?
I have a hackrf one sdr, which i use to transmit test signals.
I am using ISM bands, so I can omit transmitting my callsign, checking correct sub band (FM, digital) etc.
And one of most interesting ...
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Turning raw APT data into an image
I apologize if this question is a little out of scope for the amateur radio stack exchange but I feel like it fit better here than over in any other forum.
I have successfully parsed raw PCM data out ...
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Gnuradio AM broadcast receiver distorted audio
I have been trying to build a gnuradio AM broadcast receiver, but without success. I have tried a lot of combinations, but all of them produce a very distorted audio. I have an NBFM receiver using the ...
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audio problem with SDR on MacOS
I'm experimenting with SDR on MacOS High Sierra. Trying both CubeSDR and GQRX and experiencing similar issues with both. The applications seem to work, but the audio is choppy and chipmunk-like. ...
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What is the typical latency of a SDR setup running on a desktop computer?
It's well-known that the signal processing of an SDR adds a significantly amount of latency, the SDR software on the computer adds more latency due to data buffering, FFT, decoding, demolutaion, audio ...
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ARRL handbook as a reference for all your radio learning needs?
Looking to take up learning understanding everything from basic electronics to how today's wideband radios work, so that I can build my own radio systems (not just ham radios), and talk radio concepts ...
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Demodulating ISO14443 (part of NFC) using SDR?
I'm looking for info on demodulating both sides of an ISO14443 communication using a cheap SDR, preferably an RTL-SDR (R820T2+RTL2832U). The application is passively monitoring an NFC exchange for ...
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Using dvb-t device as rtl-sdr
I am wondering if I can use that dvb-t device to listen 48-836 mhz?
if it's no, why?
thanks..
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How is a crossed-ellipse display generated from FSK?
What is the algorithm or circuit needed to generate a (vintage?, retro?) crossed-ellipse display from RTTY and/or 2FSK signals?
(as per the (obsolete?) questions in some FCC exam pool)
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Gnuradio loopback flowgraph is not working
I found the below uhd_two_tone_loopback example (which is one of the gnuradio provided examples) and I am trying to run it, it runs but I can't receive signal.
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I mean when I run the program I ...
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Controlling the number of samples
In the below simple qpsk_tx_uhd flowgraph I am trying to create a slider to control the number of samples but got a bit confused with which parameter I should be ...
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Under what circumstances does intermodulation become an issue in a filter after LNA setup?
I'm reading about using software-defined radio for picking up ADS-B signals at 1090MHz. There is this blog which considers (among others) a setup as follows:
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Capturing Bluetooth / WiFi on an SDR
I have a question, right before purchasing SDR for some tests:
Commercial hardware for bluetooth (even Ubertooth) allows you to receive packets on a 1MHz channel. Which practicaly means that if you, ...
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What the difference preamble and access code?
gnuradio packetize using access code for start sync packet, but another example attach the preamblee, so what the differences preamble and access code ?
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A gnuradio program that can output some arbitrary waveform read from a file containing I/Q values
I am trying to figure out how to create a gnuradio program that can output some arbitrary waveform read from a file containing I/Q values.
I would highly appreciate any guidance in this topic. Simple ...
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How to output a CW tone or a Broadband Noise in GnuRadio?
Kindly, can anyone show me how to output CW tone or a Broadband Noise in GnuRadio in a sort of simple flowgraph if possible?
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So, what I did is I tried not to overthink the whole issue here ...
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How FEC works on GNU Radio
I am new to GNU Radio.
I need some reference to how to use FEC block in GNURadio.
When I try to make encoder and decoder without modulation, its work as well, but when I using modulation and add ...
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What to take in consideration when buying an RTL SDR dongle? (Amateur)
I want to buy an SDR RTL USB dongle and I'm looking for one on Amazon. I currently saw ones from 100 MHz to 1.7 GHz.
I can't decide and I know almost nothing about radio, but I want to experiment ...
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Trouble with osmocom source
I'm having trouble running a simple flowgraph with an osmocom source and a qt gui sink. If I run the file with a waveform generator instead of the osmocom source, all is well, the plots appear as they ...
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No module named 'analog_swig' [duplicate]
I know guys you gonna tell me tat there is something wrong about GnuRadio or Pybombs installation. Well, this is my third time during the past 48 hours I reformat the OS of my mini pc fitlet2 mint ...
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Can I capture stereo IQ signals from WebSDR?
When I set my sound device to record from the monitor/loopback source, I can capture the signal from WebSDR in my browser in an application like Audacity.
Looking at the captured signal more closely ...
