Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] getting FM radio signal strength

[Martin Braun]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 08:26:52PM -0700, ish13 wrote:
> Is there any way I can the signal strength from a radio station that it is
> tuning into?  I am trying to implement a scan mode so I can get all the FM
> stations.

Hi ish13,

this is one of the most commonly asked questions on this mailing list.
There is no simple way to get the absolute received power from the
sample values.
Try sticking to estimating SNR.

Have fun,
MB

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