024 Software Defined Radio with Predefined Raspberry Pi SD Card Images

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Today I will show you an easy and cheap way of starting with SDR radio: Ready-made SD card images for a Raspberry Pi with all the needed software installed and preconfigured. Ready to work with most SDR receivers like the RTL-SDR dongles or the Adalm Pluto. And I will show you a cheap alternative to the RTL-SDR dongles. Finally, I will show you the cheapest and simplest way to generate test signals for our experiments.
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@AerialWaviator Жыл бұрын

These Swiss distortions are good vibrations to my ear.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

:-)) Thank you!

@FrankZosso Жыл бұрын

Great video Andreas! A nice update on what's currently available, thanks to the effort of these fine SDR fellows!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tacocat6035 4 ай бұрын

Dude, didn't know you had this Chanel. I've been missing out.

@HB9BLA 3 ай бұрын

I am not as active on this one.

@troyglossop1113 Жыл бұрын

I have been slowly getting interested in SDR due to the obvious crossover with my other hobby of Radio Control flight and various long range control and video solutions. I have an old rasp pi and a dongle in the mail, I will def check these images out. Thank you for the video and the effort put into presenting all this info. I appreciate it a lot!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@911SETH911 Жыл бұрын

What have you found out about mailing and SDR integration?

@danadkin8652 Жыл бұрын

Another great video, Keep up the good work!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@ArztvomDienst Жыл бұрын

Appreciate your videos! Two pieces of software I love and highly recommend: SIGMIRA - lot of options for visualization and decoding of signals ARTEMIS by AresValley - Extensiv signal database to better recognize different patterns and which systems generate them, a ton of examples how signals show up in waterfall and also audio examples!

@batica81 Жыл бұрын

Artremis is amazing, thank you for the hint!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

@Richard: You see, not only me read the comments ;-) I agree with Vojislav and I will have a look at Artemis

@AjinkyaMahajan Жыл бұрын

It was a very informative and helpful video. Thanks

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@electricsheep2305 Жыл бұрын

You rock man, thanks for the great videos

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@bourasabdennour8369 Жыл бұрын

As a wireless enthusiasts, this SDR series will have all my attention 👍

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Cool!

@Chris-ut6eq Жыл бұрын

i always learn new things from the strange Swiss distortion!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

:-)

@TheDigitChannel Жыл бұрын

73 to you too. Love your video!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@temyraverdana6421 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, a very very interesting useful video!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@norm1124 Жыл бұрын

Lustig, genau die Steckeranpassung auf den blauen RTL-SDR will ich in Kürze machen.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Ist nicht schwierig. Habe alle umgebaut.

@marcofe82 Жыл бұрын

Andreas, i love your videos! I've seen the price for the SpartanV6...wow, so expensive (nothing compare to a professional ASA, but for me is expensive a lot)! Thank you so much!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

For me it is also too expensive. It was given to my channel to experiment with...

@johnwest7993 Жыл бұрын

This is the first I heard of the MSI2500. It's perfect for the price, dynamic range, frequency range, number of filtered bands, and versatility. Plus it's cheaper than the RTL-SDR that I just bought.

@howforless Жыл бұрын

Supposedly it’s a clone of the RSP1, i was surprised too, but after buying one, i can confirm it’s a 100% upgrade from the rtl-sdr, aaaaaand it’s cheaper!

@BrightBlueJim Жыл бұрын

@@howforless There are also some smaller RSP1 clones that use a single SMA, and have switches on the board to choose the bandpass filter. I bought one last week, and am having fun with it.

@BrightBlueJim Жыл бұрын

Hi John, note that I'm not using this with a Raspberry Pi, just using CubicSDR downloaded on a MacBook for now. I do want to try it on the Pi with a touch screen LCD, which was why I thought this video would be helpful.

@johnwest7993 Жыл бұрын

@@BrightBlueJim, thanks. I'm not a software guy, so I know little about what works with what. I'll try my module with other hardware and apps. After pricing the Raspberry Pi's that are available now I was afraid I was just going to have to wait till production had ramped up beyond demand again in a year or 2. Unfortunately, I've finally deduced that my new SDR module is defective, and I was getting the run-around from the seller, so I've decided to order one from a different vendor and also try to repair this one.

@BrightBlueJim Жыл бұрын

@@johnwest7993 Happy hacking!

