title:GNU Radio RtlSdr
keywords:sdr,airspy,gnuradio

#

Setting up steps to run  AirSpy with GNU Radio using Soapy block.
Assume the AirSpy libraries and cli tools are installed.

Check that AirSpy tools recognizes and see device

```bash
rtl_test
```

Check that soapy recognizes the device

```bash
SoapySDRUtils --find="driver=rtlsdr"
```

Adding GNU Radio Soapy source block


![GNU radio osmocom block](/img/sdr/gnuradio_soapy_source_rtlsdr.png)


## Links