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What SDR software do you use?

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What is your go-to SDR software?

 

I'm thinking about pitching an application for the Digilent 1x1 USB Software-Defined Radio Platform  RoadTest Review. Part of my research is to investigate what software is available for SDR. Here are some SDR application I have used GQRX, CubicSDR and GNURadio. I dabbled in RTL-SDR some two years ago. I recall at that time SDR#(SDRSharp) was popular but I seem to recall it was limited to Windows PC's. Being a Linux user Windows only applications are not something I look at.

 

I would like to investigate a few SDR applications but avoid the rabbit holes,  application you discover after much research they are no longer supported.

 

What is your software pick for SDR? In your response can you indicate your operating system preference and what frequency band you focus your SDR efforts on? Three responses:

  • What SDR application?
  • What operating system?
  • What frequency band of interest?
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  • The larger and first question needs to be: what are you doing with the SDR? That question defines what software options to consider. For example, if you're primarily interested in listening to broadcast radio, you won't be considering GNURadio (despite the name.) If you want a spectrum analyzer then you might choose something else.

     

    With that said, I generally use GNUradio with my SDRs, but that's because I'm usually exploring some RF concept or playing with modulation ideas. Something that GNUradio excels at doing.

     

    For day-to-day playing around, I mostly use SDR Console on Windows. (I believe it is Windows only.)

     

    This list on the RTL blog is a great starting point for looking at the options.

     

    What would be really nice is if someone put together a chart. Maybe software on the Y-axis, Application Use on the X-axis, and OS markers in the middle. (I bet that would look *great* in a road test ...)

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  • The larger and first question needs to be: what are you doing with the SDR? That question defines what software options to consider. For example, if you're primarily interested in listening to broadcast radio, you won't be considering GNURadio (despite the name.) If you want a spectrum analyzer then you might choose something else.

     

    With that said, I generally use GNUradio with my SDRs, but that's because I'm usually exploring some RF concept or playing with modulation ideas. Something that GNUradio excels at doing.

     

    For day-to-day playing around, I mostly use SDR Console on Windows. (I believe it is Windows only.)

     

    This list on the RTL blog is a great starting point for looking at the options.

     

    What would be really nice is if someone put together a chart. Maybe software on the Y-axis, Application Use on the X-axis, and OS markers in the middle. (I bet that would look *great* in a road test ...)

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