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Any recommendations for softwares to play around with? I got a NooSDR (€30 ish on amazon). I agree so much that its 1090MHz(?) leaves so much to explore, but I
by prashnts 6y ago
Any recommendations for softwares to play around with?
I got a NooSDR (€30 ish on amazon). I agree so much that its 1090MHz(?) leaves so much to explore, but I didn't have much luck other than decoding TV/FM/DAB using CubicSDR, GQRX, and VLC.
I am more interested in using it with Python/GNU Radio so didn't bother installing those super cool web based tools yet. Since I'm just starting, I'd like to get a feel of using it with a general purpose "summary software" first. Essentially something that can lookup the frequency databases, etc. to tell me: what is it that I'm looking at; if its LSB/USB/FM, and these sorts of things. Overall, I quite enjoy CubicSDR for this, but I'd appreciate if you have suggestions or resources I could check out. Thanks for the info above!
- ChuckMcM 6y agoI found gnuradio companion to be useful for just poking around. Assuming the radio has a gnuradio compatible driver then you can do a lot of basic things like tune it around various spectra and get a feel for its sensitivity and selectivity. You can try out lots of different things quickly with it. Lately I've been looking at front end selectors and their impact on radio performance. I have been using pysignal to process snapshots of iq data from the radio in my test setup.
- prashnts 6y agoThanks for the tip, this definitely narrows down problem space to poke around with.