jawa21@startrek.websitetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis?
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1 year agoI almost hate to recommend it, but r/rtlsdr is the place to go.
I almost hate to recommend it, but r/rtlsdr is the place to go.
RTL-SDR is basically a way of using a digital device as a broadband radio. That is an oversimplification, but that is the idea. There are cheap USB devices out there that will turn a PC into a ham radio receiver (among a really wide range of other bands like weather satellites). I have no idea how they are doing it with Android, however. Maybe using the phone’s antenna.
Indeed, but everything you need is there. And I’ll throw one in for free and it is awesome to get started: http://websdr.org/