![]() ![]() In the left part of the main window starting from the top you find: The upper part of the gqrx window proposes various roll-down menus:īelow these menus you find a number of short-cut buttons: ![]() Gqrx main window while the application is running Using gqrx The central window should show something like below, and noise should be heard from your speaker or head-phones, if not, check your audio volume control. Gqrx main window.Īctivate gqrx by clicking on the grey start/stop button just below the File menu (see the red arrow pointing at the start/stop button). Leave the other fields as they are then click OK. Make sure that the Device line shows the FunCube Dongle or the device you are using. The first window to appear is for configuring the Input/Output of the device: I/O device configuration dialog Having the device connected to the PC and the appropriate antenna, open a terminal and launch gqrx with the line command: $ gqrx For HF and VHF, I found it convenient to use 1m of RG-174 coax terminated at one end with a male SMA and a male BNC at the other end such that I can reuse my HF antenna tuning box. Connect the antenna to the female SMA connector of the FunCube dongle.Use an USB extension cable for the connection to the PC to distance the receiver from the PC (hefty source of noise) and minimise the mechanical loads applied to the dongle connectors. Connect the FunCube Dongle Pro+ receiver to the PC USB-2 port (do not use a USB-3 port as it may not work reliably on all PC).Once gnuradio and gqrx are installed (above procedure depends on which OS you are using): In order to use gqrx you will need to install gnuradio and gqrx packages with the following command for Linux Debian: $ sudo apt-get install gnuradio gqrx Earlier versions of Debian come with an older version of gqrx that may not have all the features described here. The following describes the procedure to install gqrx and use it with a FunCube Dongle Pro+ receiver on an Asus Eeepc-1200 NoteBook setup with Linux Debian 8 and KDE. Gqrx is a software defined radio (SDR) receiver written by Alexandru Csete to control and use a variety of SDR hardware. Written by Robert Lainé (robert.laine at ), this document provides a practical introduction to getting started with gqrx. ![]()
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