Comments on: Raspberry Pi – Multiple Instances of RTLSDR as a Service

By: Mike Richards

Mike Richards — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:47:11 +0000

Hi David,

Apologies for the delayed reply. I’ve not seen any examples of using the RTL-SDR dongle as a complete GPS solution. All it really achieves in SDR mode is to present a pair of 8-bit IQ samples over the USB port. Also, from a cost perspective, you can buy a dedicated USB GPS dongle for not much more than the price of an RTL-SDR dongle.

Regards,

Mike – G4WNC

Regards,

Mike

By: David Swartwood

David Swartwood — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:31:01 +0000

Totally off topic but can this dongle be used to add location APRS to my Kenwood TM-V71A if I also get a USB GPS? I’m a bit of newb and don’t totally get all the wired com protocols.

By: Mike Richards

Mike Richards — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:44:47 +0000

In reply to Noah.

Hi Noah,

Thanks for commenting. That looks like a neat solution. I’m traveling in Switzerland at the moment but will look to incorporate this when I get back to base.

Thanks,

Mike

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:43:27 +0000

You can use a single service definition and pass it parameters. see https://derushadigital.com/other%20projects/2019/02/15/RTLSDR-service.html

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:54:29 +0000

Mike,
How do you change Exec Start line to use a fixed IP address. I am trying to get the RSP1a tcp server running using a version of this Unit File for creating a service to get rsp_tcp service to run for an RSP1a