Tagged: FSQ

SDROxide: A New SDR Client for HAMs and SWLs written in Rust

Thank you to Josef (OE3JJS) for writing in and sharing with us the release of his new open-source software called SDROxide, an SDR client designed for HAMs and SWLs (short-wave listeners), written in Rust. The software supports Linux, Windows, macOS, and also has a web client. As it supports SoapySDR, RTL-SDR dongles are supported for RX. Josef writes about SDROxide:

It's a completely new project written in Rust, supporting many SDR interfaces (CAT/Audio, CAT/IQ, SoapySDR, HPSDR, TCI) and with loads of features built in that used to require extra programs: FT8/FT4, SSTV, RTTY, PSK, OLIVIA, THOR, FSQ, a CW/RTTY/PSK skimmer, there's dx cluster and sota/pota spotting, a logbook with integrations for QRZ.com, HamQTH, eQSL, LoTW, there's neural-network noise reduction, a 3D "hamclock" that visualizes QSOs, satellites, Aurora, CME cones, with up-to-date images of the sun's surface, and you can run the client locally, remote with native binary, or remote via the web (WASM).

Josef notes that the project is fully open-source and available on GitHub.

SDROxide: SSB Workspace
SDROxide: SSB Workspace
SDROxide: FT8 Workspace
SDROxide: FT8 Workspace

AI-Disclaimer: The author notes the use of local and hosted LLMs in the development of this software.

CyberSpectrum Melbourne: Building a Cheap FSQ Transceiver with Arduino, Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR

FSQ (Fast Simple QSO) is a relatively new ham band mode for making text QSO’s (contact or exchange of information with another ham) over HF frequencies. It is a low data rate mode similar to PSK31 but with some interestingĀ features like relaying which allows signals to be relayed further via other FSQ stations.

Over at in Melbourne, Australia a Cyberspectrum SDR meetup is held every few weeks. At this weeks meetup @faulteh discusses the FSQ mode and some of it’s interesting features. He also shows how he can transmit FSQ using a Si5351 clock generator and Arduino (with filtering). In the future he hopes to also create a fully automated receive station using a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongle.

The Arduino FSQ code is available on GitHub, and more information is available on his hackaday.io page.

Cyberspectrum Melbourne #14: Building a Cheap FSQ