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September 17, 2025 Admin

GNURadio Cookbook – RTL-SDR Radio Setup With GNURadio Companion

Thursday, August 8, 2024 This is a very useful website (not edited by myself) – link below: RTL-SDR Radio Setup

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GNU Radio standard ways to save raw or processed data streams from an SDR

In GNU Radio you’ve got a few standard ways to save raw or processed data streams from an SDR (like

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RTL-SDR Blog V4, which uses the RTL2832U ADC and R828D tuner, has the following sampling rate characteristics according to its datasheet

The RTL-SDR Blog V4, which uses the RTL2832U ADC and R828D tuner, has the following sampling rate characteristics according to

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September 16, 2025 Admin

Schematic Nooelec SAWBird H1 Low Noise Amplifier & Filter

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Electrical Specs Nooelec SAWBird NOAA

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ezRA_Data_Flow_LRO_16/9/2025

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September 14, 2025 Admin

GNU Tutorials

https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Tutorials

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LNA vs LNB

They sound similar, but they serve different purposes in the signal chain: LNA (Low-Noise Amplifier) LNB (Low-Noise Block Downconverter) ✅ In

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September 14, 2025 Admin

ChatGPT suggestions on how to fix deaf SDR Play with GNU Radio at 1420 MHz where 100 MHz in same setup seems fine

Short answer: at 1420 MHz you’re probably running out of front-end signal, not software. FM at ~100 MHz is insanely

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September 9, 2025 Admin

Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT)

Reproduced from Wikipedia 9/9/2025. Fast Fourier transform A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is an algorithm that computes the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of a sequence, or

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  • RTL-SDR Blog V4, which uses the RTL2832U ADC and R828D tuner, has the following sampling rate characteristics according to its datasheet
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