[amsat-bb] FoxTelem with RTL-SDR

[Hasan al-Basri]

I run all 4 TLM programs and Wx2I (NOAA software) all at the same time
24x7, no issues with SDRC and VBCable.
73, N0AN
Hasan


On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 3:28 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> >
> > What am I missing? Thanks, Greg KO6TH
>
>
> Greg - I've had zero luck using the rtl-sdr dongle directly with FoxTelem.
>  I can get it to connect, at least - but it decodes almost nothing (it has
> to be a super powerful signal to get anything).  However, if I use the same
> dongle, with GQRX audio piped into FoxTelem via pulse audio, then it works
> wonderfully.   Not sure why the difference is.
>
> I will say that running the GQRX and FoxTelem guis at the same time is a
> major processor drain.   Usually FoxTelem will give up the ghost a few
> seconds in.   If I switch off of the input tab into one of the spacecraft
> tabs, the processor usage drops dramatically and then I continue on.   But
> this is on a 10 year old laptop so who knows.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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