Software-defined Radio on FreeBSD

[CeDeROM]

HackRF One [hackrf] is a neat Open-Source-Hardware SDR tool and works
on various platforms, price range $300 makes it one of the cheapest
and most versatile boxes out there.. it works even on Android over USB
OTG :-)

Best regards :-)
Tomek

[hackrf] https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/

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class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2018
at 1:11 AM, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:rambiusparkisanius at gmail.com"
target="_blank">rambiusparkisanius at gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your response.<br>
<br>
On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 6:00 AM, Bruce Ferrell <<a
href="mailto:bferrell at baywinds.org">bferrell at baywinds.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
> On 03/10/2018 06:50 PM, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hello,<br>
>><br>
>> I would like to experiment with software-defined radio on
FreeBSD. I<br>
>> installed gnuradio and my understanding is that I need some minimal<br>
>> hardware, presumably USB dongles. After some search I found several<br>
>> vendors - RTL-SDR. HackRF, AirSpy, etc. I found<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/rtl-sdr-on-freebsd-or-hey-cool-i-live-near-an-airport-i-wonder-if-adsb-works.52157/"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/rtl-sdr-on-freebsd-or-hey-cool-i-live-near-an-airport-i-wonder-if-adsb-works.52157/&source=gmail&ust=1520900583842000&usg=AFQjCNH7sZ8wTLitF0fzqQ2IOjTetzgdYQ"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank">https://forums.freebsd.org/<wbr>threads/rtl-sdr-on-freebsd-or-<wbr>hey-cool-i-live-near-an-<wbr>airport-i-wonder-if-adsb-<wbr>works.52157/</a><br>
>> and it says RTL-SDR is support by FreeBSD.<br>
>><br>
>> My father who is a radio engineer asked me to find him such a<br>
>> hardware. He is a Linux user and my impression is that those
devices<br>
>> are supported on Linux. I found the topic interesting enough to buy<br>
>> one for me and as a FreeBSD user I want to use it on FreeBSD.<br>
>><br>
>> What other recommendations can you give me about such chips?
What to<br>
>> buy, where to buy? I am looking for cheap ones - something up
around<br>
>> $100. Will I need any drivers for FreeBSD?<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>> rambius<br>
>><br>
> May I suggest you have a look here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.rtl-sdr.com/"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.rtl-sdr.com/&source=gmail&ust=1520900583843000&usg=AFQjCNGQYvLZ7x5_WKlfAWE4ohIfNumWpw"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rtl-sdr.com/</a><br>
><br>
> There are a number of tutorials and comparisons of devices.<br>
><br>
Yes, I was checking this site as well. By comparison of devices do you<br>
mean this link:<br>
<a href="https://www.rtl-sdr.com/comparison-several-sdrs-degradation-broadcast-fm-frequencies/"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.rtl-sdr.com/comparison-several-sdrs-degradation-broadcast-fm-frequencies/&source=gmail&ust=1520900583843000&usg=AFQjCNGPgucPJqQMXKHiRjdBxVMrGi99Lg"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank">https://www.rtl-sdr.com/<wbr>comparison-several-sdrs-<wbr>degradation-broadcast-fm-<wbr>frequencies/</a><br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">rambius<br>
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