I have an SDR2 which I have NEVER been able to use on Linux - I was about to invest in something else but having downloaded connect I now and have it running on Linux Mint 21.1 - there are a few quirks but it's useable, I am so pleased to have this working again - Thanks for sharing Mat BTW the keypad DOES work, and NO glitches with the display 🙂
I have had SDR Connect server running on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w. It does work provided the badwidth is either 250Khz, 500Khz or 2Meg wide for the frequencies you want.. oddly 1 Meg wide bandwidth has stuttering issues. Also bearing in mind the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w only has 2.4Ghz wifi card, there is a limit to how much data can be used. hence the bandwidth limit. The fact the SDR Connnect server even runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w is a huge plus. After all, these Pi's are only £17 to buy !
@@robman501a yes it will run on a Pi 3b. especially since it has 1GB ram. The Pi only has 512Mb ram and a similar prrocessor. In order to get SDR connect to run as a server, I did have to increase the swap space to 1GB and also install 'preload' to speed things up. I also overclocked to 1.3 Ghz but you may not need to with the Pi 3b. One note though, if runnign over wifi, its 2.4Ghz so the bandwidth isnt great so bandwidths of up to 2Meg is about the limit otherwise SDR Connect server and client may crash / lockup. Dont select the FM band if using the SDR Conenct over a wifi connection. it will attempt to use 8 meg of bandwidth and just lock up
@@robman501a preload is an anaylitics app that caches the most used programs by building a profile of what apps you use. so in this case, it would cache up SDR Connect for quicker opening and also helps with closing the app as well. If the cahced up app is then updated, the app is unloaded and a new version cached.
As OSX man I am happy with this new development! As newby I find it hard to fine tune SSB signal and .... nobody so far has shown me how to best do that ... right and left key would be nice ;)
Oh that's why it won't work. I was trying a RTL-SDR v4 for flight tracking, it didn't work for that either. The hardware has backward compatibility issues.
i run sdr connect in server mode on my windows 10 laptop and connect to it using the sdr connect app on my mac. it works brilliantly across wifi. but i appreciate the walkthrough you did as it explains some of the features of using an sdr that were new to me. top work. thanks
I do not understand, can you please inform me if this SDR is W10 only or Can it be on Linux in a MacOS desktop?? I do not use any W10/11/8, is useless.
Thanks! I purchased an SDR years ago and experimented with it for a few weeks, but the software support wasn’t there, so it has sat in a box since. I may look into one of theirs as the software looks much better developed. Glad some companies are spending their time, effort, and money to make software support for their products better. That is the downside to freeware as it is up to someone to spend their own time and effort and for others to hack that software. Supported software usually results in a more stable platform.
This SDRConnect software is better than the SDRUno software. You can hear the audio much better, and the audio is much cleaner than in the SDRUno. You don't get the overwhelming static noise that seemed to drowned or over power the audio in SDRUno. SDRConnect is much quieter and cleaner in terms of static noise in the audio output. It is much simpler to use also. I think they done a good job with this new software. There is a lot less clutter in the interface also. Well done.
I am currently using both Uno & Connect. Uno's plugins are fantastic and hopefully they get ported over to Connect in some way, also I really miss the Noise Reduction option from Uno too, and the monochrome waterfall. Connect however seems to have a much more pleasant audio output over Uno and right clicking to set the notches in the aux window is a great feature especially when you have a station coming in over a noise spike, setting the notch on the noise spike almost fully removes it without removing too much of the stations audio. Also the extra band selection over Uno makes it easier to find stuff for a newbie like me.
No grafical; issues on Linux Mint but I had had odd issues where I have to toggle off the sound card (Defualt, Pulse audio etc) and then back but it does work.
Will there be "beacon locking" for use on QO-100? (this is a detection of the BPSK400 beacon in the center of the passband, and tracking of the frequency, to adjust the "down conversion LO" parameter. It allows reception of QO-100 without a GPS-locked LNB)
After installing sdr uno, and seeing its gui, never used it for rsp1. Sdrsharp is much better, but no modern support, so I am using hdsdr. This sdr connect looks better than uno, so maybe time to try.
I cant get the key pad to work looks like I'm not alone! I wanted to enter just enter 869.525 Mhz directly the EU Meshtastic frequency. You cant have band framing on? Other than that it looks great
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Not free as in freedom. Another proprietary software that cannot be individually customized or maintained. :/
Hi, I don't understand how the squelch works. I've seen that I can set the yellow line above the background noise but it still keeps coming, how do I completely eliminate the background hiss when you're out of tune so that you only hear the sounds above the threshold I set with the yellow squelch line? Thank you very much
I plugged my new RSP1B into my desktop before installing the SDRConnect software because I did not know ahead of time that was the wrong procedure. Now SDRConnect does not find the RSP1B. Does anybody know how to fix this? I'm thinking of installing SDR Uno and doing it right. Is that going to work now that I've already allowed the device to be installed by Windows when I plugged it in the first time?
