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SDRuno Updated to V1.1: Now supports up to 2.4 MSPS for the RTL-SDR
SDRuno is the official software for the SDRplay RSP software defined radio. Recently they’ve released version 1.1 which contains various new features and bug fixes for the RSP. The SDRuno Cookbook by...
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RTLSDR4Everyone Four New Posts: FlightAware Pro Stick Plus Review, Avoid...
Akos from the RTLSDR4Everyone blog has recently uploaded four new articles. The first article reviews the new FlightAware Prostick Plus. The Prostick Plus is an RTL-SDR dongle optimized for ADS-B...
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New Comparison Videos from Leif SM5BSZ: Airspy vs SDRplay vs Several Other SDRs
Over on YouTube Leif SM5BSZ has uploaded two new videos. The first video shows a set up that compares the Airspy and the SDRplay RSP on several lab tests that test for dynamic range performance at...
View ArticleBuilding a DIY 137 MHz Band Pass Filter
Over on YouTube Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video showing how to build a DIY bandpass filter for 137 MHz. This can help improve the reception of NOAA and Meteor M weather satellites, by blocking strong...
View ArticleReal Time RTL-SDR Passive Radar with Clutter Supression and Target Acquisition
Marcus Herber is a 4th year electrical engineering student at the University of Queensland, Australia. For his final year thesis he set out to build a real time RTL-SDR based passive radar with clutter...
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New Low Power RTL-SDR’s for Stratux ADS-B Receivers
Stratux is an RTL-SDR based project that gives small plane pilots access to ADS-B data, without having to purchase an expensive commercial ADS-B installation. It consists of software that runs on a...
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A Portable RTL-SDR Project
Frequent RTL-SDR.com reader Rodolfo recently wrote in to us wanting to share a portable RTL-SDR set up that he has produced. From the supplied photo the portable unit looks very robust and really well...
View ArticleAn RTL-SDR Receiver App Written in Swift for MacOS
Over on YouTube user GetOffMyHack has uploaded a video that shows his development of a Mac based general purpose tuning app for the RTL-SDR, which was written in the Swift programming language. Swift...
View ArticleTwo Videos That Show How To Set Up An Outernet Receiver
Outernet is a relatively new satellite based file delivery service which can be received with an RTL-SDR dongle. They continuously send out useful data like weather reports, news, APRS data as well as...
View ArticleThe 2016 /r/rtlsdr Reddit Giveaway
The mods of the /r/RTL-SDR community on the Reddit discussion platform are currently hosting an RTL-SDR themed giveaway. The prizes up for grabs include units which have been donated from ThumbNet...
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Radio For Everyone: An Easy Homemade Outernet Antenna, More FlightAware Pro...
Akos from the radio for everyone blog (formerly known as the rtlsdr4everyone blog) has uploaded two new posts. On the first post he shows some further tests on the new FlightAware Prostick plus. The...
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Reverse Engineering and Reading Data from a Wireless Temperature Meter:...
On GitHub user spenmcgee has uploaded a write up and Python software that decodes data from a Lacross TX29 wireless temperature meter. Spenmcgee’s write up goes into excellent detail about how he...
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New RTL-SDR Drivers and SDR-Console ExtIO Available: Bias Tee Support, Direct...
Recently two branches of RTL-SDR drivers were updated. Over on GitHub racerxdl’s librtlsdr branch adds bias tee support for our V3 RTL-SDR.com dongles to rtl_adsb, rtl_fm, rtl_power and rtl_tcp. For...
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FlightAware Prostick vs FlightAware Prostick Plus: Review
Recently the FlightAware Prostick Plus was released. The Prostick is a modified RTL-SDR with a LNA built into the dongle. It is optimized for ADS-B reception and works very well due to the low noise...
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A Homemade SDR Frequency Controller Made From a PC Mouse
Over on YouTube user Mile Kokotov has uploaded a new video showing his SDR frequency controller in action. The controller allows you to tune the frequency with a knob, which is preferred over the...
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Reverse Engineering Traffic Lights with an RTL-SDR Part 2
Back in September 2015 we made a post about how Bastian Bloessl was able to use his RTL-SDR dongle to reverse engineer and decode the signals coming from portable wirelessly synchronized traffic lights...
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Building a Homemade FM Repeater with a Raspberry Pi, Rpitx and RTL-SDR Dongle
A radio repeater is usually a radio tower that receives weak signals from handheld, desktop or other radio, and rebroadcasts the same signal at a higher power over a wide area at a different frequency....
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SSTV From the ISS Scheduled for Dec 8 – 9
The International Space Station periodically schedules radio events where they transmit Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images down to earth for listeners to receive and collect. This time they have...
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R820T2 Register Description Data Sheet Now Available
Recently Luigi Tarenga wanted to do some work on developing RTL-SDR drivers, so he emailed Rafael Micro requesting some additional documentation about the chip. Usually previous requests to Rafael...
View ArticleRTL-SDR.com V3 Stock Availability and Holiday Shipping Times
This is just an update post for those wishing to purchase or are waiting on delivery for items from our store at www.rtl-sdr.com/store. Amazon USA The RTL-SDR.com V3 has proven to be more popular than...
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