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I dont know much about linux, so i dont know if there are distro with most common sdr software preinstalled, anyway it wouldnt be mandatory, provided that they are easy to get installed in terms of needed dependencies. Software defined radio receiver for realtek rtl2832u tools. Skywave linux connects to a large and growing network of stateofthe art software defined radio sdr servers, making it possible to experience high performance sdr operation without your own large antennas or onsite radio hardware. Quite a bit of development is going on, and it is a good thing to see advanced software coders creating fresh software for rtlsdrs that works great. Listening to and looking at dab broadcast radio signals. Recently weve heard of a new linux distribution called sigintos becoming available for download. In this tutorial i will be showing the ways to run your dvbt rtl sdr which is based on rtl2838 in a linux machine. Gnu radio start with gnu radio companion graphical sdr ide. The main program is multifm which allows you to monitor multiple fm channels at once. Other ubuntu distributions will work in the same way. Airspy is a line of popular software defined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques. This package contains a set of command line utilities.
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