librtlsdr
Software to turn the RTL2832U into an SDR (by steve-m)
qt-dab
Qt-DAB, a general software DAB (DAB+) decoder with a (slight) focus on showing the signal (by JvanKatwijk)
| librtlsdr | qt-dab | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | |
| 692 | 322 | |
| -0.1% | 2.8% | |
| 6.3 | 9.4 | |
| about 1 year ago | 4 days ago | |
| C | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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librtlsdr
Posts with mentions or reviews of librtlsdr.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-14.
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RTLSDR programming 101
The librtlsdr repository has source code for reading raw IQ values and doing stuff like FM demodulation. https://github.com/steve-m/librtlsdr/blob/master/src/rtl_fm.c.
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Gain settings for RTL2832U with GNU radio
https://github.com/steve-m/librtlsdr/blob/master/src/librtlsdr.c#L960
qt-dab
Posts with mentions or reviews of qt-dab.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-14.
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Environmental noise?
This looks like DAB Radio. You can decode it with QT-DAB.
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RTLSDR programming 101
If you are interested, DAB radio has DSP projects written in C/C++. qt-dab: https://github.com/JvanKatwijk/qt-dab/tree/master/src.
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Cool signal - Netherlands
It's DAB radio, channel 12A specifically (I think). You can use Qt-DAB to listen to it, it's unencrypted.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing librtlsdr and qt-dab you can also consider the following projects:
LTE-Cell-Scanner - LTE SDR cell scanner optimized to work with very low performance RF front ends (8bit A/D, 20dB noise figure)
SUBLIME - Semantically Understanding Bias with LIME. Using the LIME-RS Algorithm to understand bias in recommender systems.
SDRPlusPlus - Cross-Platform SDR Software
sdr-j-fm - sdr-j fm software
sdrangel - SDR Rx/Tx software for Airspy, Airspy HF+, BladeRF, HackRF, LimeSDR, PlutoSDR, RTL-SDR, SDRplay and FunCube