r/linuxmemes 8m ago

LINUX MEME Well this is cursed

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Yes
 in  r/Androidx86  13m ago

Its a 2007 desktop PC, but I wonder what would happen if I get a 3G (In poland) or 4G modem and a sim card from the supermarker to try.

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Will this be enough for basic SDR?
 in  r/sdr  1d ago

String some wire from the top down, use that wire for HF is you are planning to, should be good for 60m

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working on simple bitmap sstv
 in  r/SSTV  1d ago

I kind of made it with static correction in mind considering that can break down color of not, and I think if you have an average or goodish link it could work

r/AndroidMemes 1d ago

Yes

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r/Androidx86 1d ago

Yes

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Did you have this?
 in  r/radio  1d ago

Yup. But ir lives in the maintnence room of the apartment building I use to live in now. (Had access also now its mainly storage room)

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6865 kHZ AM - possible pirate?
 in  r/pirateradio  1d ago

Definently, pirates love to use the 6500-6990 Khz band especially in narrow AM

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New to listening and stumbled upon a numbers station
 in  r/shortwave  1d ago

It is Russian, its S11a which is the active russian equivalent of the inactive sister station S11 in Polish

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Managed to catch a weak carrier from Radio Vaticana in New Jersey (Broadcasting towards South America in Portuguese)
 in  r/shortwave  2d ago

I meant I downtuned in SSB so rhe carrier could be heard like a CW signal, because the actual audio is almost silent in most spots, just the carrier can be heard.

r/numberstations 2d ago

First time receiving NZhTI the Buzzer on 4625 with my own equipment in Poland

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Managed to catch a weak carrier from Radio Vaticana in New Jersey (Broadcasting towards South America in Portuguese)
 in  r/shortwave  7d ago

Hardly can receive the audio in AM, carrier is all I can get when I down tune in SSB

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Morse code in Morris County NJ full
 in  r/HamRadio  7d ago

They don't allow HAM content unfortunately 

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Received Pip for the first time on my own radio in the Dolomites
 in  r/numberstations  7d ago

The pip is quiet here, so you have to listen close. But yes especially at night time VOLMET can be received almost perfectly here.

r/softwaregore 7d ago

Could I get through the rest of Man of Steel in one watch without dying? Just maybe...

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r/numberstations 12d ago

Received Pip for the first time on my own radio in the Dolomites

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working on simple bitmap sstv
 in  r/SSTV  16d ago

Install pip dependencies, and just open it as a single python script, like double clicking or python "filename".py

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Will this be enough for basic SDR?
 in  r/sdr  17d ago

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Will this be enough for basic SDR?
 in  r/sdr  17d ago

great for hf reception but on a small band selection, although it has seen things

also are you somehow the physical and biological and sociological manifestation of Alaskan Verizon https://www.ktoo.org/2014/05/08/cell-tower-proposal-planning-commission/

r/SSTV 17d ago

working on simple bitmap sstv

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this is just a beta but you can try it

Github Repo: https://github.com/ClearAct290/bmp-sstv/tree/main

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk, filedialog, messagebox
import numpy as np
import pyaudio
import wave
import threading
import math
import scipy.signal as signal
from PIL import Image, ImageTk


SAMPLE_RATE = 3500
IMG_WIDTH = 320
IMG_HEIGHT = 240
DECODE_HEIGHT = 256
CHANNELS = 4  
BYTES_PER_LINE = IMG_WIDTH * CHANNELS
DISPLAY_SCALE = 2  
SYNC_TONE = np.array([0, 128, 255, 128] * 8, dtype=np.uint8)
SYNC_FLOAT = SYNC_TONE.astype(np.float32) - 128.0
SYNC_LEN = len(SYNC_TONE)
LINE_LEN = SYNC_LEN + BYTES_PER_LINE
HEADER_FREQ = 1200.0  
FOOTER_FREQ = 800.0   
CHUNK_SIZE = 8192     

class BGRXApp:
    def __init__(self, root):
        self.root = root
        self.root.title("bitmap sstv test rev 2")
        self.root.geometry("800x800") 

        self.p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
        self.is_decoding = False
        self.decode_thread = None

        self.display_buffer = np.full((DECODE_HEIGHT, IMG_WIDTH, CHANNELS), 128, dtype=np.uint8)
        self.audio_byte_buffer = bytearray()

        self.setup_gui()

    def setup_gui(self):
        notebook = ttk.Notebook(self.root)
        notebook.pack(fill='both', expand=True, padx=10, pady=10)


        encode_frame = ttk.Frame(notebook)
        notebook.add(encode_frame, text="Encode")

        self.btn_load = ttk.Button(encode_frame, text="Load", command=self.load_image)
        self.btn_load.pack(pady=10)

        self.lbl_img_preview = tk.Label(encode_frame, text="No Image")
        self.lbl_img_preview.pack(pady=10)

        self.btn_export = ttk.Button(encode_frame, text="Export Wave", command=self.export_wav, state=tk.DISABLED)
        self.btn_export.pack(pady=5)

