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« Last post by abcd567 on March 22, 2026, 01:06:49 AM »I have today build rtl-airband-rb.deb arm64 package for RPi running Bookworm using source code at https://github.com/szpajder/RTLSDR-Airband. Tested it on my RPi 4 running Bookworm, and it works perfectly well. Please see attached screenshot.
I have uploaded this .deb package to my github repository. Anyone can download and install it by following method:
STEP 1 of 3: Download and Install
The second command above will halt midway and give notice of missing dependencies. Do not worry. When this happens, issue following command, which will install missing dependencies and complete the installation.
STEP 2 of 3: Enable Auto Start at Reboots
Systemd service is not enabled by default. Also after reboots, it wont start automatically. Please issue following commands after installation to make it automatically start at reboots.
STEP 3 of 3: CONFIGURE
Open config file for editing
(3.1) It is a long file. Scroll down and add your particulars in these two lines:
mountpoint = "EXTVHFXXXXXX";
username = "<RadarBox Login E-mail>";
password = "<radarBox Password>";
(3.2) You will also be required to set frequencies of your local airport in following line
freqs = ( 118000000, 119550000, 126000000 );
labels = ( "Tower", "Ground", "Approach" );
CONTENTS OF CONFIG FILE /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf
I have uploaded this .deb package to my github repository. Anyone can download and install it by following method:
STEP 1 of 3: Download and Install
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wget https://github.com/abcd567a/temp/releases/download/pythhon3.12/rtl-airband-rb_10.0.0_bookworm_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i rtl-airband-rb_10.0.0_bookworm_armhf.deb
The second command above will halt midway and give notice of missing dependencies. Do not worry. When this happens, issue following command, which will install missing dependencies and complete the installation.
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sudo apt --fix-broken install
STEP 2 of 3: Enable Auto Start at Reboots
Systemd service is not enabled by default. Also after reboots, it wont start automatically. Please issue following commands after installation to make it automatically start at reboots.
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sudo systemctl enable rtl-airband-rb
sudo systemctl restart rtl-airband-rb
STEP 3 of 3: CONFIGURE
Open config file for editing
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sudo nano /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf
(3.1) It is a long file. Scroll down and add your particulars in these two lines:
mountpoint = "EXTVHFXXXXXX";
username = "<RadarBox Login E-mail>";
password = "<radarBox Password>";
(3.2) You will also be required to set frequencies of your local airport in following line
freqs = ( 118000000, 119550000, 126000000 );
labels = ( "Tower", "Ground", "Approach" );
CONTENTS OF CONFIG FILE /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf
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# This is a minimalistic configuration file for rtl-airband
# Please change frequencies that you will use and other settings.
#
# Note: this configuration will use your second dongle attached
# to you raspberry, not the first one!
#
# index = 0 => First dongle
# index = 1 => Second dongle
devices:
({
type = "rtlsdr";
index = 1;
gain = 28;
correction = 0;
mode = "scan";
channels:
(
{
#squelch = 35; # Uncomment to set squelch manually
freqs = ( 118000000, 119550000, 126000000 );
labels = ( "Tower", "Ground", "Approach" );
outputs: (
{
type = "icecast";
server = "audio.rb24.com";
port = 8000;
mountpoint = "EXTVHFXXXXXX";
name = "My Transmitter";
genre = "ATC";
username = "<RadarBox Login E-mail>";
password = "<radarBox Password>";
send_scan_freq_tags = true;
}
# If you need more outputs, put here
);
}
);
}
);