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QO-100 Bullseye TCXO Ultra Stable LNB Now Available in our Store for $29.95...
Back in March we posted about Othernet's release of their "Bullseye" TCXO ultra stable LNB for receiving QO-100 and other Ku-Band satellites. We have decided to now offer these for sale on our store as...
View ArticleTechminds: Building a V-Dipole for Weather Satellite Reception
A new video showing how to build a V-dipole for weather satellite reception has been uploaded over on the Tech Minds YouTube channel. A V-dipole isa dipole antenna arranged in a 120 degrees "vee"...
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Using ADS-B Exchange to Track Police and Military Aircraft Monitoring the...
During the recent George Floyd BLM protests police and military aircraft have been playing a large part in the surveillance of protestors. All these aircraft are required to transmit ADS-B which of...
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial: Installing and Using CubicSDR on a Mac
Over on YouTube user RickMakes has uploaded a video showing how to install and use CubicSDR on a Mac computer. CubicSDR is a general purpose program compatible with multiple SDRs including the RTL-SDR...
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A 3D Printed Dual Screen Cyberdeck with Built in RTL-SDR
A Cyberdeck is a portable retro styled computer on the outside, but on the inside they typically consist of modern components like a Raspberry Pi. Having been inspired by the aesthetic of the Reviiser...
View ArticleVirtual Plane Spotting Livestream by Piping ADS-B Data into Flight Simulator
Over on YouTube we've recently discovered a live stream by channel Information Zulu that has created a virtual live 24hr view of LAX airport air traffic by piping ADS-B data into a flight simulator...
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TETRA-Kit: A New Open Source TETRA Decoder
Thank you to Larry for submitting information about his latest project called TETRA-Kit. TETRA-Kit is an extensible open source TETRA downlink decoder for Linux that makes use of GNU Radio as the first...
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Decoding HIRS Instrument Images from NOAA Weather Satellites
Thank you to Björn Schnabel who has written in to notify us about a website he's created for a program written by Zbigniew Sztanga called NOAA-HIRS-decoder which might be of interest to some RTL-SDR...
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Imaging the Milky Way in Neutral Hydrogen with an RTL-SDR
Over on Facebook Job Geheniau has recently been sharing how he's taken an image of our galaxy (the Milky Way) with a radio telescope consisting of a 1.5 meter dish, RTL-SDR and a few filters and LNAs....
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Trump Tweets about Pushed Buffalo Protestor Scanning to Jam Police Radios...
In political news 75 year old Buffalo protestor Martin Gugino has been generating controversy due to a video of him being pushed to the ground by a police officer, then subsequently lying motionless...
View ArticleTesting out the SDR-Kits L-band Inmarsat Patch Antenna for AERO
The SDR-Kits L-band Patch antenna is a modified GPS antenna designed for receiving Inmarsat satellite stations such as AERO and STD-C. They have another version for receiving Iridium frequencies as...
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Understanding, Listening and Recording Trunked Radio Systems with an RTL-SDR...
Trunked radio systems for voice communications can be easily found when browsing the spectrum with an SDR. Listening to a voice communication is easy, but actually following a conversation along is...
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An Art Project Involving GOES-16 & NOAA Weather Satellite Reception with SDR
As part of his Bachelor of Architecture studies Daniel Tompkins created an art installation called "signs of life" which was focused around his interest in weather satellite reception with an SDR. FM...
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Open Weather: An Artistic Performance Involving Live NOAA APT Signal Decoding...
Just after our post a few days ago about an art project involving weather satellite reception with SDRs, we received a story submission about an artistic performance with similar weather satellite and...
View ArticleA Talk on 21cm Hydrogen Line Amateur Radio Astronomy
The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group (AREG) recently held an online talk with guest speakers Phil Lock and Bill Cowley, talking about amateur radio astronomy. In the talk they note how they use an...
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Building a Remote SSB Receiver with an RTL-SDR, OrangePi and GNU Radio
Over on his blog F1ATB has uploaded a post explaining how he created an RTL-SDR or HackRF based remote SSB receiver controllable with an internet browser. To set this up he uses an Orange Pi One Plus...
View ArticleTech Minds: Testing the OpenEar DMR TETRA ADSB POCSAG Decoder for RTL-SDR
Back in March we posted about the release of OpenEar, a standalone TETRA decoder for the RTL-SDR. Since then OpenEar has undergone massive developments, not only improving upon the TETRA decoder, but...
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DSD (Open Source) with dPMR Decoding and Windows Binaries Released
Digital Speech Decoder (DSD) is an open source program for decoding signals containing digital speech, such as DMR and P25. The open source version has been mostly surpassed in use over the last few...
View ArticleDragonOS: Decoding Iridium Satellites with the Iridium Toolkit and an RTL-SDR
DragonOS is a ready to use Linux OS image that includes various SDR programs preinstalled and ready to use. The creator Aaron also runs a YouTube channel that has multiple tutorial videos demonstrating...
View ArticleHak5: Turning a Key Croc into an RTL-SDR Server
The Hak5 Key Croc is a pentesting tool designed for emulating USB devices such as keyboards. It is commonly used by pentesters for keylogging and keystroke injection. It has some advanced features like...
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