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It is closed. There is a lot of ham radio software that isn't open source. And a lot of open source isn't developed openly. You would think that all of it would be open source but I think a lot of hams didn't come from software world.

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Post by weissbier » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:17 PM UTC

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

If you want to have something similar for use at home, you could take a look at http://kiwisdr.com.

I have one, but you need to hunt down EMI sources, before you can properly use it.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:23 PM UTC

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Post by mwbajor » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:24 PM UTC

ianburrell wrote: post #3

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

It is closed. There is a lot of ham radio software that isn't open source. And a lot of open source isn't developed openly. You would think that all of it would be open source but I think a lot of hams didn't come from software world.

Take a look at gnuradio.

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Post by madengr » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:38 PM UTC

weissbier wrote: post #4

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

If you want to have something similar for use at home, you could take a look at http://kiwisdr.com . I have one, but you need to hunt down EMI sources, before you can properly use it.

I have one too, on an active magnetic loop, which does a decent job of nulling near field interference.

http://kiwisdr.lounix.net:8073/

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Post by JWLong » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:41 PM UTC

ianburrell wrote: post #3

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

It is closed. There is a lot of ham radio software that isn't open source. And a lot of open source isn't developed openly. You would think that all of it would be open source but I think a lot of hams didn't come from software world.

There’s quite a bit of overlap, actually. For some reason all of the old hams want to do .NET applications, though.

I really think this is one of the reasons for the stagnation in the field.

Re: WebSDR – Internet-connected Software-Defined Radios

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Post by 65a » Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 11:52 PM UTC

weissbier wrote: post #4

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

If you want to have something similar for use at home, you could take a look at http://kiwisdr.com . I have one, but you need to hunt down EMI sources, before you can properly use it.

You can also use high-Q antennae, if you have a frequency of interest. For instance, on HF (shortwave) a tunable small loop antenna does a whole lot better than a wire antenna in a high-random noise environment. You may still end up chasing down various bogies, but a lot of them can be blocked with the directionality of the antenna or the filtering properties of the antenna (higher Q antennas are more narrowband).

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Post by rlex » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 12:05 AM UTC

riffic wrote: post #2

it's still closed source software? previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571139

for open source alternative take a look at https://www.openwebrx.de/

Can also demodulate digital modes (DMR, YSF, etC) and it have nice, modern UI.

WebSDR have a weird list of requirements if you want to get install file - should open instance to public, provide lots of info, etc etc etc. It's not just closed-source.