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SDR as an oscilloscope
Can a SDR be used as a general purpose AC oscilloscope with appropriate attenuation at the front end.
Have in mind a capacitor to block DC voltages, large resistor say 10 Mohms to limit current and ...
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No module named _osmosdr_swig [duplicate]
I am trying to run GnuRadio python code in my python web server and got the "No module named _osmosdr_swig" error. Please, what is the cause for this error?
I know it sounds like so obvious that I ...
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No module named 'gnuradio'
I encountered with the "No module named 'gnuradio'" error while I was trying to run GnuRadio python code in my python web server.
And this is my gnuRadio generated code:
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Merging gnuradio generated python code into the Python web server
I am trying to figure out how I control a Software Defined Radio over a network, and stream the received baseband samples from my remote hardware back to the gnuradio.
What I'm trying to do here is, ...
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HackRF One and IoT overloaded?
I'm transmitting Z-Wave frames using HackRF One in loop, one frame every second. Has anyone clue why are some frames not transmitted? You can see several too long gaps between frames on Waterfall (...
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How does one know how a signal has been modulated
I am trying to intercept signals from a drone remote controller and decode them. Before I can do this I need to demodulate the signals. All I have is radio data from the transmitter's operating ...
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Why is GNU Radio “stuttering” with this flow graph?
I have a GNU Radio Companion flow graph, where I have the following connections:
440Hz cosine wave
throttle block
audio sink
All of the above blocks use the same sample rate (48KHz).
When I ...
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How narrow-band can a DVB-S2 signal be?
Using software defined radios I can generate and demodulate a DVB-S2 signal live. I'm wondering if I can use this to send single pictures over the air using as narrow BW as possible. Using QPSK and a ...
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Using Satnogs' *.ogg files in GnuRadio flowgraphs
I want to use the *.ogg files available in Satnogs' database to test demodulation software for several satellites (using gnuradio).
Can i use the ogg file source (available in gr-satnogs module) and ...
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Why does SDR# sound better than SDR console?
This is kind of odd. I just got my first SDR receiver and I noticed that one application (SDR#) sounds a lot better than another (SDR Console) when listening to stereo FM broadcasts through the same ...
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Where does this common spurious transmission come from? Is there a quality difference?
I decided to see what my ham transmissions look like on an SDR and was kind of shocked to see how much leaks out. The waterfall display is split between two handhelds during transmit. There are a ...
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How to limit frame transfer in Gnu Radio Companion?
I have as source a bit frame, then I modulate it, to finally transmit it with my HackRF. I can receive and decode it normally with another HackRF.
However I would like to limit to a number of frame ...
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Problem recording morse with sdr#
I have a problem with recording SWS-morse using SDRSharp and RTL-SDR.
I want fixed gain, not audio automatic gain control.
The problem is that all signal but the weakest will cause the recorded audio ...
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Digital transmission sounds
I'm playing with an RTL-SDR dongle and an LNA, on Linux Mint with GQRX and DSD
A lot of frequencies show digital transmissions, which the DSD is not converting. I don't whether it is a format DSD ...
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RTL-SDR: command or script to obtain power and deviation of an FM radio station
My project is to monitor the power and the deviation of 3 radio FM stations, sending this values into a MySQL database.
I can't stream directly the audio of the station, due to limited bandwidth.
So ...
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How I can build dvb-t/dvb-t 2 transceiver?
I need dvbt2 transreceiver.
I tried gnuradio with https://github.com/BogdanDIA/gr-dvbt.
The "apps/dvbt_tx.grc" is working.
But, video cannot transfer flexibly.
On gnuradio flow, I adjust multiple ...
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Long range communication with just 1W of power?
Is it possible, and how can I setup communication between stations 1000km apart from each other by using just 1W of transmission power?
By communication, I mean:
It can be text based
It can be very ...
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How to decode 2FSK signal with SDR?
I'm new to radio and SDR but, as a hobby project, I'm trying to decode a 2FSK radio signal received by an RTL-SDR that I sent using an SI4463 transmitter.
The record file contains 3 packets, but I'm ...
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RTL SDR “dark region”
I'm new to RTL SDR, and I noticed there's a "dark region" (around 700-900MHz), and I haven't figured out why this is.
My device's tuner is a Fitipower FC0012, where could I find the pinout and ...
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What equipment do I need to receive radio and connect to PC for listening
A great many moons ago, I spent a 24 hour period with a HAM radio connected to a PC, and listening to transmissions from a massive number of sources.
Some of the transmissions included Morse, RTTY, ...
