Good SDR Software?
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br0adband
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Well, believe me, most of us have gone through multiple attempts at getting this mash-up of various software applications to work together properly but it actually does if you give it time and patience. I mentioned earlier that it's not point and click and that's not the fault of the people that developed the software, to be honest, it's just that nobody has focused on developing easy to use software for the average Joe that happens upon SDR hardware of any kind. People that are technically adept at creating the software (and the hardware too like HackRF created by Michael Ossmann) don't necessarily create things for everyone to understand and make use of to the same degrees they do, they see things differently from their given POV so we just have to accept such situations and deal with it the best we can.
Take a break from things for a day or two, then come back - scrap everything you've got, delete drivers, delete the software in whatever state it's currently in, start with a clean slate and do it all over again, change something or try a different guide or tutorial, then do it again if needed, and even again.
I didn't get all my stuff working on the first, second, or even the third attempt, it wasn't easy but I kept going back to it because I hate that feeling of not being able to figure things out and make it work like - go figure - everybody else (and I say this even in spite of another comment I made a short time ago in another thread about me being great at new things, geez).
Anyway, it's worth it in the long run: that first time everything works and you hear something you never heard before or you hear it as expected is a pretty amazing moment.
Take a break from things for a day or two, then come back - scrap everything you've got, delete drivers, delete the software in whatever state it's currently in, start with a clean slate and do it all over again, change something or try a different guide or tutorial, then do it again if needed, and even again.
I didn't get all my stuff working on the first, second, or even the third attempt, it wasn't easy but I kept going back to it because I hate that feeling of not being able to figure things out and make it work like - go figure - everybody else (and I say this even in spite of another comment I made a short time ago in another thread about me being great at new things, geez).
Anyway, it's worth it in the long run: that first time everything works and you hear something you never heard before or you hear it as expected is a pretty amazing moment.
wil funny thing now is happening.. i have to switch dongels in unitrunker when every i have it off for period of time.. if i leave it as is.. and restart unitrunker. it will let the voice run. but the CC wont start. i switch dongels in them and bang they both start.. and sometimes even tho the audio is making it to DSD scopes. it doesnt decode or even give error. grrrr lol
i have come across a issue i dont know if there goin to change it tho .. there not talkgrouped yet.. happen to to talk to one of the officers and he is hearing everything from 2 of the other citys on the same system moved to the 800s with them .. 3 citys total.
there in the works to push FD to the same freqs. i hear them testing each truck here n there. not yet dispatched on it tho ..
ty for the info unitrunker... on the ppm.. yeah the vco numbers are high. 50s and above sometimes..
even if i put outside antennas on them.. yet my bct8 with the old 3 rod ground plane from radioshaft. inside gets them pretty good.. not 100% decode it burps here n there but can at least hear them chasing someone if it happens...
yeah broadband i understand the POV thing. but it also falls on some of the guys to maybe ask around .. belive me i thank them for there work but i guess i can be a pita sometimes when its something that seems to be what should be type thing lol .. if u know what i meen ..
i wish i studyed programming all the years on these dang things lol grrrr lol ..
and thank you to all for puttin up with my crap lol ... it does get to PITA sometimes..
one of the things that gets me tho .. the signel is recived by there HTs in building .. so i should be able to get good reiceve also .. there ducks yea are tuned for 800.. and its nothing great. spring with a cap in it . for the most part.. the only thing i could think of is .. maybe they have preamps ..
the other thing .. i do see the CC giving info in the pop up window in UNI.. when i hear them on the scanner setup bct8. the dongel CC does hear it and put up time stamps and such ..
maybe ill try a diff laptop i have ..
lil by lil ..
i have come across a issue i dont know if there goin to change it tho .. there not talkgrouped yet.. happen to to talk to one of the officers and he is hearing everything from 2 of the other citys on the same system moved to the 800s with them .. 3 citys total.
there in the works to push FD to the same freqs. i hear them testing each truck here n there. not yet dispatched on it tho ..
ty for the info unitrunker... on the ppm.. yeah the vco numbers are high. 50s and above sometimes..
even if i put outside antennas on them.. yet my bct8 with the old 3 rod ground plane from radioshaft. inside gets them pretty good.. not 100% decode it burps here n there but can at least hear them chasing someone if it happens...
yeah broadband i understand the POV thing. but it also falls on some of the guys to maybe ask around .. belive me i thank them for there work but i guess i can be a pita sometimes when its something that seems to be what should be type thing lol .. if u know what i meen ..
i wish i studyed programming all the years on these dang things lol grrrr lol ..
and thank you to all for puttin up with my crap lol ... it does get to PITA sometimes..
one of the things that gets me tho .. the signel is recived by there HTs in building .. so i should be able to get good reiceve also .. there ducks yea are tuned for 800.. and its nothing great. spring with a cap in it . for the most part.. the only thing i could think of is .. maybe they have preamps ..
the other thing .. i do see the CC giving info in the pop up window in UNI.. when i hear them on the scanner setup bct8. the dongel CC does hear it and put up time stamps and such ..
maybe ill try a diff laptop i have ..
lil by lil ..
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