Creating Smart Home Automation Devices with Wireless Power Plugs, an RTL-SDR...
Over on his YouTube channel ModernHam has created a video showing him using an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi with RPiTX to record and replay the signal generated by the remote of a wireless power plug. A...
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KerberosSDR Updates: Demo Software Speed Improvements, Android App,...
If you weren't already aware, over the past few months we've been working with the engineering team at Othernet.is to create a 4x Coherent RTL-SDR that we're calling KerberosSDR. A coherent RTL-SDR...
View ArticleTalks from the 2018 GNU Radio Conference
GNU Radio is a very powerful open source platform for implementing various digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms. It is very commonly used with software defined radios like the RTL-SDR, as well as...
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Logging Meteor Scatter Observations Online
Thank you to Florent for submitting his website which contains a live log of his meteor scatter observations. Meteor scatter occurs when radio signals reflect off the ionized trail left behind by...
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RadarBox24 Specialty ADS-B RTL-SDR Reduced to $9.95 + Shipping
RadarBox24.com is a flight data aggregation service similar to sites like FlightAware.com and FlightRadar24.com. They aggregate ADS-B aircraft data obtained from (mostly) volunteer RTL-SDR based...
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Es’hail-2 Transponder Tests + Narrow Band Web Stream
Es'hail 2 was launched last November and it is the first geostationary satellite to contain an amateur radio transponder. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is over Africa. It's reception...
View ArticleUsing a LimeSDR / PlutoSDR to Transmit Digital Amateur Television with DATV...
Over on YouTube Corrosive from channel SignalsEverywhere has uploaded a new video in his series on Digital Amateur Television (DATV). The new video shows us how to use a transmit capable SDR like a...
View ArticleMore Talks from GNURadio Con 2018
Last week we posted about some videos of talks from the 2018 GNU Radio Conference which had been release on YouTube. This week a few more videos have been released and we display a small selection...
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SDR# TETRA Plugin Now Available At RTL-SDR.RU
Vasilli has recently released the SDR# TETRA plugin on his website RTL-SDR.RU (note that the site is in Russian, but can be translated with the Google Translate option in the top right of the page)....
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Using Universal Radio Hacker, an RTL-SDR and a...
Over on YouTube user hubmartin has uploaded a video showing how to use an RTL-SDR and the Universal Radio Hacker (URH) software to reverse engineer and clone a 433 MHz remote control. URH is used to...
View ArticleRunning GQRX Smoothly on an Intel Compute Stick with a Custom Linux Kernel
Thank you to M Khanfar for submitting news about his custom Linux kernel which allows an RTL-SDR and GQRX to run smoothly and with sound on an Intel Compute Stick. The Intel Compute Stick is a full...
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rtl_map: A Simple FFT Visualizer for RTL-SDR
Thank you to 'KeyLo99' for submitting news of the release of his new RTL-SDR based program called rtl_map. rtl_map is a currently a simple app that uses an RTL-SDR to display an FFT frequency graph. It...
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial: Software Set up for a Portable Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR...
Last year in December we posted about Matt's element14 sponsored video which showed us how to create a portable briefcase contained NOAA satellite received based on a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongle....
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New SDR# Plugin Adds Support for Contour Shuttle USB Controllers
Contour ShuttlePro V2 The Contour Shuttle Express and Pro V2 are USB controller accessories for PCs. They consist of a knob-like wheel with multiple buttons and they are designed as a keyboard...
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Running SDR# in a Windows Virtual Machine on Linux
Thanks to John Jackson of JRMagnetics for writing in and letting us know about his post on installing SDR# onto a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) running on Fedora Linux. As John notes, running SDR...
View ArticleSDR Talks from FOSDEM 2019: EM Attacks with RTL-SDR and Neural Networks,...
FOSDEM is a large yearly conference where thousands of open source developers gather in Brussels. This years FOSDEM was held between 2-3 February, and within the last few days the talks have been...
View ArticleTracking Radiosondes with an RTL-SDR and Radiosonde_Auto_RX
A radiosonde is a small sensor and radio package normally attached to a weather balloon. Meteorological agencies around the world typically launch two balloons a day from several locations to gather...
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Radwave Beta: Android RTL-SDR RF Analyzer App with Spectrum Pause and Rewind...
Radwave Screenshot Radwave is a recently released Android App for RTL-SDR dongles. It provides a real time waterfall of the RF spectrum, and it's defining feature is that you can easily zoom, pause and...
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3D Printed V-Dipole Holder for Our RTL-SDR Blog Multipurpose Dipole Kit
Over on Thingiverse user f16v1per has created a 3D printed bracket that can help with securely holding our multipurpose dipole kit at a 120 degree angle, which is the perfect angle to use when in a...
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Es’hail-2 Amateur Transponder Now Active
Es'Hail 2 Coverage from Amsat-UK Es'hail 2 was launched last November and it is the first geostationary satellite to contain an amateur radio transponder. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is...
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