SRD with Kali: gqrx

gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for Linux. It offers the following features:

• Discover devices attached to the computer.
• Process I/Q data from the supported devices.
• Change frequency, gain and apply various corrections (frequency, I/Q balance).
• AM, SSB, FM-N and FM-W (mono and stereo) demodulators.
• Special FM mode for NOAA APT.
• Variable band pass filter.
• AGC, squelch and noise blankers.
• FFT plot and waterfall.
• Record and playback audio to / from WAV file.
• Spectrum analyzer mode where all signal processing is disabled.

I tried it for listening to FM radio again, similar to the tool I used in Windows. We can start it from the command line with "gqrx" or by selecting it from the menu.

I tuned to one of the local radio stations, and it plays fine.

I'm not a radio amateur guy, so just experimenting so far. This is a very good blog for SDR:

http://www.rtl-sdr.com/

Software Defined Radio

Recently I bought a small USB receiver to play with SDR:
Terratec DVB-T USB Receiver - Realtek RTL2832U + Elonics E4000-Based

I want to experiment what you can do with this technology, and explore how Kali Linux support it, what tools are available there.
Update 2013/11/11 - I won't have time in the near future, but it's on the long (year) plan.

But first I set it up on Windows, here is a nice article how to do it:

http://rtlsdr.org/softwarewindows

After setting up, it works nicely, and I can listen to FM radio :) Here is a screenshot from SDR Sharp: