An idea for Emmanuel   

Most of FlexRadio owners use now a multiplaform free software : AetherSDR
Combined with a Flex, this sotfware can add a second antenna virtual port to make diversity RX.
The virtual port is connected to a KiwiSDR.
Aether synchronise is own true antenna and the virtual antenna.
The process work fine.
Aether connect two websockets on the Kiwi for audio and spectrum.

Claude AI said it's possible to link Phantom and Eather if phantom send the protocol of a kiwi....

Brainstorm !     

Hello Darko

I agree, but for me VHF is out of interest

I live in the biggest forest of France and only 63m above sea level. So i can ear only one repeater.
For this use Openwebrx on a RPi4  make the job
No need of a masterpiece as Phantom ! 

73's

QuoteRecent releases of Phantom don't work on old computers like a Core I3

It works fine on an ancient I3 without fast usb ports but only two megahertz width,
quite enough for 2m amateur band in Europe.
Without OpenCL, using only CPU power, it works fine.

./start-rtl.sh
PhantomSDR-Plus (RTL-SDR)
  stopping any running instance...
  starting watchdog — live log below (Ctrl-C is safe, it keeps running)
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:31:20 +0200
Starting the initialization script of the PhantomSDR Server (RTL-SDR)
 
CPU pin: none (unpinned)
websdr.org: disabled ([websdr.org] enabled=true in config-rtl.toml to enable)
SDR directory: disabled ([websdr] register_online=true to enable)
RADE: enabled — sidecar will start once the server is up
Starting RTL-SDR (rtl_sdr, attempt 1/3)...
rtl_sdr running (PID 17838)
Starting spectrumserver (config: config-rtl.toml)...
spectrumserver running (PID 17851) — full output: spectrumserver.log
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ✔ server is up   (spectrumserver + rtl_sdr running)
I haven't tried rsp1a, I don't have time to experiment right now.
I might do a test this weekend.

Kind regards,
Darko, 9a7aof

Hello Emmanuel

Beware with hardware.

Recent releases of Phantom don't work on old computers like a Core I3
It's a trap !
The installation process work but the server don't start...
The news releases of openCL don't work with old GPU...
You can start the server without openCL but the CPU overflow immediatly..

73"s

QuoteHi Darko, Sakis, and Panos

Emmanuel does all the work, the three of us just check that it's working properly.

Until now, this software has been nice and user-friendly, with this new installer and
administrative interface it should be user-friendly for administrators as well.

Darko, 9a7aof

Hi Darko, Sakis, and Panos,
thank you for all the fantastic work you are putting into PhantomSDR Plus!
The upcoming v3.8.0 update looks amazing  I also really appreciate the new,smarter installer workflow and the safety checks that gracefully handle active services. Having a demo_installer.sh to safely preview everything beforehand is a brilliant touch.

thans you for keeping this project growing
Best regards Dennis

New function added and it is under test:

Decoder ID — it tells you which decoder to use. Found a digital signal you cannot place? Switch Decoder ID on, in the frame above the decoder buttons, and it names the mode and offers the matching decoder in one click. It measures occupied bandwidth, tone spacing, symbol rate and burst timing, shows you that evidence beside its verdict, and takes the frequency you are tuned to into account — which is also what lets it tell FT8 from JS8, two modes whose signals are identical. It recognizes FT8, FT4, JS8, WSPR, CW, NAVTEX/SITOR-B, RTTY, Weather RTTY, PSK31, Olivia, HF FAX, SSTV and DSC. It only ever suggests, never switching your decoder by itself, and below about 10 dB S/N it says so rather than guessing. Off by default, and about 0.5% of one core while running.

The upcoming version is currently being tested by me, Darko (9A7AOF), Sakis (SV2AMK), and Panos (SV2YJ).

Version 3.8.0 introduces JS8 support, improvements to all filtering functions, and completely redesigned installers supporting all major Linux distributions.

The installer demo installer script does not install or modify anything on your system. It is only a demonstration of the new installation workflow, allowing you to preview how the PhantomSDR+ installers will operate from version 3.8.0 onward.

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New in v.3.8.0

• S8 decoding. JS8Call's mode, in the browser: all five speeds, with multi-frame messages reassembled into whole sentences instead of shown as fragments. Press **JS8** in the decoder row. Full guide: **[docs/DECODERS.md](docs/DECODERS.md)**, in all seven languages. JS8 spots reach PSK Reporter**, alongside FT8, FT4 and WSPR. Reported at Normal speed from heartbeats, compound frames and directed messages; group destinations such as `@ALLCALL` never are, because they are not stations. A **📡 JS8 map** button sits beside the FT8 and FT4 ones.
• The four noise controls work now. Auto Notch was a dead switch and is live (40 dB on a single carrier); the Noise Blanker is per-channel with look-ahead and cosine ramps rather than hard-zeroing. Every decoder is fed audio taken *before* these controls, so they can no longer stop one working.
• QRSS no longer loses traces between rows. Rows covering more than one bin take the strongest of them: a 200 Hz span at QRSS 6 lost 6% of trace positions entirely before, and none now.
• `fft_size` is 4194304. throughout the installation guide in all seven languages, and the RX-888 mk2 example is the complete `[input]` section that ships with the repository rather than a fragment to assemble.
• The NEW installers stop your running receiver before they touch anything. A new first step lists what is live — the admin panel, the reverse proxy, the statistics server and the receiver itself — and offers to stop it, defaulting to yes, then starts back exactly what it stopped once the install finishes. Installing over a live receiver is the most effective way to get a broken result that *looks* like a broken build: the compiler writes over a binary that is still running, and the watchdog restarts the half-written copy mid-compile. Answer `n` and the installer prints the commands and waits for you instead. Unattended runs are covered by `PHANTOM_STOP_SERVICES=y|n`. Every question now shows its default as a capital letter, coloured, and spells the answer out — `[Y/n] (ENTER = Yes)` — so pressing ENTER is never a guess. This covers `setup_admin installer` and `install-stats-server installer` too, including the prompts that ask before overwriting an existing installation. Each step is framed, with its number, a one-line description and a progress bar, and closes with its own verdict — OK, SKIPPED, PARTIAL or FAILED — so one step never runs into the next on screen. The per-step table that `install.txt` has always carried is now printed at the end of the run as well.
• 'demo installer ` shows you the whole installation before you run it. It walks through all 18 steps with the real frames, questions and warnings, and installs nothing — no package, no service, no file, no compile; every command it would run is printed with a `(not run)` marker. Use `--fast` to skip the pacing and `--auto` to answer every question with its default.

demo installer - download it and put it in the PhantomSDR-Plus folder, make it executable and run it (no fear, nothing is going to change in your current installation).

Older instances of PhantomSDR-Plus are located here: https://github.com/sv1btl/PhantomSDR-Plus_Archive

The repo will be updated every time a new version is added.

I couldn't reproduce your issues, Eric.
In my virtual setup with Podman, I receive this status - ALL DONE.
Can you send me your installation log please?