@peter-guo 3 ай бұрын

Oh man, thanks for the great video! the familiar “Swiss Distortion” explains wonderful lectures! Like your other channel so much. 73 DE BA4QFU

@dwudcuqoyl1465 7 күн бұрын

Even with my €900k lab I still love using the rtl sdr( yes got waaay more powerful toys( no cant use these if you got only ham license). Its simple it works, though my antennas 100% dont fit in a cuppboard unless I can get a 20m cuppboard😅

@drivers99 Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea. It was a pain to set up the software / drivers based on a Windows PC. Some stuff I couldn’t even get to work because it wouldn’t compile etc. This might help me get back into SDR.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Let's hope! I agree it was a pain, not only on Windows

@Andrei-jh5fx Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!

@frequencywatchers 2 ай бұрын

I Iuse RTL:SDR V3 With USB Thats Like A Coax Cable, Its Trabnsparrent And You Can See The Mesh Like Wires Around It And I USe That, Friend Who Dumpster Dives Gave It To Me, Im So Thankful To Him :)

@anasthase100 Жыл бұрын

Merci Andreas.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@Grandassets Жыл бұрын

I have an RSP1a and run uno I have found its good enough for 99% of anything I would ever need it for, I listen to everything below 30Mhz, all ham bands above that up into the 900s mhz, I also have a few other SDR dongles I have played with and can say everything else is junk, I will play with a Pi or a card soon .....

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I agree. The RSPs are good products.

@SCIENindustries Жыл бұрын

Windows is not a problem anymore, WSL2 works great now 👍🏻

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Good to know!

@neonboy22 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the HamPi distro which has numerous SDR packages. soapy, cubic, ... already installed. And sstv, GNU radio etc.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip. I was not aware that it also includes an SDR section.

@henkoegema6390 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for interesting video. I will try to find my SDR dongle 'somewhere' 🙂, and refresh my memory. 73, PA2HO

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@reinholdu9909 Жыл бұрын

_Andreas to the rescue._ In future I'll refer ham newbies to your *Great Intro* . (anyway.better loaning my pi than fixing (yet) another _"Experimented On"_ WinPC) Btw: The usual chinese sources also sell _ "filters only diy sets"_ (...very useful with a better antenna on cheap rtl (imho))

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I did not find the products you mentioned. Maybe you send me a link via another way?

@robertcringely7348 Жыл бұрын

I'm finishing-up my eighth homebuilt airplane, which sounds like a lot except that's over 50 years of building. This new one is a Quickie Q1 -- a VERY SMALL canard design. The entire instrument panel is an iPad that even controls an autopilot. But now I am interested in SDRs and wonder if I can use them to make aviation (118.000 to 136.975 MHz) transceivers? Of course I CAN, but should I? It's just AM modulation and I am properly licensed with an FCC Class 1 license (I was chief engineer at a commercial radio station at age 17) and the little plane has a radio license, too. I'm not a licensed radio MANUFACTURER, but surely these SDRs fit the technical requirements, so why not do it?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

1. Nice little plane, and an interesting setup. I also had an experimental canard in mind (I even went for a test flight in Florida). But it was a too big project for me. So I admire your work! 2. Most modern radios are based on SDR technology. This might not apply to aviation because, as I remember, this technology mostly was "proven" and therefore old. 3. You probably could build an SDR transceiver. But AFAIK you are not allowed to use it. The right to build is only for licensed HAM operators, and only in the HAM bands. DIY receivers are ok in most countries.

@vincei4252 Жыл бұрын

Is there a version of Dragon OS for x86 ? You know, to get greater compute capability than a raspberrypi ? Great video by the way.

@vincei4252 Жыл бұрын

nevermind. I found it

@Cyklonus Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mohammadrezamim272 Жыл бұрын

Great video. What if we wanted to put raspberrypi in a remote area and transfer signal over internet or lan? Which one helps?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

You can do it with all TCP/IP based systems

@glass4600 25 күн бұрын

Hi there, I hope someone see this. I am doing the process for the rpi 5, in the git the image says it has rpi 5 support but when I go burn the image to the sd card I get “MBR DOES NOT HAVE A VALID SIGNATURE”. Does anyone recognize or know how to fix this?

