Re: debian-hams task SDR detail
On 04/02/16 01:26, A. Maitland Bottoms wrote:
> 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.
I started one here:
https://wiki.debian.org/SoftwareDefinedRadio
and linked to it from the DebianHams page
>
> > 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.
I had a brief chat to the GNU Radio people at FOSDEM and they have some
interest in GSoC again this year, so it could be possible to make a
collaborative effort to recruit and mentor one or more students to work
on different aspects of this. They also have a live image based on Ubuntu:
https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GNURadioLiveDVD
and that may also provide a useful point of reference.
Another thing that comes to mind: supporting digital modes like D-Star,
System Fusion and DMR in SDR. Do any of the packages currently support
any of that? Has anybody done any analysis of the software stack that
would be required, e.g. are the codecs already available as standalone
library packages?
Regards,
Daniel
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