Software-defined Radio on FreeBSD

[Bruce Ferrell]

On 03/11/2018 05:11 PM, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 6:00 AM, Bruce Ferrell <bferrell at baywinds.org> wrote:
>> On 03/10/2018 06:50 PM, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to experiment with software-defined radio on FreeBSD. I
>>> installed gnuradio and my understanding is that I need some minimal
>>> hardware, presumably USB dongles. After some search I found several
>>> vendors - RTL-SDR. HackRF, AirSpy, etc. I found
>>>
>>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/rtl-sdr-on-freebsd-or-hey-cool-i-live-near-an-airport-i-wonder-if-adsb-works.52157/
>>> and it says RTL-SDR is support by FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> My father who is a radio engineer asked me to find him such a
>>> hardware. He is a Linux user and my impression is that those devices
>>> are supported on Linux. I found the topic interesting enough to buy
>>> one for me and as a FreeBSD user I want to use it on FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> What other recommendations can you give me about such chips? What to
>>> buy, where to buy? I am looking for cheap ones - something up around
>>> $100. Will I need any drivers for FreeBSD?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> rambius
>>>
>> May I suggest you have a look here:
>>
>> https://www.rtl-sdr.com/
>>
>> There are a number of tutorials and comparisons of devices.
>>
> Yes, I was checking this site as well. By comparison of devices do you
> mean this link:
> https://www.rtl-sdr.com/comparison-several-sdrs-degradation-broadcast-fm-frequencies/
>
> Regards
> rambius
>
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https://www.rtl-sdr.com/roundup-software-defined-radios/