SignalsEverywhere: Installing and Configuring OP25 Phase 1 & 2 Digital Voice...
In this weeks video Sarah from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel show us how to install and configure the OP25 software on a Linux machine. OP25 is a Linux based P25 digital voice decoder which...
View ArticleDragonOS: Decoding FT8 on Linux with WSJT-X
DragonOS is a ready to use Ubuntu Linux image that comes preinstalled with multiple SDR program. The creator of DragonOS, Aaron, uploads various YouTube tutorials showing how to use some of the...
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FAASGS: A Setup to Build a Fully Automatic Amateur and APT Weather Satellite...
Over on GitHub stdevPavelmc has released his software called FAASGS (Fully Automatic Amateur Satellite Ground Station). FAASGS is an open source program that allows RTL-SDR users to set up a satellite...
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Using 50 Lines of Python Code to Decode NOAA APT Weather Satellite Images
There are already many image decoders for the NOAA APT weather satellites available, with the most common and feature rich program being the abandoned freeware "WXtoIMG". However many people may not...
View ArticleInstalling and using RTL-SDR and GQRX on a PinePhone
Over on YouTube channel "Privacy & Tech Tips" has uploaded a video demonstrating how it's possible to run GQRX with an RTL-SDR on a PinePhone. In the video the presenter shows how to set up the...
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SATSAGEN Spectrum Analyzer Software Updated: Now Supports RTL-SDR
Back in March last year we first posted about the release of SATSAGEN, and program by Alberto (IU1KVL) that allowed the PlutoSDR to work as a spectrum analyzer. SATSAGEN has recently been updated to...
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Sparse Array Beamforming with a Phase Coherent 21-Channel RTL-SDR Array
Thank you to Laakso Mikko a PhD student at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering for submitting news about his research group's latest paper involving a 21-channel phase coherent RTL-SDR...
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SDRSharp Upgraded to .NET5 with New Plugin SDK For Developers
The popular SDR# (SDRSharp) software has recently been updated to version 1788, and now runs on the .NET5 SDK. Most of the upgrades are behind the scenes, but generally the new version appears to be...
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SDR-Server: An Advanced Open Source RTL-SDR Streaming Server
Developer @dernasherbrezon has recently released a new program called "sdr-server" which is a streaming server. Unlike the more basic rtl_tcp server, sdr-server has some more advanced features like...
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SDR++ Recent Updates: Plugins, Multi-VFO, Multi-Platform, Native RTL-SDR and...
Back in July 2020 we first posted about the alpha release of "SDR++" which back then was a new project by "Whatsthegeek" that was determined to bring an open source, cross platform, C++ based GUI...
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Building an 11.2 GHz Radio Telescope with an Airspy and 1.2m TV Satellite Dish
In the past we've posted several times about how 1.42 GHz Hydrogen Line amateur radio telescopes used with RTL-SDRs or other SDRs for Hydrogen line observations of the galaxy. Recently Hackaday ran a...
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Analyzing Frozen Air Traffic in the Hudson Valley
Thank you to Steve Bossert (K2GOG) for submitting his article on analyzing traffic from his RTL-SDR based ADS-B receiver during the recent heavy snow storms at his location in the Hudson Valley. His...
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Scanner School Podcast + Webinar: This is Why You Need an SDR
Scanner School is an online site providing tutorials, podcasts and reviews all about the radio scanning hobby. They are currently planning a Webinar for February 23, 2021 titled "Why Every Scanner User...
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Evaluating LoRaWAN Security with an RTL-SDR
Over on their blog Trend Micro have uploaded a post describing how they evaluated the security of LoRaWAN communications using an RTL-SDR. LoRaWAN is a wireless communications technology that allows...
View ArticleTechMinds: Testing a DC-160 MHz Panadapter Switch
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has uploaded a video where he tests out a cheap US$90 automatic antenna switch with DC-160 MHz range that he purchased from Chinese goods retailer Banggood. An...
View ArticleEngineer and Beauty Queen Xyla Foxlin sends an RTL-SDR and Miss America Crown...
Xyla Foxlin is a Mechatronics engineer, entrepreneur, and beauty queen who amongst many other titles is also a STEM YouTuber. In her latest YouTube video Xyla sends her Miss America crown that she...
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SDRSharp Guide by IZ1MLL Updated
Thank you to Paolo Romani IZ1MLL for letting us know that he has updated his popular SDRSharp users guide that we posted about previously last December. The guide is available on the Airspy downloads...
View ArticleFrugal Radio: Monitoring Aviation Communications Part One
Rob from Frugal Radio has recently started a new YouTube series all about monitoring aviation communications. In his first video Rob gives an overview on what can be aviation signals can monitored and...
View ArticleAdding an RTL-SDR Antenna Port to a Pinetab Linux Tablet
The Pinetab is a US$99.99 open source Ubuntu Linux Tablet based on a low power Pine64 singe board computer. The Pinetab can optionally support an internal RTL-SDR, which is essentially just a standard...
View ArticleControlling a Wireless Ceiling Fan with an RTL-SDR and RPiTX on a Raspberry Pi
Over on YouTube River's Educational Channel has uploaded a new video showing how he uses a Raspberry Pi to control a ceiling fan via it's wireless control signal. Back in January we posted about...
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