airspy

Host tools and library for Airspy R2 and Mini receivers

• Version recorded: 1.0.10
• Categories: sdr-hardware
• Upstream: https://github.com/airspy/airspyone_host

What it does

The library and command-line utilities for Airspy R2 and Mini: airspy_info, airspy_rx for raw capture, and the calibration and firmware tools.

Why you would want it

Airspy hardware sits between an RTL-SDR and a research-grade radio in both price and quality, and these are the tools that confirm it is working before any application touches it.

Before it will work

Airspy hardware and the udev rules from the airspy hardware entry.

How it installs

• apt: airspy

Known problems

The R2, Mini and HF+ are different products with different libraries — this one does not cover the HF+, which needs airspyhf. Mixing them up is the usual first confusion.

Keeping it current

• probe: apt policy
• strategy: apt_upgrade

Source: catalog/packages/airspy.yaml