@dr_jaymz Жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a preconfigured OS that I can put on a PI that is remote and connect using a web front end. This is because I can put it up high and away from noise. I currently use sdr sharp and it would be good to still use that but it seems far too time consuming to set all of that up. VNC isn't really very good especially over wifi for realtime listening - it takes half of the PI just to stream the VNC desktop.

@ArztvomDienst Жыл бұрын

There is a raspberry-websdr github projekt that does that, providing a webinterface from which you can listen an controll, I set it up a couple of years ago and it worked well. Using the flash-and-go solution showed here, I would expect not too much of headache setting it up since the 'bad stuff' like drivers and such comes pre-compiled/pre-installed.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

For my QO-100 station, I use SDR console and a Pluto Plus on the roof connected via Ethernet. This should also work with a raspberry Pi.

@Barc0d3 Жыл бұрын

Omg Andreas, can you please make video on the Spectran V6?! That is a nice piece of gear, wow, and there isn't much info on it on the internet.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Indeed, this is a marvelous device! I will not cover it in a review because it is too expensive for a hobby. But it might appear on the channel as a tool.

@Barc0d3 Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA Bummer, I am not sure I understand your reasons, but it is your choice ofc.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

@@Barc0d3 Its price tag is >10'000$

@Barc0d3 Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA I am aware, thats why it would be such a nice opportunity to get a detailed Andreas style look at this tech thats out of reach for most :)

@cheako91155 Жыл бұрын

Espressobin should have more IO bandwith than a Pi and used to cost about $70 for the board without a 12v barrel jack(5 to 10 USD) and a case /w heatsink another $10... so like $100 for a usable setup.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I agree. As soon as you leave the Raspberry ecosystem you get much more choice. But you lose the community support as well as many projects. I am just tinkering with a used thin client PC and proxmox ;-)

@cheako91155 Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA I disagree, I mean you are right that there is a kind of safety net when going with something well traveled. I just don't think it matters to the degree ppl might imagine. I would guess the superior IO more than makes up for the tradeoff of this device not being as popular.

@drstefankrank Жыл бұрын

I would have never imagined that a PI can transmit data at this frequency just through a gpio.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

It cannot. But digital signals have a lot of harmonics...

@meowme7644 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video again!! 👍👍 Thanks Aber ganz blöde Frage: Sie kennen sich ja ziemlich gut aus...wie kann ich mich dem Thema microwave cavity geometry nähern? Würde gerne die Resonanzfrequenz ua von "komischen" Formen, kein normaler Waveguide, bestimmen. Have a nice Week

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Da muss ich passen. Das ist nicht mein Gebiet :-(

@meowme7644 Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA Danke für die 🐜- Wort und all ihre super lehrreichen Videos. Schönen Sonntag, Gruß aus Bayern 🥨

@RogierYou Жыл бұрын

Can you create a LORA and APRS connected Geiger counters?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I made a video about a Geiger counter on my primary channel and it is easy to add LoRa to this project.

@kramer3d Жыл бұрын

do you need a license even if you are just passively listening?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

No, not for listening

@weirdsciencetv4999 Жыл бұрын

Does the distribution support receiving P25 or DMR?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I do not know because I never had the need

@qzorn4440 Жыл бұрын

wow very nice SDR Raspberry Pi video. I would like to use this information in putting together a 1420 MHz radio telescope and use the: Orange Pi 800 Six-Core 64 Bit 4GB RAM Dual Band WiFi Bluetooth 5.0 All-in-One Keyboard Computer Kit with 64GB EMMC, Run Android, OS, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Debian (Pi800+TypeC 5V4A Supply). I think it should do the job? There just is not very much Orange Pi information that I can find, such as installing OpenCV on an Orange Pi system. 😎 Thank you so much.

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I do not know these products. The more you go away from mainstream, the more you are on your own. On my second channel, I showed another possibility: Used Thin client PCs from eBay. They are much stronger than the Raspberries at the same price... And they are mainstream.

@qzorn4440 Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA Thank you so much and I will watch that video.

@newYorkStories Жыл бұрын

Now we just have to find some cheap Raspberry Pi

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

True!

@n1kkri Жыл бұрын

Has anyone else found a similar video but takes it bid slower including every single step with a how to. Do I need to use the Pi4 keyboard in the video or can any USB keyboard with mouse work?

