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Try Troubleshoot compatibility, and go for XP SP3 (32 bit if you get a choice)

Did it. No joy. Even downloaded an earlier version of zadig

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Hmm you're probably runnng into the known USB 3.0 issue with older USB devices. Unplug the RTL. Go into your motherboard BIOS and in the USB settings... look for something that mentions USB 3.0 or XHCI. There will be an option to disable that and run in EHCI or legacy mode only -- this forces your USB ports back to 2.0 mode. Save the changes and reboot. Windows will detect the change and install drivers. Then insert the device and it should be detected now.

Don't worry you can always revert the changes back if necessary. My SDRs do no work with this xHCI mode.

If this does not work then try in a different computer to verify the device even registers. You may have just got a lemon.


NOTE: MICROSOFT HAS PATCHED THIS PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTING ANYONE NOW

Updated the SDR instructions for the new year. It's much easier than previous versions. This is the best RTL SDR on the market. No more calibration issues. It has a metal case now. It's worth the $26 + tax.

https://www.amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-RTL ... B011HVUEME

Hi Nick -- Dennis Eckert here, how living for the past 5 years in Ephrata. Been away for quite some time dealing with some physical disabilities but trying to get back into it.

Like you, I have the V3 SDR dongle thanks to a friend's donation. I have several questions ~

-- I switch between Windows 7 and Linux Mint 18 (Debian based) for SDR dongles, using GQRX on Linux. So, are you the forum's Linux 'guy' or resource?

-- I'm running SDR# in Windows latest version 1491 except now I see there is version 1500. You mentioned that #1337 better, but where do we get it? the older versions? As far as I can tell, airspy,com only carries the latest version. But I could be missing something due to some deterioration at my age of 70. (laugh).

-- I've been struggling with DSD 1.7 (not DSD+) in Linux but finally came up with this sequence of ~

time rtl_fm -d 1 -f 155.505M -p 4 -M fm -g 25 -s 48K | dsd -f1 -i -s - -w wsp1.wav Where 155.505 is Ephrata-Grant County (Moses Lake) WSP main dispatch. As you can see, output is recorded to a .WAV file so I can use VLC audio program to listen to hours of accumulated radio traffic.

-- My problem comes is that I'd like to listen to WSP in 'realtime' instead of just recording to WAV file. When I drop that -w wsp1.wav from the command string, the error is this re /dev/audio

Digital Speech Decoder 1.7.0-dev (build:v1.6.0-86-g7ee04e5)
mbelib version 1.3.0
Decoding only P25 Phase 1 frames.
Error, couldn't open /dev/audio
0: Generic, RTL2832U, SN: 77771111153705700

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Tuner gain set to 25.40 dB.
Tuner error set to 4 ppm.
Tuned to 155757000 Hz.
Oversampling input by: 21x.
Oversampling output by: 1x.
Buffer size: 8.13ms
Exact sample rate is: 1008000.009613 Hz
Sampling at 1008000 S/s.
Output at 48000 Hz.
Signal caught, exiting!

User cancel, exiting...
(BTW--even tho the V3 is advertised at 0-1 PPM, I kept changing the PPM factor and listening to WAV and then changing it and listening again until the +4 PPM seemed the clearest.

dsd has a command dsd -a that lists audio device names so one can write -o pa:0, for example, to declare that audio output should go to Device 0 of the audio card. But those options of -0 pa:0, pa:1, etc always return an error and the command line sequence I gave you re the WAV file errors out (after removing the -w wsp1.wav option).

Any thots would be appreciated, Nick...dennis

Welcome back DENNIS!!!

No definitely not. You'll have to see if someone else can respond to this thread. We have one or two Linux users here that know far more than me... I'm Linux-noob at best.

Use ALSA. Here are some examples.

P25:
dsd -f1 -mc -i <(rtl_fm -F1 -o4 -g32 -f 484.7918M -s48000 -) -o >(aplay -r 8000 -f S16_LE -t raw -c 1)

Airband scanner:
rtl_fm -M am -f 118M:137M:25k -s 12k -l 120 -p 54 | aplay -r 12k -f S16_LE

or for an FM radio...
rtl_fm -f 101.1M -M wbfm -s 200k -r 48k -p 54 | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LE

with some manually specified deemphasis...
rtl_fm -f 101.1M -M fm -s 200k -o 1 -A fast -r 48k -p 54 -l 0 -E deemp | aplay -r 48k -f S16_LE

Thanks Rich!

Mine is about to go in the chipper. So much easier to make a APX work instead

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SDR# has lost major support for the RTL SDR for the last 3-5 years, perhaps more. They closed source their software and kinda made it worse in my eyes and experience...

Perhaps I live in the past but GQRX always worked for me.

I tried to download and open an account on GQRX but it keeps going through the verify thing.

After I get to the end of the verify it asks to join an account.

When I select that in goes into the verify thing again instead of starting an account!

I have done it over and over but get the same result.

Any help would be great!

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I'm not aware of having to create accounts or verify things to install GQRX.

This might be helpful:
https://tutorialforlinux.com/2020/12/10/step-by-step-gqrx-sdr-ubuntu-20-04-installation-guide/

Thanks Rich!

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Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com