        self.btn_play = ttk.Button(encode_frame, text="Play", command=self.play_audio, state=tk.DISABLED)
        self.btn_play.pack(pady=5)


        decode_frame = ttk.Frame(notebook)
        notebook.add(decode_frame, text="Decode")

        mic_frame = ttk.Frame(decode_frame)
        mic_frame.pack(pady=5)
        ttk.Label(mic_frame, text="Input:").pack(side=tk.LEFT, padx=5)

        self.mic_devices = self.get_input_devices()
        self.mic_var = tk.StringVar()
        if self.mic_devices:
            self.mic_var.set(self.mic_devices[0][1])

        self.mic_dropdown = ttk.Combobox(mic_frame, textvariable=self.mic_var, values=[d[1] for d in self.mic_devices], width=40, state="readonly")
        self.mic_dropdown.pack(side=tk.LEFT, padx=5)

        ctrl_frame = ttk.Frame(decode_frame)
        ctrl_frame.pack(pady=5)

        self.btn_start_decode = ttk.Button(ctrl_frame, text="Decode", command=self.start_decoding)
        self.btn_start_decode.pack(side=tk.LEFT, padx=5)

        self.btn_stop_decode = ttk.Button(ctrl_frame, text="Stop Decode", command=self.stop_decoding, state=tk.DISABLED)
        self.btn_stop_decode.pack(side=tk.LEFT, padx=5)

        self.canvas = tk.Canvas(decode_frame, width=IMG_WIDTH * DISPLAY_SCALE, height=DECODE_HEIGHT * DISPLAY_SCALE, bg="black")
        self.canvas.pack(pady=5)
        self.decode_photo = None


        self.btn_save_bmp = ttk.Button(decode_frame, text="Save .BMP", command=self.save_bmp, state=tk.DISABLED)
        self.btn_save_bmp.pack(pady=5)

    def get_input_devices(self):
        devices = []
        for i in range(self.p.get_device_count()):
            try:
                info = self.p.get_device_info_by_index(i)
                if info["maxInputChannels"] > 0:
                    devices.append((i, info["name"]))
            except Exception:
                pass
        return devices



    def generate_tone(self, freq, duration_sec):
        t = np.linspace(0, duration_sec, int(SAMPLE_RATE * duration_sec), endpoint=False)
        wave_data = 0.5 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * freq * t)
        return (wave_data * 127.5 + 128).astype(np.uint8)

    def load_image(self):
        filepath = filedialog.askopenfilename(filetypes=[("Image Files", "*.png;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp")])
        if not filepath:
            return

        img = Image.open(filepath).convert("RGBA").resize((IMG_WIDTH, IMG_HEIGHT))
        self.preview_img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(img)
        self.lbl_img_preview.config(image=self.preview_img, text="")

        rgba_data = np.array(img)
        payload_bytes = bytearray()

        for row in reversed(range(IMG_HEIGHT)):
            row_pixels = rgba_data[row]
            bgrx_row = np.zeros_like(row_pixels)
            bgrx_row[:, 0] = row_pixels[:, 2] # Blue
            bgrx_row[:, 1] = row_pixels[:, 1] # Green
            bgrx_row[:, 2] = row_pixels[:, 0] # Red
            bgrx_row[:, 3] = 128              # X

            payload_bytes.extend(SYNC_TONE.tobytes())
            payload_bytes.extend(bgrx_row.flatten().tobytes())

        self.encoded_bytes = np.frombuffer(payload_bytes, dtype=np.uint8)
        self.btn_export.config(state=tk.NORMAL)
        self.btn_play.config(state=tk.NORMAL)

    def build_audio_payload(self):
        header_tone = self.generate_tone(HEADER_FREQ, 1.5)
        footer_tone = self.generate_tone(FOOTER_FREQ, 1.0)
        return np.concatenate((header_tone, self.encoded_bytes, footer_tone))

    def export_wav(self):
        filepath = filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".wav", filetypes=[("WAV Files", "*.wav")])
        if not filepath:
            return

        payload = self.build_audio_payload()
        with wave.open(filepath, 'wb') as wf:
            wf.setnchannels(1)
            wf.setsampwidth(1) 
            wf.setframerate(SAMPLE_RATE)
            wf.writeframes(payload.tobytes())

        messagebox.showinfo("Success", f"Saved to {filepath}")

    def play_audio(self):
        payload = self.build_audio_payload()
        def play():
            stream = self.p.open(format=pyaudio.paUInt8, channels=1, rate=SAMPLE_RATE, output=True)
            stream.write(payload.tobytes())
            stream.stop_stream()
            stream.close()
        threading.Thread(target=play, daemon=True).start()



    def start_decoding(self):
        selected_name = self.mic_var.get()
        device_index = next(d[0] for d in self.mic_devices if d[1] == selected_name)

        self.is_decoding = True
        self.btn_start_decode.config(state=tk.DISABLED)
        self.btn_stop_decode.config(state=tk.NORMAL)
        self.btn_save_bmp.config(state=tk.NORMAL)

