Can't get local speaker audio from RTLSDR-Airband

[dkcorlfla]

It seems that PulseAudio is not running at startup. Even if I execute "systemctl --user enable pulseaudio" and reboot.

I always have to run "pulseaudio --start" and then run "rtl_airband".

Is there a way that I can run these two commands automajically at startup without a shell login?
pulseaudio --start
/usr/local/bin/rtl_airband

Curtis

p.s. I'm using two of these antennas (Amazon.com: Acxico 1Pcs ADS-B 1090MHZ PCB Antenna ANT : Electronics). I added about 10mm to one to get it to work on 978MHz. Checked with a NanoVNA. I can get 1090MHz ADS-B out to at least 150 miles with AGC enabled. But then local traffic overdrives the receiver. I turned off the AGC and manually set the gain to get close in traffic.

I think the issue might be running pulseaudio as user vs root. Try try the sudo command I listed above to enable it and see if that makes it automatically start at each re-boot

What I was thinking on the tracking having gaps when aircraft are close is: Airport hanger - steel roof? blocking and reflecting the signal from the aircraft?

My antenna was mounted outside on a mast and the heavy's are only 2600 feet away and I never messed with gain or have any gaps.

And yes scripts are easy to write for Linux. A search on: "linux shell scripting" will pull up lots.