Raspberry pi ham radio12/31/2022 ![]() ![]() I’m trying again, this time with some different SDR software and the much faster Raspberry Pi 3.Īs I’m not a Raspberry Pi expert, I rely on a mix of online guides and Googling to get this sort of thing working. I first experimented with this in 2016, but my original Raspberry Pi was too slow for it to be of any use. This is something I’ve wanted to try for a while – using my £10 Realtek RTL dongle with a Raspberry Pi as a cheap software defined radio. You can pick up a Pi online from Amazon – Raspberry Pi at Amazon Raspberry Pi – Powerful mini computer for £30 Raspberry Pi as SDR? There are several different models, and at the time of writing, the Raspberry Pi 3 is the current model, which is fast enough to cope with the cheap RTL SDR dongle, so it’s ideal for amateur radio. ![]() The Raspberry Pi uses the Linux operating system (as opposed to Windows), and it pretty powerful. Connect to a screen, keyboard and mouse, and you’re on your way. ![]() First off, I’m going to start with using the Pi as a basic software-defined radio (SDR). This is the first of a three-part look at some ways to use a Raspberry Pi for amateur radio purposes. ![]()
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