Recieving and decoding AIS on a netbook with a cheap DVB dongle

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Reading around on the interwebs it sounds like this should be possible and I have a project on the backburner to give it a go.

So far I have obtained a dongle based on an rtl 2832U which is recognised by and works with the Ubuntu kernel, compiled and installed GNU Radio and obtained some software blocks to decode the AIS transmissions.

As yet I've not had time to play around much more than that.

Anyone else tried this and if so how did you get on?
 
Warning-dont try to do this with a tablet as most are not able to act as a USB host-they do not have the wherewithall within them to recognise a USB device as laptops and netbooks do.Everything else is readily available as Apps which because of my lack of knowledge led me to believe that given the necessary App based software and USB plugs and wire it would work.Some tablets I understand do have this ability but not my Hudl.
 
ffiill said:
Warning-dont try to do this with a tablet as most are not able to act as a USB host-they do not have the wherewithall within them to recognise a USB device as laptops and netbooks do.
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What one needs in that case, if it is available, is a USB OTG (On-the-go) adaptor, which allows a device like a tablet to act as a USB host. eBay has tons of them, dirt cheap. I've been prompted by this thread to buy a replacement for the one for my tablet, which I lost last year. 99p, postage included.
 
I have OpenCPN working with a rtl dongle. I found a site and a video to help setting it up. Running Windows.
It all went quite well, there is a lot of fiddling around with audio and tcp/ip settings to get the radio software talking to the ais software and then getting that to pass the data to OpenCPN.
 
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