@@TechMindsOfficial i am sorry for the delay, i have a nooelec nesor smart purchased from nooelec direct with SDR sharp running on windows 11. I am already using my pc to run scan125 for my scanner with external antenna a driscone for genral and a tunned antenna for air band and a second tuned for milatery. any help would be amazing as SDR looks soooooooo interesting. Thank you Nick
yes but a new API has been written that works with both SDR Uno and SDR Connect. Some of the Linux support has been lost for other programs but over time these apps will be updated hook back in properly with the SDR tuners.
SDR Console is very good but its actually quite heavy going on the PC. If you have the hardware for it, its worth using. SDR Connect will run on an Celeron 4000 crap cpu with 4GB of ram
@@o00scorpion00o yes. Chromebooks are left a bit behind in terms of SDR software. there are some workarounds to this though. I use OpenWebRX and works a treat on my chromebook. Tech Minds has a video on this channel about OpenWebRX. My cheap as chips laptop is a Geobook 2E with a Celeron N3450 and that runs SDR Console fine. the only times it feels like its struggling a little is with Wideband FM as thet is 8 meg of bandwidth wide.
I really like SDR Connect, with two exceptions. The keypad is sometime unresponsive as was already mentioned. My main dislike is the awful spectrum colour, I hope that future versions amend this.
I think if the keypad is unresponsive, you need to unselect the band plan in the band window - it then opens up the keypad again. I agree it's a bit counter-intuitive.
Tried it as a client on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w. I had to do a few hacks to get it to open on Pi OS but selecting the play button does nothing as it runs out of memory. However, running SDR Connect as a server on a Pi Zero 2 W does work. It will run fine on a Pi 4
At moment I am with you on this, I really like SDRuno! However, as time goes on and the dev of SDRconnect expands, we will have to wait and see. Cheers!
SDR Connect killed all the original dlls and locked up rsp1a i am sure its fine if its all you want to run but not if you use other sdr software on win10 cos took ages to figure out wtf went wrong it needs to come with a warning!
Maybe but it was a complete nightmare for me so its sdrconsolev3 and sdruno for me now cos i won't risk it again it completely wiped out the dynamic link libraries on win10 with no warning so i will wait till they get the kinks out i think!@@TechMindsOfficial
@@TechMindsOfficial Installed SDR Connect and now SDRUno does not recognise anymore the RSPduo. Had to reinstall but at now avail, now Connect does not work anymore. Still keeping Uno. Windows 11.
Alas, any SDR application lives and dies by its decoder plugins these days. Let's hope the SDRplay guys open the platform up for 3rd parties to write DMR, POCSAG etc decoder plugins.
7:38 the guy over the radio said he just got married and had little penguins as wedding guests. 😂
Hmm idyllic 😊
Beware the Orcas, dressed like guests, invited to a buffet...
I have an SDR2 which I have NEVER been able to use on Linux - I was about to invest in something else but having downloaded connect I now and have it running on Linux Mint 21.1 - there are a few quirks but it's useable, I am so pleased to have this working again - Thanks for sharing Mat
BTW the keypad DOES work, and NO glitches with the display 🙂
I have had SDR Connect server running on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w.
It does work provided the badwidth is either 250Khz, 500Khz or 2Meg wide for the frequencies you want..
oddly 1 Meg wide bandwidth has stuttering issues.
Also bearing in mind the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w only has 2.4Ghz wifi card, there is a limit to how much data can be used. hence the bandwidth limit.
The fact the SDR Connnect server even runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w is a huge plus.
After all, these Pi's are only £17 to buy !
So, I guess it should work okay on the Pi 3B as well? :) I think the Pi Zero series is more lower spec too. Not sure.
@@robman501a yes it will run on a Pi 3b. especially since it has 1GB ram.
The Pi only has 512Mb ram and a similar prrocessor.
In order to get SDR connect to run as a server, I did have to increase the swap space to 1GB and also install 'preload' to speed things up. I also overclocked to 1.3 Ghz but you may not need to with the Pi 3b.
One note though, if runnign over wifi, its 2.4Ghz so the bandwidth isnt great so bandwidths of up to 2Meg is about the limit otherwise SDR Connect server and client may crash / lockup.
Dont select the FM band if using the SDR Conenct over a wifi connection. it will attempt to use 8 meg of bandwidth and just lock up
@@BillyNoMates1974 I'll probably plug in the cable and run it on the LAN. What would "preload" be and how did you do that?
