So for some reason I'm not able to decode any POCSAG pager messages. Here's a screenshot of my current settings:
Issue with decoding POCSAG
Issue with decoding POCSAG
Hi,
So for some reason I'm not able to decode any POCSAG pager messages. Here's a screenshot of my current settings:
So for some reason I'm not able to decode any POCSAG pager messages. Here's a screenshot of my current settings:
Re: Issue with decoding POCSAG
A couple of things:
- Firstly, your pager channel crosses DC (The device center frequency) and you have DC offset removal enabled (in the RTL SDR Device settings DC is highlighted), so this will filter part of the signal. Preferably, don't have the channel crossing DC. E.g. set device center frequency to 929,000kHz and then put your Pager Demod delta f to 15kHz.
- You shouldn't need your BW wider than the default of 20k.
- Secondly, I'm not convinced that quite looks like a POCSAG signal. In the UK at least, the two peaks from FSK are quite a bit sharper and the tones during preamble are more visible. But perhaps there's some filtering in the US. Here's a picture what I see:
- Firstly, your pager channel crosses DC (The device center frequency) and you have DC offset removal enabled (in the RTL SDR Device settings DC is highlighted), so this will filter part of the signal. Preferably, don't have the channel crossing DC. E.g. set device center frequency to 929,000kHz and then put your Pager Demod delta f to 15kHz.
- You shouldn't need your BW wider than the default of 20k.
- Secondly, I'm not convinced that quite looks like a POCSAG signal. In the UK at least, the two peaks from FSK are quite a bit sharper and the tones during preamble are more visible. But perhaps there's some filtering in the US. Here's a picture what I see:
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