@HB9BLA 11 ай бұрын

1. I do not know of another video. Maybe stopping the video from time to time helps. 2. You should be able to use any USB keyboard for the Pi (I often use a standard Logitech wireless one)

@n1kkri 11 ай бұрын

@@HB9BLA Thanks for your reply. This is a good video for those that are already familiar with using a Raspberry Pi and a SDR but might be advanced for someone with no experience with a Pi and a SDR. I have played with a cheap SDR on my Laptop and have that working but would need a slightly more basic video to use a SDR with a Raspberry Pi. I would like to try the board with the multiple inputs on my laptop assuming it is already available as a choice for plug and play to see if reception is any better.

@Ojibs 7 ай бұрын

Do you need a license just to listen to the frequencies or just to Transmit u need a license ?

@HB9BLA 7 ай бұрын

Usually, you need no license.

@Ojibs 7 ай бұрын

@@HB9BLA thank you I am thinking of making a raspberry pi fire scanner

@ladanivadriver1578 Жыл бұрын

Any one else use an android and sdr touch or rf analyzer ? Dab radio and tv with a cheap sdr dongle too 👍

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

The RTL-SDR dongles initially were built for DAB and TV reception. Then clever guys extended their uses.

@9a4qv Жыл бұрын

Hello Andreas, can you check one thing for me please. Switching on the Rpi, do you notice the increased noise on the other radio, let say 145 MHz? I am running the RPi 3b+ with the openwebrx sw but powering the Rpi increase the noise on my other packet radio up to 59+20dB. The cause is not the switching power supply but the RPi. Do you have the same experience there? Thanks...

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I did not experience this fact. But my Pi4s are all in metal cases for passive cooling

@9a4qv Жыл бұрын

@@HB9BLA Mine Rpi is all in aluminum heatsink and the noise start immediatelly... ok, thanks for the answer...

@dimmoos757 Жыл бұрын

nice ... but time has come to hack Starlink wave!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

This is nothing for me ;-)

@user-ec8mo1jn4m Жыл бұрын

I wanna build a jammer, is SDR suitable for me?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

I do not cover jammers. They are illegal.

@qwaqwa1960 Жыл бұрын

2:35 That's NOT a waterfall! I know most people misuse the term now, but I wouldn't expect you to!

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

So you know more than me. I only know another diagram called "waterfall" from finance.

@BrightBlueJim Жыл бұрын

Did you wait more than one second? The display below the line IS a waterfall display. As with all waterfall displays, it can't show any history until it has some.

@qwaqwa1960 Жыл бұрын

@@BrightBlueJim No it's not. It's a spectrogram. Your ignorance is showing...

@BrightBlueJim Жыл бұрын

@@qwaqwa1960 A waterfall display is a spectrogram with history. That is all. It shows the spectrum over time. The fact that some people use this term for other purposes does not alter the fact.

@qwaqwa1960 Жыл бұрын

@@BrightBlueJim Wrong. You can't just steal an existing term and use it to describe a new thing-that already has a name!

@frequencywatchers 2 ай бұрын

0:20 I BBought The One At The Bottom RIght, Turned Out TTo be A Scam Ebaay Seller. Lost My Money :( And Im DIRT POOR ! It Was Quarter Of My Months Pay !

@tmastersat Жыл бұрын

The worst thing ever are images. We need install info. Wih the price of pis we want them doing more than one rhing. Images are a thing of the past

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

If you are fluent in Linux, you are right.

@africantwin173 Жыл бұрын

But the Pi's are history. They don't make them anymore. Maybe a Debian image for Thin Clients ?

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

So you know more than me. According to my knowledge, they produce the Pis and they are available. Just in too little numbers :-(

@cosmoshfa88savant66 Жыл бұрын

subbed

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

Welcome on the channel!

@SwissLord Жыл бұрын

Nice review. Probably time to get back to use my since 1985 never used license. 73 de HB9RZT

@HB9BLA Жыл бұрын

That is a very good idea!

@ariedekker7350 Жыл бұрын

I see you stop with "73". Where does that 73 come from? pe1krx.

@ScottRipley Жыл бұрын

It is an old telegraph code meaning "Best regards". Still used today by amateur radio operators to sign off.

@ariedekker7350 Жыл бұрын

@@ScottRipley How about "The best off the Seven Trees" dating from the Civil War. This was the message that the new recruits became when the were sent to war. Because they had to cross a Hill with 7 trees. Many of our customs come from the military. Arie pe1krx