Jared Harvey
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Hello AI2Q,
A> Could you perhaps describe your experiment in
A> more detail? I think that would be really cool.
That's perhaps a bit hard to convey in e-mail,
however the basic process was that I first
followed some instructions about how to get it
installed on Ubuntu. This involved making sure
some stuff was installed via normal GUI programs.
Then download some files, type some stuff on the
command line, and it's installed. Once installed,
I now have GNURadio and GNURadio Companion with
support for this device.
At that point, I can open an example GNURadio
Companion file. One example graphically shows a
block for this device, with a line showing it
connected to the WFM block, then a line to the
audio block. When I execute, it allows me to type
in a center frequency, and I hear audio come out.
I can make it a narrow band FM by simply changing
that WFM block for the NFM block, then execute
again.
A> For example, what frequencies does it cover?
A> How do you tune the LO? What does the SDR
A> software demodulate? Does the software provide
A> a spectral display? A waterfall?
I seem to recall it goes from about 30MHz to over
1GHz, with a small gap somewhere. The other
questions are best shown in person. The short
answer is yes. What it does is get you a stream of
data. After that you can do what you want with it.
You can do FFT's, water falls, AM, FM, what ever
you want. I basically tell it a center frequency
specify a bandwidth of up to 2.4MHz, and I get
that as a stream.
This is not a purchased ham radio like Flex or
softrock. You don't simply sit in front of it and
start rag chew. It's more like a new paradigm kind
of like how Heathkit's were. You first have to
jump a bunch of hurdles then it can be a ham
radio. Instead of those hurdles being an iron and
solder, they are software and computers.
A> Attached are three articles that may be of
A> interest with respect to your quest for an LNA.
Thanks. I look forward to the read.