Decoding Es’Hail-2 DVB-S2 Realtime in Linux with LeanDVB
Last week we posted about M Khanfar's YouTube video that showed how to decode Es'Hail-2/QO-100 DVB-S2 on Ubuntu with the LeanDVB decoder. However, the method he showed was not in real time as it...
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Vela Pulsar Glitch Detected with RTL-SDR Based Radio Telescope
On February 1st 2019 the HawkRAO amateur radio telescope detected a "glitch" during it's observations of the Vela Pulsar. A pulsar is a rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic...
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Osmocom Now Releasing Weekly Windows Binaries for RTL-SDR and Osmo-FL2K
Osmocom is the open source team behind the RTL-SDR driver project and the Osmo-FL2K discovery. In a recent announcement they have noted that they are now publishing weekly binary builds for the RTL-SDR...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: P25 Trunking with Just One RTL-SDR and DSDPlus Fastlane
Over on YouTube Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere channel has uploaded a new video showing us how to set up P25 trunking and decoding with DSDPlus Fastlane and only a single RTL-SDR. Normally two...
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A More In-depth Look at the Tunisian RTL-SDR Espionage Story
The Africa Report, an online newspaper specializing in African stories recently ran a story titled "A Tunisian spy story". The story discusses the circumstances behind the mysterious arrest of a UN...
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QIRX SDR Now Shows Received DAB Transmitters on A Map
QIRX SDR is an RTL-SDR compatible program that focuses on DAB+ decoding and listening. In a recent update programmer Clem notes that the newest feature is a map powered by OpenStreetMap that can...
View ArticleNOAA-APT Software Decoder: Users Guide Now Available
Back in August, 2018 we posted about NOAA-APT, which back then was a new NOAA APT image decoder program. Recently Martin, the author of NOAA-APT has written in and wanted to note that he's now created...
View ArticleUsing an RTL-SDR to Monitor A Tire Pressure Sensor used in Home Brewing
Over on YouTube Andreas Spiess has been helping his friend create a pressure monitoring system for his home brew beer bottles. In order to do this, Andreas uses an externally mounted after market...
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Tracking Tagged Orangutans in the Bornean Jungle with Drones, GNU Radio and...
Due to various human activities causing the environmental destruction of it's habitat, the Orangutan is now classed as a critically endangered species. In addition to being endangered, Orangutans face...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: What SDR To Buy? Choose the Right one For You
Over on his YouTube channel SignalsEverywhere, Corrosive has just released a new video titled "Software Defined Radio Introduction | What SDR To Buy? | Choose the Right one For You". The video is an...
View ArticleThe RadioInstigator: A $150 Signals Intelligence Platform Consisting of a...
Circle City Con is a yearly conference that focuses on information security talks. At this years conference Josh Conway presented an interesting talk titled "SigInt for the Masses Building and Using a...
View ArticleDecoding FT8 with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 in Direct Sampling Mode
Over on YouTube user ModernHam has uploaded a useful tutorial showing how to use our RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongles for FT8 monitoring. The RTL-SDR Blog V3 has a built in direct sampling circuit which allows...
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An RTL-SDR and Pi 3 Based Ground Station for Simulated CubeSats
CubeSats are small and light satellites that can these days be built and launched into orbit by almost anyone with a small budget of roughly $40,000. They are a great way for schools and other...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Common Modulations Tutorial Video
This week on the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel, host Corrosive gives us a tutorial on common modulations that you'll see on your software defined radio. His tutorial covers Amplitude Modulation...
View ArticleTracking and Recovering A NWS Weather Balloon & Radiosonde with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube OLHZN High Altitude Balloons has posted a very entertaining video showing how to use an RTL-SDR and small grid dish antenna to track and recover a fallen weather balloon and its...
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ExtIO_RTLSDR# – Modified ExtIO for SDRUno/HDSDR with Direct Sampling Mode
Fixed RTL-SDR EXTIO for SDRUno. Over on our forums user qrp has released a modified ExtIO that allows the direct sampling mode to work correctly in SDRUno. SDRUno is SDRplay's official software for...
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Reverse Engineering and Controlling a Wireless Doorbell with an RTL-SDR and...
Thank you to Shreyas Ubale for submitting his blog post about reverse engineering a wireless doorbell, and then performing a replay attack. Shreyas had purchased a wireless doorbell set containing one...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Decoding Inmarsat EGC and AERO ACARS
On his latest video Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel discusses Inmarsat LES EGC and AERO ACARS decoding. Inmarsat is a satellite provider that has multiple geosynchronous satellites...
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New Products in Store: RadarBox ADS-B Bundle Including Outdoor ADS-B Antenna...
A while back we posted about flight tracking company RadarBox.com who had launched their 1090 MHz ADS-B optimized RTL-SDR. Like other ADS-B optimized RTL-SDR's, the dongle contains a 1090 MHz filter...
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Raspberry Pi 4 Released: Improvements to CPU, Networking, USB, RAM and more
The Raspberry Pi is the most popular credit sized computing board in the world. It is commonly used as a low cost and portable computing platform for SDRs like the RTL-SDR. Today the Raspberry Pi 4 was...
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