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Decoding Public Utility Meters with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube a talk about decoding water and electricity usage meters with an RTL-SDR has been uploaded from the 2015 Camp++ conference in Hungary. The presenter, Stef writes: Budapest public...
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Wirelessly transmitting sound from a parabolic microphone with an FM...
Parabolic microphones allow listeners to clearly hear sounds from far away. They are often used by bird call enthusiasts and also probably by spies. A parabolic microphone works by using a dish to...
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Ham2Mon: A NBFM Multi-Channel Receiver Compatible with the RTL-SDR
A new piece of software called ham2mon by programmer Louis Brown (KD4HSO) has been released. This is a GNU Radio Linux based program that can be used with an RTL-SDR or other SDR that is compatible...
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An Alternative NOAA Weather Satellite Tutorial using RTL_FM and WxToImg
The RTL-SDR software defined radio is often used to receive signals from NOAA APT weather satellites. Once decoded these signals produce a freshly captured image of the earth over your current...
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Skywave Linux: New Linux Ubuntu Distribution made for Software Defined Radio
Skywave Linux is a new Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 14.10. It is designed for users of software defined radio’s and comes with several useful SDR software packages preinstalled. It can be run...
View ArticleGetting the RTL-SDR to work on Windows 10
The RTL-SDR is fully compatible with Windows 10. However with the recent release of Windows 10 some users have been having trouble using their RTL-SDR after upgrading. We thought that we’d announce...
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Outernet “Lighthouse” Receiver now for sale
Although this isn’t directly SDR related, this story may still be of interest to some readers. The Outernet project have just put on sale their first receiver which is called the Lighthouse. The...
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Setting up a Raspberry Pi based APRS RX IGate with an RTL-SDR
Recently amateur radio hobbyist WB20SZ wrote in to us to let us know about his work with creating an easy to build receive only APRS internet gateway (IGate) with a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongle. The...
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Setting audio levels correctly when decoding with an RTL-SDR
When decoding a digital signal with an RTL-SDR the digital audio is usually piped from receiver software like SDR# via stereo mix or software like Virtual Audio Cable/VBCable into the decoding...
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RTLSDR Scanner Standalone Application Released
RTLSDR Scanner is a program that can be used with an RTL-SDR to do a power scan over a very wide frequency. It works by quickly scanning the selected bandwidth in chunks and stitching the results...
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Creating a FIS-B ADS-B Weather Information Receiver for Pilots with an RTL-SDR
Recently a pilot wrote in to let us know about how he’s been using his RTL-SDR to receive real time FIS-B ADS-B weather updates in ForeFlight while flying in his plane. ForeFlight is an iOS app for...
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An RTL-SDR Comic Book!
We’ve recently been informed that the RTL-SDR has become so popular that is now has it’s very own Japanese Manga comic book! If you don’t know what Manga is, it a type of Japanese comic book. The manga...
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DesktopSDR: A new free textbook about using the RTL-SDR with MATLAB
On the 26th of August a new technical text book titled “Software Defined Radio using MATLAB® & Simulink® and the RTL-SDR” is due to be released for free in eBook form and in print form for an as of...
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Live: Perseids Meteor Shower with RTL-SDR
The annual Perseids meteor shower is peaking right now (this Wednesday and Thursday), and with the right equipment (and location) you can detect these meteors with an RTL-SDR dongle and appropriate...
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New Products: $20 RTL-SDR with 1PPM TCXO, SMA F Connector and R820T2 now...
We have just released a new and improved RTL-SDR unit in our store, which we are currently pricing at $19.95 USD, or $24.95 USD including 2x telescopic antennas. The unit comes with the following...
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Creating a low cost Ozone Spectrometer out of RTL-SDR’s to measure...
Over at the MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford Massachusetts, researchers O.B Alam and A.E.E Rogers have been working on creating a low cost ground based Ozone spectrometer out of RTL-SDR dongles...
View ArticleA tutorial on using RDS Spy with the SDR# MPX Output Plugin
Over on YouTube user pe1etr has uploaded a tutorial video showing how to set up RDS Spy and SDR# for monitoring RDS. RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a sub carrier added to some FM broadcast...
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A Tutorial on Decoding NOAA and Meteor M2 Weather Satellite Images in Ubuntu
Recently an RTL-SDR.com reader by the name of Pete wrote in to let us know about a comprehensive tutorial that he has written about setting up NOAA and Meteor M2 weather satellite decoding in Ubuntu...
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RTL-SDR Tutorial: Decoding Inmarsat STD-C EGC Messages
Inmarsat is a communications service provider with several geostationary satellites in orbit. They provide services such as satellite phone communications, broadband internet, and short text and data...
View ArticleA new AIS Decoder for the RTL-SDR on Android
A reader of our blog, EBC81, has written in to let us know about a new RTL-SDR based AIS decoder that he has written for the Android OS. AIS stands for Automatic Identification System and is used by...
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