[I'm answering here, but really this belongs on -users!]

Guido Cioni <[email protected]> writes:

> I have installed rtldavis as advised 
> here https://github.com/lheijst/rtldavis and also took care of compiling my 
> own librtlsdr as advised 
> here 
> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-development/c/L5Lt8x87I_s/m/PP5AdFnQAQAJ.
> After doing that I don't get anymore the message "Allocating 1 zero-copy 
> buffers".
> Unfortunately it still does not find the signal from my Vantage Vue ISS 
> that I just turned on with the battery. 

You didn't say what other testing you have done.  I would recommend
installing rtl_433 and listening on 433.92 MHz, 315 MHz, 915 MHz if in
the US, and some other set if you are in a different ITU/regulatory
region.  (One of the main rtl_433 contributors is in .de, so the docs
should have good hints for Europe (868 MHz?) -- but basically I mean the
license-free frequencies.)

I hear quite a number of devices that aren't mine.  This will let you
know if your dongle and toolchain is working.  You can also assess
frequency stability.  The cheap dongles are cheap!  I have two of those
and one "NESDR SMArTee v2" which has a TCXO.

Your log shows 868 MHz.  That seems like EU, and I wonder if you are
sure that your ISS is the EU version.  They are on 915 in the US.

I also hear people say that the dongle should be remoted from the RPI
via a USB cable, to reduce noise.

Take the pi out to 10 feet away from the ISS, line of sight, and try it there.

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