Hi,
I am planning to setup Raspberry PI3 based RX station for QO100. Instead running SDR Console on wine, is there any native linux software?
Thanks
Hi,
I am planning to setup Raspberry PI3 based RX station for QO100. Instead running SDR Console on wine, is there any native linux software?
Thanks
I use GQRX.
It hasn't got all the features of SDR console, but it does everything I need to receive QO-100 with a RTL-SDR stick. (CW/SSB, variable filter bandwiths). You need a stable or stabilised LNB, though. GQRX can't lock the RX frequency to the beacon.
73 Jens, HB9EKO
locking beacon is main feature for QO 100. Windows has become critical for QO100. Thanks for your reply.
I will try running windows on linux and try my luck
Hi,
find SAT CONTROLLER SDR NANO for the raspberry, based on GQRX, here in the forum. Other than relying on the psk beacon, this software synchronizes on a beacon from the commercial part of the satellite, which is clever, because there are no jammers. The downside is, you need a second rtl-dongle , because this beacon is far off the ham-radio transponder.
Personally, i run sdr-console on a virtual WIN7 (10) inside virtualbox for linux on a fast computer. The delay is just a tad longer than the purely analog received signal. You can install the dongle and rtl-tcp on your raspberry, access it via network with whatever software you like , given it can handle a remote dongle via TCP. No need to install the ZADIG-driver for the dongle on your windows machine. This also gives you some performance boost, because the raspberry does not need a GUI to work with rtl-tcp plus the virtual windows / linux combo is not busy handling the dongle.
73, Martin