@@robman501a LAN will work a lot better.
even my Openwebrx server running on a Pi Zero 2 w has a usb to network adapter and this works fine
@@robman501a preload is an anaylitics app that caches the most used programs by building a profile of what apps you use.
so in this case, it would cache up SDR Connect for quicker opening and also helps with closing the app as well.
If the cahced up app is then updated, the app is unloaded and a new version cached.
As OSX man I am happy with this new development! As newby I find it hard to fine tune SSB signal and .... nobody so far has shown me how to best do that ... right and left key would be nice ;)
Use up and down keys.
Love the ability to run multiple vfo’s great for all those MW x band pirate stations !
It is a shame they have it locked to thier hardware. It looks great and I would have liked to give it a go with my RTL-SDR V4.
Oh that's why it won't work. I was trying a RTL-SDR v4 for flight tracking, it didn't work for that either. The hardware has backward compatibility issues.
i run sdr connect in server mode on my windows 10 laptop and connect to it using the sdr connect app on my mac. it works brilliantly across wifi. but i appreciate the walkthrough you did as it explains some of the features of using an sdr that were new to me. top work. thanks
I do not understand, can you please inform me if this SDR is W10 only or Can it be on Linux in a MacOS desktop?? I do not use any W10/11/8, is useless.
@@henk-im6dn all i knows is that sdr connect works on w10 and mac osx. not tried elsewhere
Getting better all the time. Now just waiting for the finished product and a version for Chromebooks. Then I'll be truly portable.
Thanks! I purchased an SDR years ago and experimented with it for a few weeks, but the software support wasn’t there, so it has sat in a box since. I may look into one of theirs as the software looks much better developed. Glad some companies are spending their time, effort, and money to make software support for their products better. That is the downside to freeware as it is up to someone to spend their own time and effort and for others to hack that software. Supported software usually results in a more stable platform.
This SDRConnect software is better than the SDRUno software. You can hear the audio much better, and the audio is much cleaner than in the SDRUno. You don't get the overwhelming static noise that seemed to drowned or over power the audio in SDRUno. SDRConnect is much quieter and cleaner in terms of static noise in the audio output. It is much simpler to use also. I think they done a good job with this new software. There is a lot less clutter in the interface also. Well done.
I can't wait to download at try this one out.
SDRPlay has been upfront with the fact that this is just a preliminary release as they are still early in development.
I am currently using both Uno & Connect. Uno's plugins are fantastic and hopefully they get ported over to Connect in some way, also I really miss the Noise Reduction option from Uno too, and the monochrome waterfall.
Connect however seems to have a much more pleasant audio output over Uno and right clicking to set the notches in the aux window is a great feature especially when you have a station coming in over a noise spike, setting the notch on the noise spike almost fully removes it without removing too much of the stations audio. Also the extra band selection over Uno makes it easier to find stuff for a newbie like me.
That does look like a great improvement on the UI compared to SDRUno - I have an RSP1A but I do find the existing s/w cumbersome and ugly!
No grafical; issues on Linux Mint but I had had odd issues where I have to toggle off the sound card (Defualt, Pulse audio etc) and then back but it does work.
Can't wait for the next version. Anyone hear about the next preview build?
I'll announce it on my channel as soon as it drops :-)
Currently, it seems if you use the keypad to enter a frequency, it has to be one within the zoomed-out spectrum displayed otherwise nothing happens.
Will there be "beacon locking" for use on QO-100?
(this is a detection of the BPSK400 beacon in the center of the passband, and tracking of the frequency, to adjust the "down conversion LO" parameter. It allows reception of QO-100 without a GPS-locked LNB)
SDR Connect is a dam sight easier to install aswell compared to SDR Uno
No plugins ?
Strictly for their devices only?!?! :(
After installing sdr uno, and seeing its gui, never used it for rsp1. Sdrsharp is much better, but no modern support, so I am using hdsdr. This sdr connect looks better than uno, so maybe time to try.
I cant get the key pad to work looks like I'm not alone! I wanted to enter just enter 869.525 Mhz directly the EU Meshtastic frequency. You cant have band framing on? Other than that it looks great
Not free as in freedom. Another proprietary software that cannot be individually customized or maintained. :/
Looks nice Mat, any idea what UI framework this is built on?
Note sure mate, but if you drop Andy @ sdrplay an email he'll help out. :-) Cheers
Does this software integrate with Analog Radio SDR internal card panadspter for the Icom
7300 with the SDRPlay RSP1A ?
Hi, I don't understand how the squelch works. I've seen that I can set the yellow line above the background noise but it still keeps coming, how do I completely eliminate the background hiss when you're out of tune so that you only hear the sounds above the threshold I set with the yellow squelch line? Thank you very much
I plugged my new RSP1B into my desktop before installing the SDRConnect software because I did not know ahead of time that was the wrong procedure. Now SDRConnect does not find the RSP1B. Does anybody know how to fix this? I'm thinking of installing SDR Uno and doing it right. Is that going to work now that I've already allowed the device to be installed by Windows when I plugged it in the first time?
like it.
