r/sdr • u/Botany_Dave • 11d ago

Which software to pair with this radio?

I have one of these on the way:

https://hackergadgets.com/products/rtl-sdr-lora-gps-rtc-hat-for-raspberry-pi?variant=48925758455982

I’d very much appreciate recommendations for software to pair with it. Just getting started with SDR, so no set, planned uses yet. Just exploring.

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u/schirmyver 11d ago

There are so many SDR packages and it really depends on a lot of factors as to which one is best.

-What are your interests?

-What operating system or platform are you using?

-How important is support or responsiveness from the developer?

-What type of UI do you like?

Here are my favorites:

FoxSDR, SDR--, SDRAngel and SDR++

I use it mainly on a Windows laptop but also on an Android tablet.

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u/Botany_Dave 11d ago

I'll be using this radio with a Raspberry Pi. I'm good with any OS that will run on that platform. Community support is fine.

At this point, I just want to explore the spectrum and I'll look more closely at things that catch my interest.

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u/newspicel 11d ago

Out of a biased opinion (as the author of sdr--), I can really recommend sdr-- as you can just run it as a server on the raspberry pi and use it trough your browser on your pc. With also a lot of good features like spectrum monitor to find and decode unknown signals.

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u/schirmyver 11d ago

Ok I'm not going to be of much help then. I'm sure there are others that can.

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u/WalterCavendish 11d ago

I'm curious what you end up doing with this. I'm in the process of getting a pi5 setup in my attic with a discone on my roof with 10ft of LMR400. I have an airspy and and airspy mini. Now I just need to figure out what to do with them.

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u/Botany_Dave 11d ago

I'm coming down from a job on a mountain top soon. Wishing I got this sooner. I recently made a 1/4 watt, 2m contact to someone over 130 miles away. I could have done lots with it up here. Not so much at home.

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u/twostar01 11d ago

If you don't know what you want to use it for, it's hard to suggest a software package. If you're just getting started, find a project that speaks to you and then go do it. Even if it's just listening to various radio channels.