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#51
Install problems / Re: FT8 Decoding and Recording...
Last post by 9a7aof - 21 Dec 2025, 11:13
Hi Wolfgang,

idea is:
You must have some kind of reception, you didn't have it yesterday and today.
Volume slider at minimum, no squelch.
Clicking the FT8 button activates decoding, you have to wait a bit.

The thing even works for me  :)

Recording and downloading work the same, there is no date and frequency on the recording,
I guess that will be in some version in the distant future.

I did all this through the nginx proxy server.

73!
Darko, 9a7aof
#52
Install problems / FT8 Decoding and Recording Opt...
Last post by hb9ryz - 21 Dec 2025, 09:36
Good Morning All
Today, I checked all functions on my new NovaSDR installation and saw, that FT8 decoding is not working and if I record a station nothing will happen if I click on the download button.

Audio is set to audio_sps = 12000 and the filter is set to 3.7 kHz

Any idea why?

73 de HB9RYZ
Wolfgang
#53
General Discussion / Re: Change of ITU region
Last post by R3MAV - 19 Dec 2025, 08:00
Phil, thank you so much! That definitely helped. It looks great now.
#54
General Discussion / Re: I'm in Italy and would lik...
Last post by Bas ON5HB - 18 Dec 2025, 16:32
Sure, but you have to setup it yourself.

If you run into problems, I will be more then happy to help solving it.
#55
General Discussion / Re: I'm in Italy and would lik...
Last post by 1KT01 - 17 Dec 2025, 17:27
Thank you very much!

Now I'll try to follow in your footsteps and hope you'll support me if I need guidance.
#56
General Discussion / Re: I'm in Italy and would lik...
Last post by Bas ON5HB - 17 Dec 2025, 14:55
You should test if your phone ISP is using CGNAT or not, most do and such you can't run servers without some sort of tunneling.

Find a Linux expert to assist you, as without knowledge it will be hard to setup.

You have to build the server yourself, with e.g. HP EliteDesk with an Intel Gen6 or newer CPU that has a build in GPU so you can enable OpenCL to do wideband.

Receiver we use it the RX888MK2 that must have the thermal-mod in place, you have to check for this, else it will burn.

I use this CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz (any newer Intel should work fine with internal GPU)

All info is here: https://github.com/Steven9101/NovaSDR

But like I said before, you need an Linux Expert, and yes it must be Ubuntu 22.04 (any other Linux or version can give serious problems)

You also will need a very big battery, as it will probably consume >50W/h in total.

You can use smaller devices like the RSP1A, that can do about 8Mhz wide.

If this is too hard, better go OpenWebRX or get the KiwiWebsdr, as this stuff we run is NOT plug and play and required a lot of knowledge. The Kiwi is plug-and-play and uses little power.
#57
General Discussion / I'm in Italy and would like to...
Last post by 1KT01 - 17 Dec 2025, 04:43
Hello everyone, I'm in Italy and would like to activate a WEB SDR.

I'm not an expert in software and PCs.

I have experience with antennas, radio reception, and DC hardware.

I'd like to place it high in the mountains with a solar panel and battery.

I therefore need plug-and-play equipment.

Our telephone network is 4G.

Try to explain to me what I should purchase and where, then how to assemble it.

It must have the 26-28 MHz AM FM LSB USB band, plus any other bands.

Thank you.
#58
General Discussion / Re: Change of ITU region
Last post by Phil-NY4Q - 14 Dec 2025, 12:09
Ok, I see your screenshot showing the 2 meter VHF section. You can edit the file : /NovaSDR/frontend/src/waterfall.js and
change the following code :

From :
        { name: '2M HAM', startFreq: 144000000, endFreq: 148000000, color: 'rgba(50, 168, 72, 0.6)',
          modes: [
            { mode: MODES.CW, startFreq: 144000000, endFreq: 144100000 },
            { mode: MODES.USB, startFreq: 144100000, endFreq: 144300000 },
            { mode: MODES.FM, startFreq: 144300000, endFreq: 148000000 }
          ] },

To:
        { name: '2M HAM', startFreq: 144000000, endFreq: 146000000, color: 'rgba(50, 168, 72, 0.6)',
          modes: [
            { mode: MODES.CW, startFreq: 144000000, endFreq: 144100000 },
            { mode: MODES.USB, startFreq: 144150000, endFreq: 144500000 },
            { mode: MODES.FM, startFreq: 144975000, endFreq: 146000000 }
          ] },

Then recompile the frontend and see if that fixes it.
#59
General Discussion / Re: Change of ITU region
Last post by Phil-NY4Q - 14 Dec 2025, 12:02
What I found was no matter what you did, the ITU region was stuck on region 1. To allow my frequency range to match the bands in ITU region 2, I had to edit the file : /NovaSDR/frontend/src/components/BandsMenu.svelte

And change the following code from return 1 to return 2
  // Get ITU region from server location
  function getRegionFromLocation() {
    const coords = maidenheadToCoords($serverInfo.location);
    console.log(coords)
    if (!coords) return 2; // Default to Region 1
    return getITURegion(coords.lat, coords.lon);
  }

Now to answer your question, I cannot because the system should be defaulting to region 1. What are you seeing that is not matching region 1?

Phil
#60
General Discussion / Re: How to start NovaSDR autom...
Last post by hb9ryz - 13 Dec 2025, 15:26
Hi All
This solution from Gianni HB3XDC works great for my new NovaSDR Server on Ubuntu to start the NovaSDR server if I remotely switch of the 230V Power from the HP Mini PC.

/etc/systemd/system/phantomsdr_hf.service

[Unit]
Description=WebSDR Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/build
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/rx888_stream/target/release/rx888_stream -f /opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/rx888_stream/SDDC_FX3.img -s 60000000 -g 90 -m low -r --pga -o - | /opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/build/spectrumserver --config /opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/config-rx888mk2.toml'
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=PhantomSDRHF
User=root
Group=root
Environment=PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/WebSDR_DIR/NovaSDR/build

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable phantomsdr_hf.service
sudo systemctl start phantomsdr_hf.service

Check the service with:
sudo systemctl status phantomsdr_hf.service

73 de HB9RYZ
Wolfgang

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