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RTLSDR-Airband

Installation

RTLSDR-Airband

Pre-requis

Lib & packages
build-essential cmake pkg-config libmp3lame-dev libshout3-dev 'libconfig++-dev' libfftw3-dev
libpulse-dev
librtlsdr-dev
libsoapysdr-dev
google-perftools libgoogle-perftools-dev

Compilation

cmake -DPLATFORM=native -DNFM=ON -DMIRISDR=OFF -DPROFILING=ON ../
-- Build type not specified: defaulting to Release
-- Found lame includes: /usr/include/lame/lame.h
-- Found lame library: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so
-- Checking for SoapySDR
--   SoapySDR found, /usr/include, SoapySDR
-- RTLSDR-Airband configuration summary:

-- - Version string:            v5.2.0
-- - Build type:                Release
-- - Operating system:          Linux
-- - SDR drivers:
--   - librtlsdr:               requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - mirisdr:                 requested: OFF, enabled: FALSE
--   - soapysdr:                requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
-- - Other options:
--   - Platform:                native
--   - Build Unit Tests:        FALSE
--   - Broadcom VideoCore GPU:  FALSE
--   - NFM support:             ON
--   - PulseAudio:              requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - Profiling:               requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - Icecast TLS support:     TRUE
-- Configuring done (0.3s)
-- Generating done (0.1s)
-- Build files have been written to: /opt/build/RTLSDR-Airband/build
$ make 
[  5%] Generating version.cpp, _version.cpp
[ 10%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/config.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/input-common.cpp.o
[ 20%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/input-file.cpp.o
[ 25%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/input-helpers.cpp.o
[ 30%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/mixer.cpp.o
[ 35%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/output.cpp.o
[ 40%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/rtl_airband.cpp.o
[ 45%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/squelch.cpp.o
[ 50%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/ctcss.cpp.o
[ 55%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/util.cpp.o
[ 60%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/udp_stream.cpp.o
[ 65%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/logging.cpp.o
[ 70%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/filters.cpp.o
[ 75%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/helper_functions.cpp.o
[ 75%] Generating version.cpp, _version.cpp
[ 80%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/version.cpp.o
[ 85%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/input-rtlsdr.cpp.o
[ 90%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/input-soapysdr.cpp.o
[ 95%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/pulse.cpp.o
[ 95%] Built target rtl_airband_base
[100%] Linking CXX executable rtl_airband
[100%] Built target rtl_airband
$ sudo make install
[  5%] Generating version.cpp, _version.cpp
[ 10%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/version.cpp.o
[ 95%] Built target rtl_airband_base
[100%] Linking CXX executable rtl_airband
[100%] Built target rtl_airband
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/rtl_airband

Pipewire

Installation

sudo apt install pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber
systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber

wiremix

sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-dev clang cargo
cargo install wiremix --locked

Configuration

  • 2m-band.config

Config 2-meters.tar.gz

APRS / Pager decoder

multimon-ng sox
  • APRS
nc -lun 127.0.0.1 1235 | sox -t raw -efloating-point -b32 -r 16000 - -esigned-integer -b16 -r 22050 -t raw - | multimon-ng -v 3 -t raw -A -a AFSK1200 --timestamp - | tee -a APRS.log
  • Pager
nc -lun 127.0.0.1 1234 | sox -t raw -efloating-point -b32 -r 16000 - -esigned-integer -b16 -r 22050 -t raw - | multimon-ng -t raw -f auto -a POCSAG1200 -v 3 --timestamp - | tee -a POCSAG1200.log

Troubleshooting

GPU support

???
$ cmake -DPLATFORM=rpiv2 -DNFM=ON -DMIRISDR=OFF -DPROFILING=ON ../
-- Build type not specified: defaulting to Release
-- Found lame includes: /usr/include/lame/lame.h
-- Found lame library: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so
-- Checking for SoapySDR
--   SoapySDR found, /usr/include, SoapySDR
-- RTLSDR-Airband configuration summary:

-- - Version string:            v5.2.0
-- - Build type:                Release
-- - Operating system:          Linux
-- - SDR drivers:
--   - librtlsdr:               requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - mirisdr:                 requested: OFF, enabled: FALSE
--   - soapysdr:                requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
-- - Other options:
--   - Platform:                rpiv2
--   - Build Unit Tests:        FALSE
--   - Broadcom VideoCore GPU:  TRUE
--   - NFM support:             ON
--   - PulseAudio:              requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - Profiling:               requested: ON, enabled: TRUE
--   - Icecast TLS support:     TRUE
-- Configuring done (0.3s)
-- Generating done (0.1s)
-- Build files have been written to: /opt/build/RTLSDR-Airband/build
$ make 
[  3%] Generating version.cpp, _version.cpp
[  7%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/config.cpp.o
c++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mfpu=neon-vfpv4’
c++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mfloat-abi=hard’
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/build.make:86: src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/config.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:131: src/CMakeFiles/rtl_airband_base.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:136: all] Error 2
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