{"id":31326,"date":"2018-03-24T06:13:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T10:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31326"},"modified":"2018-03-24T06:13:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T10:13:46","slug":"catsync-a-new-tool-to-control-websdrs-with-your-tabletop-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/catsync-a-new-tool-to-control-websdrs-with-your-tabletop-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"CATSync: A new tool to control WebSDRs with your tabletop radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/KiwiSDR-e1521886228802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31327\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/KiwiSDR-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2018\/march\/introducing-catsync-the-new-cat-tool-for-websdrs.htm#.WrUlT8spAew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1>Introducing CATSync &#8211; The new CAT tool for WebSDRs<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Oscar, DJ0MY<\/strong>, has developed a new software tool for radio amateurs and SWLs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CATSync<\/strong>\u00a0allows the user to control public WebSDR receivers with a real rig connected via CAT. It supports the classical Web-SDR servers as well as the newer Kiwi SDR servers publically available on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>This gives you access to dozens of web based receivers with the comfort of tuning your rig at home. This software helps you to bring you back into the fun of ham radio when you are suffering from local temporary or permanent high noise levels in an urban QTH location.<\/p>\n<p>The software has the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Synchronizes any public WebSDR server with your real RIG\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Supports a wide number of RIG\u2019s (it uses the popular OmniRig engine)<\/li>\n<li>Supports WebSDR and KiwiSDR browser based SDR receivers<\/li>\n<li>Tune the VFO of your radio and see the web SDR follow in real time !<\/li>\n<li>Switch modes (SSB, CW, etc.) on your radio and see the web SDR switch mode in real time.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to the same frequency as your rig via web SDR<\/li>\n<li>Ideally suited e.g. for people suffering from local QRM<\/li>\n<li>Can track RX or TX VFO (e.g. to find that split of a DX station) if radio CAT supports both simultaneously<\/li>\n<li>Can be interfaced with popular logging software using OminRig or via VSPE port splitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information visit the author\u2019s website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a YouTube video of CATSync under:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbSHfkjhx0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbSHfkjhx0c<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbSHfkjhx0c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2018\/march\/introducing-catsync-the-new-cat-tool-for-websdrs.htm#.WrUlT8spAew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article on the Southgate ARC.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Southgate ARC) Introducing CATSync &#8211; The new CAT tool for WebSDRs Oscar, DJ0MY, has developed a new software tool for radio amateurs and SWLs. CATSync\u00a0allows the user to control public WebSDR receivers with a real rig connected via CAT. It supports the classical Web-SDR servers as well as the newer Kiwi SDR servers publically [&hellip;]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43,158],"tags":[6918,4741,580,4742],"class_list":["post-31326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-catsync","tag-kiwisdr","tag-southgate-arc","tag-websdr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-89g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45226,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/catsync-control-web-sdr-tuning-from-your-rig\/","url_meta":{"origin":31326,"position":0},"title":"CATSync: Control web SDR tuning from your rig","author":"Thomas","date":"September 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob (PE9PE), who writes: This is an interesting tool for those hams suffering from lots of local QRM. https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/ Thanks, Rob! 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I have written an article [about the use of WebSDRs]. Maybe you like to share on your nice website for SWL ? https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2023\/12\/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html My contest is open to listeners\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17305,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/check-out-the-new-web-based-kiwisdr-in-new-zealand\/","url_meta":{"origin":31326,"position":3},"title":"Check out the new web-based KiwiSDR in New Zealand","author":"Thomas","date":"February 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares a link to a new web SDR in New Zealand: The KiwiSDR installation. Andrea posted the following on\u00a0Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/aborgnino\/status\/697054318822879232 I agree with Andrea: this WebSDR has an amazing display and user interface. 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