Today another little package from China waited in my inbox: a DVB-T+FM Tuner. So far not that exciting. Except that this package for $10.99 is capable of receiving a huge spectrum of 24-1766MHz thanks to the powerful tuner inside.
After the installation has finished, plug in the tuner and test it by executing:
- Apr 13, 2020 The software consists of a library written in C, a collection of plug-ins for various Software Define Radio (SDR) front-ends and a Java based Graphical User Interface (GUI). It is a multi-platform application, with all native libraries pre-compiled and packed into a single Java jar file.
- Mac (Stable Version) for OS X 10.6.8 through 10.15 64-bit SdrDx 2.20j for the Mac; SwDb 0.1m for the Mac (feedback! I need feedback!) Highly recommended: DX Toolbox; for USB SDRs: USB Driver (you probably don’t need this): Mac OS X USB driver; USB driver install guide; Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and up USB-to-network server for the SDR-14.
- Oct 11, 2015 The HackRF One is a very nice software-defined radio (SDR).Though a good bit more expensive than other SDR hardware, it is very well made and Michael Ossmann of Great Scott Gadgets has put together an extensive set of free video tutorials.Of course, those only help if you have everything set up correctly to begin with.
- SDR# is the most commonly used Software Defined Radio receiver GUI that is used with the RTL-SDR. Natively, it runs on Windows, but since it is written in C#, it can also run on Mac OSX and Linux with Mono. Installing SDR# on OSX using Mono is a little more complicated compared to simply running it on Windows however. To help with this, Jan Szumiec has written a simple guide on installing SDR.
Mac os 10.12 move between apps. Osx mac and windows versions of sdrdx supports rfspace funcube pro andrus mk1 5 afedri funcube pro plus peaberry rtl sticks rtl supported under os x only via this os x rtl server and softrock sdr receivers. Listed under the Software/Software Defined Radio category that is about Software defined radios.
The keyword for making this hardware useful is Software Defined Radio or short SDR. And since the hardware is based on the Realtek Chip RTL2832U the software supporting it is called RTL-SDR.
I kind of expected an annoying process of getting it to run on Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) but it turns out it was very easy. Just follow these steps.
1. Get the Hardware
I ordered mine from Banggood and it arrived in about 3 Weeks from China to Europe. You can of course buy it anywhere. Just make sure that the device contains a RTL2832U chip.
2. Install the Software
Because I’m a Mac user I will show you how to install GQRX, an excellent software running on Linux and Mac OS X. But you can also easily find excellent software for Windows. I hear that SDR# is a very nice tool, but I didn’t have the chance to use it yet.
- Install the latest version of MacPorts from here. If you are not a coder you will probably also have to install XCode from the AppStore
- When the installation has finished, open a new terminal window and execute
Warning: this might take I while. On my not-so-young MacBook Pro it took about an hour…
After the installation has finished, plug in the tuner and test it by executing:
Ecu remapping software for mac download. Giving me this this output:
which looks good!
3. Run GQRX
Now that you hopefully have a running gqrx. Execute it from the command line:
In the following screenshot I’m tuning in on my garage door opener:
gqrx on Mac OS X Yosemite Tuned in on a Garage Door Opener |
Mac Os X Free Software
Summary
With just a few steps and the right hardware you can get a powerful tool to listen to all kinds of radio frequencies. You can for instance also find software that can read out the transponder data of commercial airplanes, a protocol called ADS-B. This will be one of my next experiments with RTL-SDR
Did you like this post? Consider supporting me with a virtual coffee or beer.
Related posts:
Gqrx is distributed as source code as well as binary packages. The supported platform is Linux and to some extent Mac OS X.
Mac Os X Software Defined Radio Reviews
A recent version of gqrx is probably already available through the official software channels of various Linux distributions and it is recommended to investigate that first. If those packages are too old or lack hardware support you can try some of these alternate options:
Mac Os X Software Update
- Gqrx source code (SourceForge)
- Generic Gqrx binary package for 64 bit linux (SourceForge)
- Experimental AppImage for 64 bit linux (SourceForge)
- Gqrx binary package for Mac OS X, experimental build and known to have problems. Built on Mac OS X 10.11 but might work up to 10.15 (SourceForge)
Mac Os X Download
On Mac you can also install the latest version through Macports and probably also other package managers like Homebrew. I can only provide very limited support for Mac OS X. https://everchallenge408.weebly.com/free-software-data-recovery-mac.html. Revert message app mac autocorrect.