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retrogram~rtlsdr

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Wideband Spectrum analyzer on your terminal/ssh console with ASCII art. Hacked from Ettus UHD RX ASCII Art DFT code for RTLSDR. Adapted from retrogram~plutosdr.

[Tuning on VHF band while transmitting on 145.500 MHz with Handheld Radio]

[Spotting FCCH (Freq. Correction) burst in the local GSM BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel) @ 938.2 MHz]

Pan & Zoom spectrum using keyboard controls [decrement-Increment]. [Full feature demo]

• Center Frequency using keys [f-F]
• PPM correction using keys [p-P]
• Sampling rate using keys [r-R]
• Gain using keys [g-G]
• Reference level using keys [l-L]
• Dynamic Range using keys [d-D]
• Frame rate using keys [s-S]
• Tuning step using keys [t-T]
• Hide/Show Controls using keys [c-C]
• Quit program using keys [q-Q]

Tuning step applies for decrementing / Incrementing Center Frequency and Sampling Rate.

retrogram~rtlsdr - ASCII Art Spectrum Analysis for RTLSDR

Allowed options:
  --help                   help message
  --dev arg (=0)           rtl-sdr device index
  --ppm arg (=0)           ppm error adjustment [p-P]
  --rate arg (=1000000)    rate of incoming samples (sps) [r-R]
  --freq arg (=100000000)  RF center frequency in Hz [f-F]
  --gain arg (=0)          gain for the RF chain [g-G]
  --frame-rate arg (=15)   frame rate of the display (fps) [s-S]
  --ref-lvl arg (=0)       reference level for the display (dB) [l-L]
  --dyn-rng arg (=80)      dynamic range for the display (dB) [d-D]
  --step arg (=100000)     tuning step for rate/bw/freq [t-T]
  --show-controls arg (=1) show the keyboard controls

Requires: librtlsdr, libcurses, libboost-program-options

sudo apt install librtlsdr-dev libncurses5-dev libboost-program-options-dev

Build:

For running on a Linux host with RTLSDR

make

Run:

./retrogram-rtlsdr --rate 1.8e6 --freq 100e6 --step 1e5

TODO:

• Generic support for osmosdr / soapysdr devices
• Direct Freq Entry / parameter change
• Mouse tuning
• Modularize / Optimize with std::vector transform
• Waterfall (!) / Markers / Demodulators (!!) :)
• HTML output / Web(sockets)-server