DVB-T dongles based on the Realtek RTL2832U can be used as a cheap SDR,
since the chip allows transferring the raw I/Q samples to the host,
which is officially used for DAB/DAB+/FM demodulation. The possibility
of this has been discovered by the V4L/DVB kernel developer Antti Palosaari.
From: Antti Palosaari iki.fi>
Subject: SDR FM demodulation
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure
Date: 2012-02-09 15:01:12 GMT (45 weeks, 9 hours and 10 minutes ago)
Subject: SDR FM demodulation
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure
Date: 2012-02-09 15:01:12 GMT (45 weeks, 9 hours and 10 minutes ago)
I have taken radio sniffs from FM capable Realtek DVB-T device. Looks like demodulator ADC samples IF frequency and pass all the sampled data to the application. Application is then responsible for decoding that. Device supports DVB-T, FM and DAB. I can guess both FM and DAB are demodulated by software. Could someone help to decode it? I tried GNU Radio, but I failed likely because I didn't have enough knowledge... GNU Radio and Octave or Matlab are way to go. I smell very cheap poor man's software radio here :) regards Antti
SDR# is probably the best application to start out with.
RTL-SDR and GNU Radio with Realtek 
1 comment:
Peace be upon you Dr.Nader,
I want to congrulate you for all success you made in this field.
I am new in this domain therefore i need your help ; i ve bought RTL -SDR usb key so that I keep in contact with this hobby , i like for instance to use it to recive NOAA signals and to listen to Hams as well as to use it in astronomical applications as i am interested mainly in astronomy.
hear from you as soon as possible.
regards,
Hamdi from Algeria
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