pybombs
PyBOMBS (Python Build Overlay Managed Bundle System) is the GNU Radio install management system for resolving dependencies and pulling in out-of-tree projects. (by gnuradio)
qspectrumanalyzer
Spectrum analyzer for multiple SDR platforms (PyQtGraph based GUI for soapy_power, hackrf_sweep, rtl_power, rx_power and other backends) (by xmikos)
| pybombs | qspectrumanalyzer | |
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| 3 | 6 | |
| 407 | 1,123 | |
| 1.7% | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 2 years ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
pybombs
Posts with mentions or reviews of pybombs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-25.
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Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
Real case: the default installer for GNUradio is called "pybombs". Last time I search for it, google tried to auto-correct to one of those bad terms:
https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs
- Packet Decoder Block Substitute
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GNU Radio 3.9.0.0
PyBOMBS is probably the best way if you want to be able to handle out-of-tree modules. If you just want to play around with the built-in functions, using a prebuilt binary from a package repo is the easiest.
https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs#pybombs
qspectrumanalyzer
Posts with mentions or reviews of qspectrumanalyzer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-21.
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Does Spektrum work with HackRF One?
No. QSpectrumAnalyzer has some feature overlap and can use HackRF with hackrf_sweep or soapy_power.
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I don't know if my HackRF is broken but anything in HF range it gets jumpy and I can't make out any specific frequency. I got the Portapack H2 on top if it makes any difference. on win10 and Mac I got the same problem, also with different antennas.
Here is some good news though: There is a way work around this sampling rate restriction. Since you don't really care about the actual data, and you're more trying to just visualize the traffic, there is a special mode that HackRF's support called "sweep mode." In sweep mode, the HackRF will rapidly re-tune the antenna across a huge swath of the spectrum to give you a birds-eye-view of a much larger frequency range. Unfortunately, CubicSDR (and most other SDR software) does not support the HackRF sweep mode natively, so you'll need to use another tool, such as "qspectrumanalyzer" which supports this view. Qspectrumanalyzer is a python application that can interface with a HackRF and work in sweep mode, giving you a view 1 MHz - 6 GHz almost once per second. Granted, you'll want to tweak this down to just the 2.4 GHz range and play with the setting to get the view just right, but it should be possible to see what you're trying to see.
- Using a HackRF one as spectrumanalyzer.
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How do you find a radio controller's frequency to use the hackRF?
qspectrumanalyzer (https://github.com/xmikos/qspectrumanalyzer) will do this.
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Hackrf cannot capture wifi signals ?
QSpectrumAnalyzer is an example of a tool that can make use of this.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pybombs and qspectrumanalyzer you can also consider the following projects:
gnuradio - GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem
hackrf-spectrum-analyzer
gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports - GNURadio bundled as an app for Mac OS X (does not require MacPorts)
spektrum - rtl-sdr spectrum analyzer
gr-X10
nrsc5-dui - An enhanced, user-friendly version of nrsc5-gui that is not heavily dependent upon Python processing for audio generation.
export-sdrsharp-favs - Python script to export SDRSharp favorites to a format that can be imported in SDR++
gqrx - Software defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and Qt.
CubicSDR - Cross-Platform Software-Defined Radio Application