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NO LONGER SUPPORTED / AVAILABLE
Catilina broke everything. Sorry
Introduction
May 19, 2014 Now, plug your RTL-SDR dongle into a USB port on your mac, and then double-click the CubicSDR.app in your Applications folder to run it. Start the SDR Device When you launch CubicSDR, it will pop up a window asking you to select and start your SDR device. Sep 16, 2020 The SDR Voice Keyer for SmartSDR has been renamed to xVoiceKeyer and updated for SmartSDR 2.51 and above. The program was renamed xVoiceKeyer in recognition of Doug (K3TZR) the developer of xLib6000. Doug has ported the FlexAPI to the Mac which allowed the development of xVoiceKeyer and for Mario (DL3LSM) xDax and xCat. XVoiceKeyer can.
A while ago I published a bundle that easily allowed anyone to run HDSDR and the RTL2832U on OSX. To my surprise the bundle wasquitesuccessful, a demonstration that there weren’t (yet) many available alternatives to use the cheapest (and funniest!) SDR radio in the world on a Mac.
After a few years things have improved a bit and some valid alternatives have surfaced: Gqrx and CubicSDR. Even SDR# has been reported to work under Mono but, believe it or not, neither of them seem to work well on my Mac. Actually they don’t even come close to the level of stability and/or the number of features that can be enjoyed when using HDSDR.
Mac Sdr Software
Last week I installed a new active RX antenna and I tried to reopen HDSDR in order to test it. Guess what? I realized that it wasn’t compatible anymore with the most recent versions of OSX. It was time to do it all over again… so here I am.
Power Sdr For Mac
How to install
1) Download the zip archive and expand it
2) Copy rtl_sdr and HDSDR anywhere you like on your Mac
2) Copy rtl_sdr and HDSDR anywhere you like on your Mac
3) Make sure your RTL2832U is connected
4) Run rtl_tcp
4) Run rtl_tcp
5) Run HDSDR OSX
6) Click on Start
6) Click on Start
At this point, if things go as they should, nothing else is required and you should be ready to go. I have successfully tested Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and they work great.
Updates
January 19th 2016: This bundle now also supports SDRplay. More details here.
February 12th 2017: HDSDR updated to 2.76. Improved rtl_sdr
March 2nd 2017: Fixed problem in rtl_sdr (thanks Walter KC1DVT)
January 19th 2016: This bundle now also supports SDRplay. More details here.
February 12th 2017: HDSDR updated to 2.76. Improved rtl_sdr
March 2nd 2017: Fixed problem in rtl_sdr (thanks Walter KC1DVT)
Sdr Software For Mac
Final Considerations
Sdr For Mac
This is an experiment. I cannot guarantee that it will work nor that it will not damage your system or your data. Download and use the bundle at your own risk.
I am not the author of the software and I can be helpful only up to a certain point. All I am doing is bundling a bunch of different packages in a way that is easily executable on a Mac.
I am not the author of the software and I can be helpful only up to a certain point. All I am doing is bundling a bunch of different packages in a way that is easily executable on a Mac.