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- Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:55 pm
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: Shortwave sensitivity seems low
- Replies: 1
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Shortwave sensitivity seems low
Hi, Got the SDRPlay to work on linux using CubicSDR and control is going smooth right now. Next challenge is the (lack of) sensitivity where only very loud signals actually come out of the noise. Looking at the schematics it seems there is no antenna preamp included for HF. Maybe thats the change I ...
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:05 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: Linux
- Replies: 54
- Views: 257648
Re: Linux
Finally succes with sdrplay... I have used all latest from github including Cubicsdr and now it starts working. I am very happy i got it to work now. Still getting used to the user interface of CubicSDR. I have versio v0.1.18-alpha running. It has all controls needed for short wave receiving. Also F...
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:02 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: Linux
- Replies: 54
- Views: 257648
Re: Linux
Hi All, Interesting and I will remove and recompile the packages again to see it does any receiving. Also looking into quisk which provides direct configuration settings... Maybe someone on the forum has used this before? What I need to figure out is the parameters needed for sdrplay to operate corr...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: Linux
- Replies: 54
- Views: 257648
Re: Linux
Hi Franko, Unfortunately similar experience and after two weeks I am considering selling the sdrplay for any price. Its pretty useless and took way to much time to get it to 20% working on linux. The hardware specs are nice but the api interface does not connect to existing programs. I did manage to...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:11 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: SDRPlay with GQRX
- Replies: 12
- Views: 61022
Re: SDRPlay with GQRX
Hi, Sorry to continue with questions. If I do SoapySDRUtil --probe I get the following results; ###################################################### ## Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library ###################################################### Probe device -------------------------------------...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: SDRPlay with GQRX
- Replies: 12
- Views: 61022
Re: SDRPlay with GQRX
Hi, Thanks for sharing the parameters! I am still trying to get sdrplay to run well on linux. So far no real success. Its almost like the sdrplay is clipping the whole time, even when antenna is not connected. I did manage to get something running using gnuradio-companion using an example fm radio c...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:13 pm
- Forum: Code Corner
- Topic: SDRPlay with GQRX
- Replies: 12
- Views: 61022
Re: SDRPlay with GQRX
Hi Can you share the settings you are using? I am using linux and just installed gqrx but I dont know which settings are needed for device.. What is the LO offset etc? Thanks very much! regards, Onno
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: CubicSDR compile problems (Linux Mint 17)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 21989
Re: CubicSDR compile problems (Linux Mint 17)
Could anyone confirm that sdrlay actually runs on linux mint 17? I have tried whole day various installs but it simply does not work for me.. I have followed the guidance provided. Is it confirmed running on mint 17?