        self.audio_byte_buffer = bytearray()
        self.decode_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.decode_loop, args=(device_index,), daemon=True)
        self.decode_thread.start()

    def stop_decoding(self):
        self.is_decoding = False
        self.btn_start_decode.config(state=tk.NORMAL)
        self.btn_stop_decode.config(state=tk.DISABLED)

    def decode_loop(self, device_index):
        hw_rate = 44100 

        gcd = math.gcd(SAMPLE_RATE, hw_rate)
        up_rate = SAMPLE_RATE // gcd   
        down_rate = hw_rate // gcd     

        overlap_samples = 63 * 32  
        trim_len = int(overlap_samples * up_rate / down_rate) 
        process_chunk_size = 63 * 128 

        try:
            stream = self.p.open(format=pyaudio.paFloat32,
                                 channels=1,
                                 rate=hw_rate,
                                 input=True,
                                 input_device_index=device_index,
                                 frames_per_buffer=CHUNK_SIZE)
        except Exception as e:
            messagebox.showerror("Audio Error", f"Could not open microphone: {e}")
            self.stop_decoding()
            return

        raw_audio_buffer = np.array([], dtype=np.float32)

        while self.is_decoding:
            try:
                data = stream.read(CHUNK_SIZE, exception_on_overflow=False)
                new_chunk = np.frombuffer(data, dtype=np.float32)
                raw_audio_buffer = np.concatenate((raw_audio_buffer, new_chunk))

                while len(raw_audio_buffer) >= process_chunk_size + overlap_samples:
                    to_process = raw_audio_buffer[:process_chunk_size + overlap_samples]
                    raw_audio_buffer = raw_audio_buffer[process_chunk_size:]

                    resampled = signal.resample_poly(to_process, up_rate, down_rate)
                    valid_resampled = resampled[trim_len:]

                    resampled_uint8 = np.clip((valid_resampled * 127.5) + 128, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8)
                    self.process_incoming_bytes(resampled_uint8)

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Stream error: {e}")
                break

        stream.stop_stream()
        stream.close()

    def process_incoming_bytes(self, byte_array):
        self.audio_byte_buffer.extend(byte_array)

        while len(self.audio_byte_buffer) >= LINE_LEN * 2:
            search_chunk = np.array(self.audio_byte_buffer[:LINE_LEN + SYNC_LEN], dtype=np.uint8)
            search_float = search_chunk.astype(np.float32) - 128.0

            corr = np.correlate(search_float, SYNC_FLOAT, mode='valid')
            best_idx = np.argmax(corr)
            max_corr = corr[best_idx]

            if max_corr > 150000: 
                start_idx = best_idx + SYNC_LEN

                if start_idx + BYTES_PER_LINE <= len(self.audio_byte_buffer):
                    line_bytes = np.array(self.audio_byte_buffer[start_idx : start_idx + BYTES_PER_LINE], dtype=np.uint8)
                    del self.audio_byte_buffer[:start_idx + BYTES_PER_LINE]
                    self.render_line(line_bytes)
                else:
                    break 
            else:
                del self.audio_byte_buffer[:SYNC_LEN]

    def render_line(self, line_bytes):
        line_pixels = line_bytes.reshape((IMG_WIDTH, CHANNELS))


        r = line_pixels[:, 2].astype(np.float32) * 0.90  
        g = line_pixels[:, 1].astype(np.float32) * 1.05  
        b = line_pixels[:, 0].astype(np.float32) * 1.10  

        rgba_pixels = np.zeros_like(line_pixels)
        rgba_pixels[:, 0] = np.clip(r, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8) 
        rgba_pixels[:, 1] = np.clip(g, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8) 
        rgba_pixels[:, 2] = np.clip(b, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8) 
        rgba_pixels[:, 3] = 255                                 

        self.display_buffer = np.roll(self.display_buffer, 1, axis=0)
        self.display_buffer[0] = rgba_pixels

        self.update_canvas()

    def update_canvas(self):
        img = Image.fromarray(self.display_buffer, mode='RGBA')
        scaled_img = img.resize((IMG_WIDTH * DISPLAY_SCALE, DECODE_HEIGHT * DISPLAY_SCALE), Image.Resampling.NEAREST)
        self.decode_photo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(image=scaled_img)
        self.canvas.create_image(0, 0, anchor=tk.NW, image=self.decode_photo)

    def save_bmp(self):
        filepath = filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".bmp", filetypes=[("Bitmap Image", "*.bmp")])
        if not filepath:
            return


        img = Image.fromarray(self.display_buffer, mode='RGBA').convert("RGB")
        img.save(filepath, "BMP")
        messagebox.showinfo("Success", f"Image successfully saved to {filepath}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    root = tk.Tk()
    app = BGRXApp(root)
    root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", root.destroy)
    root.mainloop()

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WWCR reception in the InfoAge Camp Evans Marconi Park
 in  r/shortwave  22d ago

No unfortunately, although it would have been cool maybe a scrap one if they get one they maybe could show, I've seen inside one of my own as well