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gqrx-sdr

Software defined radio receiver
Gqrx works with hardware supported by gr-osmosdr, including Funcube Dongle, RTL-SDR, Airspy, HackRF, BladeRF, RFSpace, USRP and SoapySDR.

Gqrx can operate as an AM/FM/SSB receiver with audio output or as an FFT-only instrument. The built-in Gqrx AFSK1200 decoder can decode and display AX.25 packets. There are also various hooks for interacting with external applications using network sockets.

Wideband FM mode has mono, stereo, and RDS (Radio Data System) modes. Displays FFT plot and spectrum waterfall.

It is powered by GNU Radio and the Qt GUI toolkit.

Installed size: 2.08 MB
How to install: sudo apt install gqrx-sdr

gqrx

Software Defined Radio GUI application

root@kali:~# man gqrx
GQRX(1)                          User Commands                          GQRX(1)

NAME
     gqrx - Software Defined Radio GUI application

DESCRIPTION
     Gqrx  is a software defined radio (SDR) receiver implemented using GNU Ra-
     dio and the Qt GUI toolkit. It works with  hardware  supported  by  gr-os-
     mosdr,  including  Funcube  Dongle,  RTL-SDR, Airspy, HackRF, BladeRF, RF-
     Space, USRP and SoapySDR.

     Gqrx can operate as an AM/FM/SSB receiver with audio output or as an  FFT-
     only  instrument. There are also various hooks for interacting with exter-
     nal applications using network sockets.

     It is strongly recommended to run the volk_profile utility before  running
     gqrx.  This  will  detect  and enable processor-specific optimisations and
     will in many cases give a significant performance boost.

     The first time you start gqrx it will open a device configuration  dialog.
     Supported  devices that are connected to the computer are discovered auto-
     matically and you can select any of them in the drop-down list.

     If you don't see your device listed in the drop-down list it could be  be-
     cause:

     *      The driver has not been included in a binary distribution

     *      The udev rule has not been properly configured

     *      Linux kernel driver is blocking access to the device

     You  can  test  your device using device specific tools, such as rtl_test,
     airspy_rx, hackrf_transfer, qthid, etc.

     Gqrx supports multiple configurations and sessions if you have several de-
     vices or if you want to use the same  device  under  different  configura-
     tions.  You  can load a configuration from the GUI or using the -c command
     line argument.

OPTIONS
     -h, --help
            Display the help page

     -s, --style style
            Use the given style (fusion, windows)

     -l, --list
            List existing configurations

     -c, --conf file
            Start with a specific configuration file

     -e, --edit
            Edit the configuration file before using it

     -r, --reset
            Reset the configuration file

SEE ALSO
     https://gqrx.dk/

gqrx 2.17.7                       May 27, 2025                          GQRX(1)