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OTA Capture
Below are several OTA captures that should be useful for software
development and working with the USRP library. You can demodulate and
listen to most of the signals below without USRP hardware. Each
of the samples below can be demodulated using samples provided on the software page.
The format of each sample file is Intel endian, 32-bit floating point values in I, Q, I, Q, I, Q, order...
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Date |
Data Rate |
Format |
Source |
Description |
OTA Frequency |
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12 Sep 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
Data / NBFM |
Trunked Radio10 |
Public Service Band |
860.2625 MHz |
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12 Sep 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
Multiple |
LF9 |
WWVB
/ Loran-C |
0.125 MHz |
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12 Sep 2005 |
4msps / complex |
DSSS Baseband |
GPS8 |
GPS
Snapshot (60 seconds) |
1575.42 MHz |
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12 Sep 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
AM Baseband |
AM
Broadcast Band7 |
Broadcast Station KFYI |
0.520 MHz |
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24 Apr 2005 |
512ksps / complex |
WBFM Baseband |
FM
Broadcast Band6 |
Broadcast Station KMPX |
96.9 MHz |
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24 Apr 2005 |
512ksps / complex |
WBFM Baseband |
FM
Broadcast Band6 |
Broadcast Station KEZ |
99.9 MHz |
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24 Apr 2005 |
512ksps / complex |
WBFM Baseband |
FM
Broadcast Band6 |
Broadcast Station KNIX |
102.5 MHz |
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24 Apr 2005 |
8msps / complex |
NTSC |
Signal Generator4 |
SMPTE Color Bars |
69.750 MHz |
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20 Apr 2005 |
4msps / complex |
DSSS Baseband |
GPS5 |
GPS
Snapshot (500 mS) |
1575.42 MHz |
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25 Mar 2005 |
512ksps / complex |
SSB - LSB / Data |
Amateur Band3 |
Wide
Band Width HF
reception |
14.200 MHz |
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25 Mar 2005 |
4msps / complex |
DSSS Baseband |
GPS2 |
GPS
Snapshot (500 mS) |
1575.42 MHz |
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25 Mar 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
Multiple AM stations |
AM
Broadcast Band |
Blah-Blah Talk Radio AM |
0.600 MHz |
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25 Mar 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
AM / SSB - LSB |
Amateur Band |
HF
reception |
7.200 MHz |
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25 Mar 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
AM Baseband |
SW /
WWV1 |
HF
reception |
10.000 MHz |
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24 Jan 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
SSB - LSB |
TS-2000X |
SSB
demonstration |
50.300 MHz |
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24 Jan 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
SSB - USB |
TS-2000X |
SSB
demonstration |
50.300 MHz |
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18 Jan 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
AM Baseband |
FFZ
- ATIS |
Single AM station at baseband |
118.250 MHz |
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18 Jan 2005 |
256ksps / complex |
NBFM |
NWS |
Four (4) FM voice stations |
162.475 MHz |
10
Motorola 3600 bps Trunked Radio control channel. NBFM traffic
heard -25KHz lower. Control channel indicated talk group was active
and to switch to frequency. Two 30 second samples of control channel
with traffic.
9 LF (Low Frequency), almost so low you can "hear" it, that contains a
wide variety of stations including WWVB
at 60KHz and
Loran-C at 100KHz. Tune AM demod -25KHz to hear Loran-C and CW
demod -65KHz to WWVB at 1 BPS. Yes, one bit per second.
8 60 second capture. Snapshot contains at least one set of
ephemeris data. A complete position fix is now possible.
7 Station that is broadcasting HD audio
Ibiquity Digital. HD audio in
the AM band provides near FM station quality. Basically the signal
contains the standard AM program as well as an OFDM (64-QAM) upper and lower
side band. I wonder how good the linearity of the transmitter has to
be for that? The following is one of many
Ibiquity Digital White Papers that describes the signal.
6 Full band-width FM broadcast signal. Stations contain SCA
(Subsidiary Communications Authorization) and RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data
System). The RBDS system provides song title, artist, station
callsign, and other basic information that is displayed on common automotive
receivers. The RBDS signal is a 57KHz (3 x 19KHz pilot tone) sub
carrier that is BPSK modulated at 1187.5 bps. The full standard is
contained in the US
RBDS Standard dated April 9, 1998.
5 GPS snapshot taken at 0522 UTC on 21 Apr 2005. SV 3, 8, 13, 16,
19, 20, 23, 27 and WAAS 35 and 47 were visible. Additional details
given in foot note 2 (two) below.
4
NTSC Video Carrier at -2.50MHz, Audio Carrier at +2.0MHz (1KHz
modulation)
3
Amateur Radio contest in progress. Large number of stations
across the band. 60 second recording of band.
2
GPS snapshot taken at 0008 UTC on 26 Mar 2005. SV 1, 3, 14, 15,
19, 21, 22, 25 and WAAS 47 were visible as reported by Garmin GPSmap 296
with v3.20 firmware. Strong signal, open sky antenna used with down converter.
Sampled at 4msps, which is faster than required. However, the CIC
filters in the USRP don't give the full capture band width and roll off and
fold back. To capture the full band width of the GPS signal, over
sampling was used.
1 Radio Station WWV uses a set of special tones for frequency
calibration and time dissemination. These tones can be decoded with
the USRP to provide accurate time information.
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