# SDRplay and gnuradio

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sdrplay-and-gnuradio/243014>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sdrplay-and-gnuradio/243014 "2015-08-14T20:36:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sdrplay-and-gnuradio/243014/1 "2015-08-14T20:36:08Z")

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Hi all!

First message here. Still learning to work efficiently with gnuradio.  
Issue  
is not the software, issue is the background theory of signal processing  
that i need to shape up on. Using gnuradio is pretty easy. Knowing when  
to  
use what block is a whole different story.

Anyway, my question: I just purchased an SDRplay and want to use this in  
gnuradio using the gr.osmocom block. I hear that some people have this  
working, some have not. Are there people here that got this block  
working  
and if so, is this process to get the osmoblock to support SDRplay  
documented somewhere?  
The SDRplay developers tell us that it’s supposed to work.

Thanks,

Ton.

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**Author:** ![Ton\_Machielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ton\_Machielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ton_Machielsen)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sdrplay-and-gnuradio/243014/2 "2015-08-14T21:21:42Z")

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Hi Ton,

Welcome!

Well, I don’t have an SDRplay device, but gr-osmosdr checks for the  
existence of the libairspy library when you build it, and then should  
automatically enable support.

Best regards,  
Marcus