Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM is crap, indeed it is!

I was playing with the gr-rds module just last week and if I'm not
mistaken it uses USRP not UHD, so it work until someone gets around to
updating it.

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mleech@ripnet.com> wrote:
> On 02/19/2012 12:29 PM, Justin Kelly wrote:
>
> Hi Marcus,
>
> after your current discovery of the gory details, you might want to consider
> calling the station on it. better yet send them a post card!
>
> They might not even know there is a problem, if you can provide the stations
> manager/engineer a picture of the problem. It's usually enough to light a
> fire under their arse to correct the deficiency. Many stations are looking
> for an edge in the market, properly tuned equipment goes a long way to
> improving the experience and their bottom line.
>
> Even a 1st gen USRP is worlds more advanced then the diagnostic tools
> available when most radios stations were in their construction stages.
>
> Yup, that doesn't surprise me.
>
> I just sent a quick note to them saying "WTF guys?".
>
>
>
>
> I applaud your efforts to write a better decoder! of the little bit of
> research I have done about RDS and HD radio here in the US. Both are phase
> locked and cycle specific to the pilot oscillator.
>
> I haven't looked into it that much yet.  There *was* a gr-rds module written
> a few years back, so maybe I'll find it and see if I can
>   integrate it.
>
>
>
> If you are going to continue your efforts, I am going to ask that you Please
> also write an encoder.
>
> who knows maybe it will lead to better station equipment!
>
> Hmmm.  Maybe.  I know that Gnu Radio + UHD + USRP has been used in Europe
> for production DAB/DAB+ broadcasting in the past
>   year.
>
>
>
> Justin Kelly
> N2TOH
>
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