Hi,

ping, anyone else?

tarball reattached.

cheers,
Sebastian

On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM Sebastian Reitenbach <
[email protected]> wrote:

> updated version attached, with a MESSAGE about permissions on usb devices,
> similar to dump1090.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM Petre Rodan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> hello,
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 04:07:08PM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
>> > Hi Peter,
>> >
>> > thanks for testing and for the detailed feedback!
>> >
>> > The 'aUaU...' output suggests audio underruns.
>> [..]
>> > Did you try with the libusb1 and hackrf updates I sent, or those
>> available
>> > as package?
>>
>> this time I compiled the latest libusb1 and hackrf you sent and
>> recompiled all the relevant packages.
>>
>> if in I/O devices I set a small enough 'Input rate' (below 2000000)
>> (which means I get a <2MHz wide window in gqrx) then the demodulated audio
>> output is perfectly fine. anything above 4MHz will start generating
>> underruns and glitched audio. this 'input rate' is an editable drop-down
>> list [1] that provides values from 8MHz (which is the default) up to 20MHz,
>> so I had to edit in a smaller value to have it work.
>>
>> long story short it's a horsepower problem on my part, the port itself is
>> working :)
>> for context this is a Thinkpad X1 carbon 3rd Gen, so the cpu is not great
>> by today's standards.
>> I tried to set up a much more powerful PC to do these tests, but
>> unfortunately I get into page faults due to an amdgpu rx 6800 that is not
>> properly initialized, so this Thinkpad is all I got for the time being.
>>
>> a message about how to make the SDR device available to the user would be
>> nice. in Linux and FreeBSD I have udev rules to automate this, no idea how
>> to replicate this in OpenBSD.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/gqrx-sdr/gqrx/blob/0b4ab30e42c3752a6838a651304422dbb7ef6a1e/src/qtgui/ioconfig.cpp#L283
>>
>> best regards,
>> peter
>>
>> > My tests with rtl-sdr and hackrf pro were good (I am here in a place
>> with
>> > very poor radio reception, but using hardware AGC, I got at least one
>> > station quite good)
>> >
>> > Regarding the SDRplay RSPdx note, I updated the gr-osmosdr DESCR, to
>> only
>> > include what we currently have.
>> > I didn't mentioned any specific support of devices in gqrx, so left that
>> > one untouched.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Sebastian
>> >
>> > On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 9:07 AM Petre Rodan <
>> [email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > hello!
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 09:09:02PM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > this is new port of gqrx:
>> > > >
>> > > > cat pkg/DESCR
>> > > > Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver (SDR)
>> powered by
>> > > > the GNU Radio and the Qt graphical toolkit.
>> > > >
>> > > > tested with rtl-sdr and hackrf on amd64 to listen to radio.
>> > > > it needs the gr-osmosdr port I just sent as dependency.
>> > >
>> > > thank you for your work!
>> > >
>> > > this port as well as it's dependencies you provided previously
>> (gr-osmosdr
>> > > soapy-hackrf soapy-rtlsdr soapysdr) compile just fine on my amd64 7.9
>> > > desktop.
>> > >
>> > > I tried to use it with a HackRF One (firmware 2024.02.1) but the audio
>> > > output is garbled when trying to demodulate radio stations.
>> > >
>> > > the output looks thusly:
>> > >
>> > > gr-osmosdr 0.2.0.0 (0.2.0) gnuradio 3.10.11.0
>> > > built-in source types: file rtl rtl_tcp hackrf rfspace soapy redpitaya
>> > > rx_nb_cc :info: set_min_output_buffer on block 10 to 32768
>> > > Resampling audio 96000 -> 48000
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :info: default is the chosen device using sndio
>> as
>> > > the host
>> > > BandPlanFile is /root/.config/gqrx/bandplan.csv
>> > > BookmarksFile is /root/.config/gqrx/bookmarks.csv
>> > > gr-osmosdr 0.2.0.0 (0.2.0) gnuradio 3.10.11.0
>> > > built-in source types: file rtl rtl_tcp hackrf rfspace soapy redpitaya
>> > > Using HackRF One with firmware 2024.02.1
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :info: default is the chosen device using sndio
>> as
>> > > the host
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :info: Latency =  0.02133, requested
>> sampling_rate =
>> > > 48000
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :error: Requested sampling rate 48000 not
>> achieved;
>> > > using 48000 instead
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :info: d_portaudio_buffer_size_frames = 1024
>> > >
>> aUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaudio_portaudio_sink
>> > > :info: Latency =  0.02133, requested sampling_rate = 48000
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :error: Requested sampling rate 48000 not
>> achieved;
>> > > using 48000 instead
>> > > audio_portaudio_sink :info: d_portaudio_buffer_size_frames = 1024
>> > >
>> > >
>> aUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUaUa
>> > >
>> > > also tried to plug in a SDRplay RSPdx, but there is no surprise that
>> the
>> > > user-space driver for it is missing (since it's closed source [1]).
>> maybe
>> > > it should not be mentioned in gr-osmosdr/pkg/DESCR?
>> > >
>> > > both devices work flawlessly in Gentoo. HackRF One has an audio
>> problem in
>> > > FreeBSD as well (audio chunks are played correctly but with an
>> overlap).
>> > >
>> > > [1] https://www.sdrplay.com/api/
>> > >
>> > > best regards,
>> > > peter
>> > >
>> > > > comments and feedback welcome.
>> > > >
>> > > > cheers,
>> > > > Sebastian
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > petre rodan
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch
>>
>> --
>> petre rodan
>>
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