{"id":10475,"date":"2014-08-12T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T11:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10475"},"modified":"2014-08-12T07:33:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T11:33:27","slug":"best-application-for-the-sdr-iq-on-a-macbook-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/best-application-for-the-sdr-iq-on-a-macbook-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Best application for the SDR-IQ on a MacBook Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RFSpace-SDR-IQ-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m plotting travels soon and plan to take my RF Space SDR-IQ along for the ride.<\/p>\n

I’ve noted a number of excellent open source applications that work with the SDR-IQ, but many of them don’t work on the Mac OS X operating system. Those that do work on Mac OS X seem to lack the ability to make spectrum and audio (AF) recordings.<\/p>\n

I had considered installing Windows 7 on my MacBook Air (as a dual boot) and running an app like SDR#, but I simply don’t have the storage space to effectively house two operating systems on the Air’s solid state drive.<\/p>\n

I’m curious if anyone has an SDR application recommendation. Please comment if you do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m plotting travels soon and plan to take my RF Space SDR-IQ along for the ride. I’ve noted a number of excellent open source applications that work with the SDR-IQ, but many of them don’t work on the Mac OS X operating system. Those that do work on Mac OS X seem to lack the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,158],"tags":[355,1486,157,1485,4087],"class_list":["post-10475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-rfspace","tag-rfspace-sdr-iq","tag-sdr","tag-sdr-iq","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2IX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42762,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/check-out-the-afedri-lan-iq-sdr-a-new-stand-alone-touch-screen-sdr\/","url_meta":{"origin":10475,"position":0},"title":"Check out the Afedri LAN-IQ SDR: a new stand-alone touch screen SDR","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following video from Fernando Duarte highlighting the new Alfredi LAN-IQ SDR: https:\/\/youtu.be\/S1rxhLCJ7yI I can't wait to check out Fenu's full review of the LAN-IQ when it is posted on his excellent website. 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