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30 changes: 29 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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for the AirSpy device
-g gain : set airspy gain (0..21)

-s airspydevice f1 [f2] ... [fN] : decode from airspy device number or S/N "airspydevice" receiving at VHF frequencies "f1" and optionally "f2" to "fN" in Mhz (ie : -s 131.525 131.725 131.825 ). Frequencies must be within the same 2MHz.
-s airspydevice f1 [f2] ... [fN] : decode from airspy device number or S/N "airspydevice" receiving at VHF frequencies "f1" and optionally "f2" to "fN" in Mhz (ie : -s 131.525 131.725 131.825 ). Frequencies must be within the same 3MHz for the airspy mini and 5 MHz for the airspy R2.

for the SDRplay device

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for the SoapySDR device

--antenna antenna : set antenna port to use

-d devicestring f1 [f2] ... [fN] : decode from a SoapySDR device at VHF frequencies f1 and optionally f2 to fN in Mhz (ie : -d driver=rtltcp 131.525 131.725 131.825 ).

-g gain : set gain in db (-10 will result in AGC; default is AGC)
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`acarsdec -s 131.525 131.725 131.825`

Decoding from rtl dongle with serial number `ACARS2` on 1 frequency with gain 34.0 :

`acarsdec -g 34 -r ACARS2 130.450`

Decoding from airspy mini with serial number `0xa74068c82f531693` on 11 frequencies with gain 18 :

`acarsdec -g 18 -s 0xa74068c82f531693 129.350 130.025 130.425 130.450 130.650 131.125 131.475 131.550 131.600 131.725 131.850`

Decoding from first airspy available with 3 frequencies :

`acarsdec -s 130.450 131.550 131.125`

Decoding with JSON output, an sdrplay device using Soapy driver, and specifying Antenna C :

`acarsdec -o 4 -v --antenna "Antenna C" -d driver=sdrplay,agc_setpoint=-15 130.025 130.450 130.825 131.125 131.550 131.650 131.725`

### Output formats examples

#### One line by mesg format (-o 1)
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sudo make install
```

For soapy :
```
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -Dsoapy=ON
make
sudo make install
```


Notes :
* Airspy version will set the R820T tuner bandwidth to suit given frequencies. See : (https://tleconte.github.io/R820T/r820IF.html)
* libacars support is optional. If the library (version 2.0.0 or later) is installed and can be located with pkg-config, it will be enabled.
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