Wintelive YouTube Demo
Over on YouTube use radiosification has uploaded a video showing the Windows TETRA decoder ‘wintelive’ in action. Wintelive is a Windows port of the popular RTL-SDR compatible Linux based ‘telive’...
View ArticleAerial TV: An Android DVB-T Decoder for the RTL-SDR
On the Google Play store a new RTL-SDR compatible app called ‘Aerial TV’ has been released (in beta) by Martin Marinov. Aerial TV allows you to watch DVB-T HD TV on your android device, with an RTL-SDR...
View ArticleTekmanoid STD-C Decoder Updated: New Paid LES Decoder + EGC Visualization
The Tekmanoid EGC STD-C decoder was recently updated and a new commercial paid version was released. The paid version now supports the decoding of LES STD-C messages. Previously the only other decoder...
View ArticleUnoSDR: A New Multi-Mode RTL-SDR Compatible Receiver Program
Programmer Vi Vitaliy recently wrote into us and wanted to share his new ‘UnoSDR’ software defined radio receiver software for Windows. This is a general purpose multi-mode receiver which is compatible...
View Articlewelle.io: A New RTL-SDR & Airspy DAB/DAB+ Decoder Available for Windows/Linux
Thanks to Albrecht Lohofener for submitting to us his new software package called ‘welle.io’ which is a free DAB and DAB+ decoder and player that supports the RTL-SDR (directly or also via rtl_tcp) and...
View ArticleYouTube Videos: NOAA Satellite Tutorial and Building a Radio Telescope
Over on the Thought Emporium YouTube channel the team have uploaded two videos that may be of interest to radio hobbyists. The first video shows a nice overview about receiving NOAA weather satellite...
View ArticleCreating a RTL-SDR NOAA Weather Radio Audio Streamer in Linux
On his blog leander has added a post which shows how he has set up a icecast streaming solution together with an RTL-SDR dongle which is receiving live NOAA weather radio. The idea is to give a...
View ArticleDiscussion and Review of our RTL-SDR Blog Broadcast AM High Pass Filter
Early last month we released a new broadcast AM high pass filter product. The goal of the filter is to block out extremely strong broadcast AM signals (and other problematic LF/MF signals) in order to...
View ArticleSome Tests on the LNA4ALL
Over on the SWLing post blog Tony Roper has uploaded his review and testing of the LNA4ALL. The LNA4ALL is a PSA-5043+ LNA produced by Adam 9A4QV in Croatia. It is normally considered as one of the...
View ArticleNew Outernet Hardware “Dreamcatcher”: An RTL-SDR with Embedded Computing...
Over on the Outernet forums Outernet CEO Syed has just released pictures of the latest upcoming Outernet receiver called “Dreamcatcher”. The new receiver is an RTL-SDR, LNA, filter, and embedded Linux...
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial on Setting up a Soft66IP RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user Danny Shortwave And Radio DX has uploaded a video showing an overview and tutorial about setting up the Soft66IP RTL-SDR. The Soft66IP is a custom RTL-SDR that is made in Japan by...
View ArticleSome Tests on our BCAM and BCFM Filters
Over on YouTube user ElPaso TubeAmps has uploaded a video showing his tests on our broadcast AM (BCAM) high pass and broadcast FM (BCFM) band stop filters. These two filters are designed to block...
View ArticleAmateur Pulsar Observations with an RTL-SDR
Back in September 2015 we made a posted that discussed how some amateur radio astronomers have been using RTL-SDR’s for detecting pulsars. A pulsar is a rotating neutron star that emits a beam of...
View ArticleSDRSharp SpyServer Now Supports the RTL-SDR
About a month ago the Airspy and SDRSharp development team released their new ‘SpyServer’ software. SpyServer is a streaming server for Airspy devices, which allows them to be used over a network...
View ArticleFlightAware Prostick Plus Now Available in our Store
The FlightAware ProStick Plus is an modified RTL-SDR designed specifically for ADS-B reception. Its main defining feature is that it has a built in low noise figure LNA, and a 1090 MHz SAW filter. The...
View ArticleA Warning for R820T2 RTL-SDR Purchases on eBay/Aliexpress etc
Just a brief warning for those purchasing the generic dongles on eBay and Aliexpress. We’ve recently heard of a number of customers having ordered generic dongles advertised as having R820T or R820T2...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF as a Beacon Transmitter on a Drone for Antenna Calibration
Over on his Twitter feed Sylvain Azarian (@sylvain_azarian / F4GKR) has been tweeting about his new antenna calibration method which involves the use of a HackRF SDR and Raspberry Pi mounted on a...
View ArticleA Tutorial on Using a Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless for ADS-B Flight Tracking
Allaboutcircuits.com contributing writer Mark Hughes has recently posted a tutorial that shows how to use an RTL-SDR dongle with a Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless to track aircraft with ADS-B. As a bonus he...
View ArticleNew Cross Country Wireless HF Preselector
A new reasonably priced 5-band HF preselector has been released by the company Cross Country Wireless, and it looks perfect for use with SDRs. The price is $56.95 GBP, which right now is about $72 USD....
View ArticleSpyServer 2.0 Released: More Efficient Streaming for Airspy and RTL-SDR
Back in March the team behind the Airspy SDR and SDRSharp software released the SpyServer, a piece of software that allows you to stream radio data from a remote Airspy receiver over a network. Then...
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