How would it compare to SDR console?
SDR Console and Simon Brown are the Best!
i am strugling to get my sdr going purchased it thinking it was plug and play.......help
Which SDR do you have?
@@TechMindsOfficial i am sorry for the delay, i have a nooelec nesor smart purchased from nooelec direct with SDR sharp running on windows 11.
I am already using my pc to run scan125 for my scanner with external antenna a driscone for genral and a tunned antenna for air band and a second tuned for milatery.
any help would be amazing as SDR looks soooooooo interesting.
Thank you Nick
Does the new software still need the SDRplay API service?
yes but a new API has been written that works with both SDR Uno and SDR Connect.
Some of the Linux support has been lost for other programs but over time these apps will be updated hook back in properly with the SDR tuners.
When will SDRconnect have Rig control?
Good question! For now I continue to use SDRuno for that feature.
hope they have colour schemes..
at last...
I don't care what anyone says, you can't beat sdr console !
SDR Console is very good but its actually quite heavy going on the PC.
If you have the hardware for it, its worth using.
SDR Connect will run on an Celeron 4000 crap cpu with 4GB of ram
@@BillyNoMates1974 Is that the n4000 that you'd see in older Chromebooks ?
@@o00scorpion00o yes.
Chromebooks are left a bit behind in terms of SDR software.
there are some workarounds to this though.
I use OpenWebRX and works a treat on my chromebook. Tech Minds has a video on this channel about OpenWebRX.
My cheap as chips laptop is a Geobook 2E with a Celeron N3450 and that runs SDR Console fine. the only times it feels like its struggling a little is with Wideband FM as thet is 8 meg of bandwidth wide.
Sdr Console is my everyday to go option vs SDR Console or SDR Uno. I find that the SDR software products are unpolished...
@@MrDoldora SDR Console has been developed by a Radio Amateur so there are good grounds for a well thought out software. thats the advantage it has.
So its locked only for sdrplay sdr tuners?
Cant use my (RSP1A) msi panadapter usb dongle, its not recognized by this S/W
will this work for the USB Dongle RTL2832U ?
I really like SDR Connect, with two exceptions. The keypad is sometime unresponsive as was already mentioned. My main dislike is the awful spectrum colour, I hope that future versions amend this.
The spectrum color is taken from SDRuno.
I think if the keypad is unresponsive, you need to unselect the band plan in the band window - it then opens up the keypad again. I agree it's a bit counter-intuitive.
Sadly even though I'm on a supported LTS version of Ubuntu linux it crashes out... :
That's a shame, perhaps drop them an email as I am sure they will be interested in this kind of feedback.
I had to skim it but does this work on pi 4/5?
Yep, they recommend at least a pi4 though.
@@TechMindsOfficial that makes sense, thanks! Great video, have the uno but hadn't heard about this.
Tried it as a client on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w.
I had to do a few hacks to get it to open on Pi OS but selecting the play button does nothing as it runs out of memory.
However, running SDR Connect as a server on a Pi Zero 2 W does work.
It will run fine on a Pi 4
@@BillyNoMates1974ah that's a great experiment, thanks for sharing!
😮rather use sdruno
At moment I am with you on this, I really like SDRuno! However, as time goes on and the dev of SDRconnect expands, we will have to wait and see. Cheers!
@@TechMindsOfficial I enjoy your show, and cheers to you and yours.
SDR Connect killed all the original dlls and locked up rsp1a i am sure its fine if its all you want to run but not if you use other sdr software on win10 cos took ages to figure out wtf went wrong it needs to come with a warning!
I use windows 11 and have literally every application installed and they all work fine with SDRconnect installed. Maybe it’s a win 10 issue.
Maybe but it was a complete nightmare for me so its sdrconsolev3 and sdruno for me now cos i won't risk it again it completely wiped out the dynamic link libraries on win10 with no warning so i will wait till they get the kinks out i think!@@TechMindsOfficial
@@TechMindsOfficial I'm running SDRconnect, along with many other SDR applications on Win10, both server and client. No issues at all.
@@TechMindsOfficial Installed SDR Connect and now SDRUno does not recognise anymore the RSPduo. Had to reinstall but at now avail, now Connect does not work anymore. Still keeping Uno. Windows 11.
Linux? hmm.. maybe we will soon see an Android app as it shouldn't be too much of a fuzz to port it from Linux to Android?
Alas, any SDR application lives and dies by its decoder plugins these days. Let's hope the SDRplay guys open the platform up for 3rd parties to write DMR, POCSAG etc decoder plugins.
It's on it's way :-)
Oh very good :) @@TechMindsOfficial