This project is a mere PoC of an automatic GRAVES echo detector and recorder, based on another PoC I've written named meteodect. It will probably stay in unmaintained state forever unless bugs or strong optimizations are found. However, the code in graves.c / graves.h may inspire a hypothetical, well-designed automatic GRAVES echo detection system, probably integrated into something more interesting than a tacky SDL interface.
Use it under your own risk!
Compile it as usual:
% autoreconf -fvi
% ./configure
% make
% sudo make install
stonealert will look for echoes in exactly 1000 Hz, and therefore you will need to tune your receiver to 143.049 MHz in order to make it work. The frequency must be exact, as it is used to compute Doppler shifts.
Just run it without argments
% stonealert
A file named capture_<timestamp>_8000sps.raw will be created in the working directory. This is a regular 32-bit float IQ capture file of sample rate 8000 sps that will keep all the received data.
A capture file must be a 32-bit float IQ of sample rate 8000 sps (like the ones produced by gqrx or saved by this program when listening from the soundcard). Just pass it as a command line argument:
% stonealert capture_<timestamp>_8000sps.raw
After a successful run of stonealert, a text file named chirps_<timestamp>.dat is created. It will contain one line for each received echo. Lines follow the format:
TIMESTAMP;SNR;DOPPLER SHIFT;SAMPLES
Where TIMESTAMP is the Unix timestamp of the first sample of the echo, SNR the Signal-to-noise ratio of the echo in dBs, DOPPLER SHIFT the Doppler shift of the echo expressed in meters per second and SAMPLES a comma-separated list of complex samples at 8000 sps of the echo, centered around 0 Hz.