# RTLSDR-Airband — istrain: an example voice-channel cluster (replace with YOUR subdivision — see APOCALYPSE-EDITION.md §3) # # Run in the foreground with live per-channel waterfalls: # rtl_airband -f -e -c config/istrain.conf # (-f = foreground + textual waterfalls · -e = errors to stderr · Ctrl-C to stop) # # One dongle (1002, Blog V4, TCXO). Five rail-voice channels demodulated SIMULTANEOUSLY (no # scanning/camping — unlike the rtl_fm scan). The span 160.86–161.19 = 330 kHz fits inside a # 1.024 MS/s window, which stays UNDER the USB sample-loss ceiling that bit the full 2 MS/s scan. # Each channel records to its own file in /tmp/airband, and ONLY when squelch opens (continuous=false) # — so the files stay small and hold real audio, not hiss. # # Primary (example) = 160.980 (AAR ch58), the road channel + the CJ 144.7 / 157.8 detectors. See CHANNELS.md. # Tune squelch_snr_threshold up if it records noise, down if it misses weak transmissions. fft_size = 1024; localtime = true; devices: ({ type = "rtlsdr"; serial = "1002"; gain = 40; centerfreq = 161.025; sample_rate = 1.024; correction = 0; channels: ( { freq = 160.980; label = "NS Dayton Rd 160.980 ch58 *MISSION*"; modulation = "nfm"; bandwidth = 12500; squelch_snr_threshold = 4.0; outputs: ( { type = "file"; directory = "/tmp/airband"; filename_template = "ns_dayton_road_160980"; continuous = false; split_on_transmission = true; } ); }, { freq = 160.920; label = "NS Buckeye Yard 160.920 ch54"; modulation = "nfm"; bandwidth = 12500; squelch_snr_threshold = 4.0; outputs: ( { type = "file"; directory = "/tmp/airband"; filename_template = "ns_buckeye_yard_160920"; continuous = false; split_on_transmission = true; } ); }, { freq = 161.190; label = "NS Col+Sandusky 161.190 ch72"; modulation = "nfm"; bandwidth = 12500; squelch_snr_threshold = 4.0; outputs: ( { type = "file"; directory = "/tmp/airband"; filename_template = "ns_col_sandusky_161190"; continuous = false; split_on_transmission = true; } ); }, { freq = 160.860; label = "CSX Scottslawn 160.860 ch50"; modulation = "nfm"; bandwidth = 12500; squelch_snr_threshold = 4.0; outputs: ( { type = "file"; directory = "/tmp/airband"; filename_template = "csx_scottslawn_160860"; continuous = false; split_on_transmission = true; } ); }, { freq = 161.085; label = "NS Col area 161.085 ch65"; modulation = "nfm"; bandwidth = 12500; squelch_snr_threshold = 4.0; outputs: ( { type = "file"; directory = "/tmp/airband"; filename_template = "ns_col_area_161085"; continuous = false; split_on_transmission = true; } ); } ); });