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Lessons Learned Using SDR in the Classroom
Recently SDR-Boston hosted an online panel titled "Lessons Learned – Using SDR in the Classroom", and the video is now up on YouTube. A presentation was given by three panelists and moderator on the...
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Tech Minds: Remote SDR V2 with Orange Pi and Transmit Capable
In his latest YouTube video Tech Minds explains and demonstrates Remote SDR V2, which is software that allows you to easily remotely access either a PlutoSDR, HackRF or RTL-SDR software defined radio....
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Decoding and Logging GPS Coordinates From Wireless Smart Meters
Back in April we posted about "Hash's" RECESSIM YouTube series on hacking electricity smart meters using a software defined radio. Recently his series continues with a video on decoding and logging the...
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A KerberosSDR Based Radio Direction Finding RC Boat
If you weren't already aware KerberosSDR is our 4-channel phase coherent capable RTL-SDR unit that we previously crowdfunded back in 2018. With a 4-channel phase coherent RTL-SDR interesting...
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Tech Minds: Testing the Pluto Plus SDR
The "Pluto Plus" (aka Pluto+) is an unofficial and upgraded version of the Analog Devices ADALM Pluto SDR. It is currently available on Aliexpress and Banggood stores. In his latest video Tech Minds...
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Frugal Radio: How To Decode L band Satellite ACARS and CPDLC messages with...
In the latest episode of his YouTube series on Aviation monitoring Rob explores how to decode L-band satellite ACARS (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System) and CPDLC (Controller Pilot...
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SDR4Space: Software Tools for SDR Based Satellite Ground Stations
Over on Reddit we've seen that SDR4Space, a provider of a satellite ground station receiver hardware and software has released a free feature limited lite version of their embedded software over on...
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Crimean Resident Arrested under Accusation of Spying for Ukraine with RTL-SDR...
Back in early 2014 Crimea was annexed from the Ukraine by Russian forces. Recently we've heard news that a Crimean resident was arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service under the suspicion of...
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AIS-Catcher: A Dual Band Multiplatform AIS Receiver for RTL-SDR and Airspy...
Thank you to Jasper for writing in and letting us know about the release of his new open source software called "AIS-Catcher". AIS-Catcher is a MIT licensed dual band AIS receiver for Linux, Windows...
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uSDR: A Lightweight Multimode SDR Receiver Program for Windows
Thank you to Viol Tailor for submitting news about the release of his general purpose multimode software defined radio receiver program for Windows called "uSDR" or "microSDR". Viol writes that uSDR is...
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Receiving pH Readings from a Wireless Medical Implant with RTL-SDR
Over on Hackaday we've learned about an interesting investigation by James Wu who was recently implanted with a stomach pH (acidity) monitoring device called the "Medtronic Bravo Reflux Capsule"....
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Using an RTL-SDR in Dual-Comb Spectroscopy using Diode Lasers
Thank you to Antonio from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Department of Photonic Technology and Bioengineering for writing in and sharing with us his teams latest research titled "Dual-Comb...
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Dump1090 now Available as an Android App
The company ebcTech who makes AIS Share for Android has recently come out with a new app which is an Android App version of Dump1090. Dump1090 is a popular command line based ADS-B decoder for RTL-SDR...
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Using an RTL-SDR Dongle to Receive Pictures from the ISS
Over on YouTube we've seen a good video from channel Ham Radio DX where presenter Hayden shows how to use an RTL-SDR to receive slow scan television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station...
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Elektro-L3 Geostationary Weather Satellite: Easy to Receive LRIT Signal Being...
Back in September 2020 we posted about the release of an X-Band decoder for the Elektro-L2 and Elektro-L3 Russian geostationary satellites. These satellites are receivable from Europe, the Middle East,...
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BSides Talk: Hacking RF Breaking what we can’t see
Over on YouTube the BSides Halifax channel has uploaded a recent talk given by Security Engineer Grant Colgan titled "Hacking RF Breaking what we can't see". In the talk Grant first shows the various...
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SDR++ Version 1.0.0 Released
SDR++ is an open source, cross platform, C++ based GUI general receiver program for various SDRs including the RTL-SDR. Since it's alpha release in mid 2020, it has undergone huge amount of...
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Running an RTL-SDR on a QNAP NAS
Thankyou to M.Khanfar for submitting news about his latest project which involves running an RTL-SDR dongle on a QNAP NAS (network attached storage). Running a dongle on a NAS machine might be useful...
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Layering Geo-Spatial Fire Data onto GOES Satellite Imagery
Thank you to Carl Reinemann (aka usradioguy) for writing in and sharing with us how he has developed a script to layer FIRMS data (Fire Information for Resource Management System US / Canada) onto GOES...
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OpenWebRX Updated to V1.1.0
Thank you to Jason for writing in and letting us know that OpenWebRX Version 1.1.0 has been released on August 03. OpenWebRX is an open source program that allows users to make RTL-SDRs, KiwiSDRs and...
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