debian-hams task SDR detail
Daniel Pocock writes:
>
> I was looking at
> http://blends.debian.org/hamradio/tasks/sdr
>
> and it lists a whole range of SDR related packages
>
> Is there any wiki about SDR on Debian?
I do not know. But I really could contibute to one if I knew about it.
> Out of all the packages listed:
>
> - do any provide a ready-to-run receiver, or do they all require the use
> of additional scripts or programming? E.g. GNU Radio requires the user
> to download one of several available flow graph samples
Receiver:
`apt install gqrx-sdr` - run /usr/bin/gqrx
Handles lots of hardware, rtl-sdr, uhd, hackrf, rad1o, airspy, bladerf
and more...
>
> - do any provide a ready-to-run transceiver?
yes, if your computer sound card is wired to transceiver audio.
(Some rigs have USB with audio endpoints.) And some keying/PTT
circuit....
`apt install freedv`
`apt install quisk`
quisk needs a config file written in Python. Much of quisk is in Python.
I am in the process of preparing my next quisk upload to be in the
Debian Hams package pool, so it won't just rely upon me.
Note: these applications I mention were all released in Jessie, and
newer and current versions are available in jessie-backports.
> Furthermore, do you envisage it is possible to make a ready-to-run SDR
> receiver or transciever using a Debian Hamradio Blend live image or if
> not currently possible, would it be achievable for a GSoC student to
> fill in some or all of the gaps to make this happen?
I've been quietly working on making this a reality. It's time to make more
noise.
I'll be at Dayton.
73 de aa4hs,
-Maitland
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