10 - Adjusting the gain of dongle
Default values are:
The 1090 Mhz dongle is set to gain -10
The 978 Mhz dongle is set to gain 49
To check current gain setting:
- For 1090 Mhz dongle
piaware-config --show rtlsdr-gain
- For 978 Mhz dongle
piaware-config --show uat-sdr-gain
To adjust / change gain
- For 1090 Mhz dongle:
sudo piaware-config rtlsdr-gain xx
sudo systemctl restart piaware
sudo systemctl restart dump1090-fa
- For 978 Mhz dongle:
sudo piaware-config uat-sdr-gain xx
sudo systemctl restart piaware
sudo systemctl restart dump978-fa
NOTE: In above commands, replace xx by the value of gain you want to set
