Running SDRPlay devices on openwebrx on x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64 machines

First you need to install Ubuntu 21.10 Hirsute Hippo, download from here Ubuntu 21.10 Hirsute Hippo Once you have Ubuntu up and running we can get it ready for adding SDRPlay support and installing openwebrx.

Install cmake from software.

Open a terminal and run  sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then run sudo apt install git 

close terminal

Download and install the SDRplay API from here: SDRPlay 3.07.1

Open a terminal and install these packages.

sudo apt-get install libsoapysdr0.7

sudo apt-get install libsoapysdr-dev

sudo apt-get install soapysdr-tools

Build and install the SoapySDRPlay module following the instructions here: SoapySDRPlay3

Open file explorer and navigate to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 

Open a terminal and run sudo gedit this will open text editor as root. 

Drag and drop the blacklist.conf  file into the text editor and add these lines at the bottom and click save, 

blacklist sdr_msi3101

blacklist msi001

blacklist msi2500

Plug your SDRPlay device in and make sure the SoapySDRPlay installation is working by following the instructions here: SoapySDRUtil

Download and install the OpenWebRX package for Ubuntu following the instructions from here: install openwebrx

Run commands in terminal as root 'sudo -i'

Open your browser at localhost:8073  and cllick on settings and set your device up.

Useful commands:

Stop/Start/Restart openwebrx server,

sudo systemctl restart openwebrx

sudo systemctl stop openwebrx

Stop/Start SDRPlay API,

sudo systemctl start sdrplay

sudo systemctl stop sdrplay

Sample settings for SDRPlay RSP1A in screenshots.

 

 

To install Any Desk on Hirsute Hippo run sudo apt install libpangox-1.0-0 go to /etc/gdm3/custom.conf and find and uncomment WaylandEnable=false

Ham Radio Deluxe V6xxx and that 30 day trial period.

Now maybe like me you like to test things before you spend your hard earned cash on them.
Well if you want the latest version of Ham Radio Deluxe you will have to pay for it, the last free version was HRD Version 5.24.38 back in October 2012.
They do allow a 30 day trial period and after that you have to buy.
Well I found a couple of problems with sections of the HRD suite that I frequently use so informed them of this and they said that it would be fixed. Well by this time my 30 day trial had expired, so how to see if it really had been fixed?
Just removing the program and then installing again did nothing and I wasn't prepared to pay $99.95 to find out, so what to do?
A little bit of registry work is required but not a lot.
In win7 on type run in the search box, click on Run in the results, in the window that opens type regedit  then click OK and the Registry Editor will open.
Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to expand it, then click  SOFTWARE\Amateur Radio\ .
You will see the directory HRD User Profile,  right click on it and click Export and save it.
Now right click it again and this time click delete.
Now start Ham Radio Deluxe V6.xx and you be be presented with the first run wizard and another 30 day trial (note using the same call sign as before may only give you 7 days but that's long enough to test).
If like me your problems haven't been solved you will have saved money, if they have been fixed go pay your $99.95 for your licence.
 

How many turns on that toroid? Toroid Ready Reckoner.

Ever needed to know how many turns on a toroid will give the required inductance?
Well below is a Ready Reckoner for just such occasions.

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Or right click to save.

Guides to using the SDR-radio.com SDRConsole

Over the pages of this blog I will attempt to assist users of the SDR-radio.com SDRConsole V2.x by Simon Brown G4ELI (ex-HB9DRV).

You can find the pages as they appear in the pages list to the right hand side of this page. 

There is a support group for this software you may wish to join 

SDR-radio.com