multimon-ng VS rtl-sdr

Compare multimon-ng vs rtl-sdr and see what are their differences.

rtl-sdr

library for turning a RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a Software DefinedReceiver; mirror from https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/rtl-sdr (by osmocom)
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multimon-ng rtl-sdr
15 8
886 656
- 3.0%
4.3 5.8
4 months ago 5 months ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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multimon-ng

Posts with mentions or reviews of multimon-ng. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.

rtl-sdr

Posts with mentions or reviews of rtl-sdr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-05.
  • SDR over Ethernet - Anyone tried it?
    2 projects | /r/sdr | 5 Mar 2023
    A network protocol called rtl_tcp that has been ported to rsp_tcp by the guys at SDRPlay in order to increase the IQ bandwidth from 8 to 14 bits to get the most from their SDRs. SDRPlay has provided a rsp_tcp server app/image that can be run on various hosts including RPi. Your RSPxx SDR connects to the RPi via USB and the RPi connects to your local network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Any network client application that supports rsp_tcp/rtl_tcp (including SDRUno) can connect to the RPi and use the SDR just as if it was connected via USB. This not only allows you to use your SDR from potentially anywhere you have a computer, it also allows you to minimize the distance between the SDR and the antenna(s). In theory you could even run Ethernet cable right up to the antenna.
  • rtl-sdr versions that include bias-tee and other improvements
    3 projects | /r/RTLSDR | 19 Dec 2022
    The version from Osmocom does have the -T option. https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr
  • 1940's Philco Radio & PI/RTL-SDR Setup
    2 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 18 Oct 2022
    Correct, I am using the RTL-SDR software >> https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr
  • Funcube dongle with multimon-ng for pocsag decode
    5 projects | /r/RTLSDR | 10 May 2022
  • What do you use your homelab for?
    7 projects | /r/homelab | 14 Dec 2021
    rtl_sdr
  • What's a good Linux-compatible multipurpose decoder of RF signals?
    8 projects | /r/RTLSDR | 9 May 2021
    For remote-location of an RTL dongle using Raspberry Pi or similar, which linux or windows clients can connect to over wifi or ethernet, there is rtl_sdr
  • How does sample rate work in an sdr
    1 project | /r/sdr | 16 Mar 2021
    Hmm. I'd check out the RTL-SDR Sourcecode, in particular rtl-test, and manpage. This tool lets you calculates the PPM error of your dongle.
  • Raspberry Pi controlled radio telescope.
    3 projects | /r/RTLSDR | 23 Feb 2021
    Not sure if it’s exactly what you want, but you can control GQRX over TCP. If you want more granular control, you can use the rtl-sdr library to process your desired signal. In my opinion it’s a bit low level for your project so using its Python wrapper, PyRtlSdr so you can get most of the rtl-sdr functionality while using Python’s networking.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing multimon-ng and rtl-sdr you can also consider the following projects:

dsd - Digital Speech Decoder

rtl-power-fftw - Power spectrum for RTLSDR dongles.

direwolf - Dire Wolf is a software "soundcard" AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate). For more information, look at the bottom 1/4 of this page and in https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/dev/doc/README.md

gqrx - Software defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and Qt.

rtl_433 - Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)

SDRPlusPlus - Cross-Platform SDR Software

sdrangel - SDR Rx/Tx software for Airspy, Airspy HF+, BladeRF, HackRF, LimeSDR, PlutoSDR, RTL-SDR, SDRplay RSP1 and FunCube

librtlsdr - Software to turn the RTL2832U into an SDR

pagermon - Multimon-ng pager message parser and viewer

Virgo - 📡 Virgo: A Versatile Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy