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    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 17 09:56:52 2023
    Will likely buy a Software Defined Radio (SDR) on USB for a variety of projects.

    Any Mac OS s/w to recommend?

    Features I'd like to have:

    - demodulation of AM, SSB, FM - everything in the 1.8 to 1300 MHz range.

    - ADS-B decode (978 and 1090 MHz)

    - Decode data output to pipe file for input to my own program or API (C).

    Nice to have: GPS correlation and decode.

    Not adverse to s/w running under Linux on Rasp Pi 4B either, but that's
    another issue.

    A quick find: https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-rtl-sdr-and-sdr-sharp/cubicsdr-fm-radio

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  • From Sn!pe@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Wed Jan 18 19:43:16 2023
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Will likely buy a Software Defined Radio (SDR) on USB for a variety of projects.

    Any Mac OS s/w to recommend?


    I'm sorry not to have any recommendations to offer but
    I'm interested in this too. I last looked for MacOS SDR s/w
    ~5 years ago and found none. I ended up running a 'Doze
    VM just for the radio s/w.

    If you do happen to find some Mac s/w I'd be very interested
    to hear about it.


    Features I'd like to have:

    - demodulation of AM, SSB, FM - everything in the 1.8 to 1300 MHz range.

    - ADS-B decode (978 and 1090 MHz)

    - Decode data output to pipe file for input to my own program or API (C).

    Nice to have: GPS correlation and decode.

    Not adverse to s/w running under Linux on Rasp Pi 4B either, but that's another issue.

    A quick find: <https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-rtl-sdr-and-sdr-sharp/cubicsdr-fm-radio>

    --
    ^�^. Sn!pe My pet rock Gordon just is.

    No plan survives contact with the enemy.
    ~ Slava Ukraini ~

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 18 14:58:54 2023
    On 2023-01-18 14:43, Sn!pe wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Will likely buy a Software Defined Radio (SDR) on USB for a variety of
    projects.

    Any Mac OS s/w to recommend?


    I'm sorry not to have any recommendations to offer but
    I'm interested in this too. I last looked for MacOS SDR s/w
    ~5 years ago and found none. I ended up running a 'Doze
    VM just for the radio s/w.

    If you do happen to find some Mac s/w I'd be very interested
    to hear about it.

    Well, the one I linked below and a recent reply from Amazon Answers:

    <<"SDR++, GQRX, CubicSDR, SDRAngel are all good apps for MacOS. SDRAngel
    can do ADS-B, but there are other more lightweight ADS-B decoders
    available too.">>




    Features I'd like to have:

    - demodulation of AM, SSB, FM - everything in the 1.8 to 1300 MHz range.

    - ADS-B decode (978 and 1090 MHz)

    - Decode data output to pipe file for input to my own program or API (C).

    Nice to have: GPS correlation and decode.

    Not adverse to s/w running under Linux on Rasp Pi 4B either, but that's
    another issue.

    A quick find:
    <https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-rtl-sdr-and-sdr-sharp/cubicsdr-fm-radio>


    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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  • From Sn!pe@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Wed Jan 18 20:45:14 2023
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-01-18 14:43, Sn!pe wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Will likely buy a Software Defined Radio (SDR) on USB for a variety of
    projects.

    Any Mac OS s/w to recommend?


    I'm sorry not to have any recommendations to offer but
    I'm interested in this too. I last looked for MacOS SDR s/w
    ~5 years ago and found none. I ended up running a 'Doze
    VM just for the radio s/w.

    If you do happen to find some Mac s/w I'd be very interested
    to hear about it.

    Well, the one I linked below


    Oops! I missed that.


    and a recent reply from Amazon Answers:

    <<"SDR++, GQRX, CubicSDR, SDRAngel are all good apps for MacOS. SDRAngel
    can do ADS-B, but there are other more lightweight ADS-B decoders
    available too.">>


    Thanks for that, Alan, I'll take a look. I'd be interested
    to hear what you finally decide to use.



    Features I'd like to have:

    - demodulation of AM, SSB, FM - everything in the 1.8 to 1300 MHz range. >>
    - ADS-B decode (978 and 1090 MHz)

    - Decode data output to pipe file for input to my own program or API (C). >>
    Nice to have: GPS correlation and decode.

    Not adverse to s/w running under Linux on Rasp Pi 4B either, but that's
    another issue.

    A quick find:
    <https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-rtl-sdr-and-sdr-sharp/cubicsdr-fm-radio>

    Interesting.

    --
    ^�^. Sn!pe My pet rock Gordon just is.

    No plan survives contact with the enemy.
    ~ Slava Ukraini ~

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