I finally received my RTL-SDR dongle. I am using Linux Debian. I guess I don't know how this works... the screen shows nothing but empty windows.
I'm using my regular ham antenna so I know there is no problem with cabling or antenna.
My system shows the dongle is recognized. I've set "Direct Sampling" to "Q-ADC" but have also tried "I-ADC" with no change. I don't know what those setting are.
I've selected to view 20 meters.
So why am I not seeing a waterfall or any other info on the screen? I can't find any actual instructions on how to proceed.
Below shows dmesg, and I have attached a screenshot. Can someone clue me in? Are there other settings I need to know about, for instance, just to get started?
Thanks,
Keith
N3KXZ
************
keith@ada:~/Downloads$ sudo dmesg|tail
[ 756.910273] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.2.auto: Registered as swradio0
[ 756.910276] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.2.auto: Realtek RTL2832 SDR attached
[ 756.910279] rtl2832_sdr rtl2832_sdr.2.auto: SDR API is still slightly experimental and functionality changes may follow
[ 756.917584] Registered IR keymap rc-empty
[ 756.917637] rc rc0: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.7/rc/rc0
[ 756.917740] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver dvb_usb_rtl28xxu registered at minor = 0, raw IR receiver, no transmitter
[ 756.917797] input: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.7/rc/rc0/input21
[ 756.918020] usb 2-1.7: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 200 msecs
[ 756.926804] usb 2-1.7: dvb_usb_v2: 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' successfully initialized and connected
[ 756.926880] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_rtl28xxu
