Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Download and install VB-Audio (virtual audio cable) Windows only !!!!

Installing Virtual Audio cable

***ARASS***


Please visit the following web site: https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm


























Click on the download button in orange, vbcable_driver_pack43.zip will download to your downloads directory., you should also see it in the bar at the bottom of your browser, assuming you have winzip or other extractor program installed you can double click to open it.




You may have to right click and run as administrator, otherwise just double click the 32 or 64 version right for your PC.





Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Online / Web based Kiwi SDR Weather Fax decoding on demand and as a service

Continuing our series of Amateur Radio As A Service (ARAAS) this post looks into another built in feature of the famous Kiwi web based SDR, the ability to decode FAX transmissions on the fly.

On the HF bands Fax is mainly used to transmit weather related information.

You can find the locations and schedule HERE

So go find a kiwi sdr station at http://sdr.hu in our example we used I1CRA / IZ1GLG (thank you)



Locate the above panel, which will appear bottom right side of the web page, in the extension drop down choose fax. You will see the screen changes, the fax decoder and fax control panel are now seen.










Given in this example we are using the kiwi sdr located in Italy, we can use a frequency in Europe, for the best results, if you select the top frequency, then click next until you find an active one.



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You should start seeing some nice decodes as seen in the screenshots above 










Md-uv 380 update and other new toys!