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RTL-SDR Virtual Reality Spectrum Display Software Released
Back in September 2021 we posted about Manahiyo's software that allows the RF spectrum and related graphs to be viewed in virtual reality, using a VR headset and an RTL-SDR. Back then the software was...
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Using an RTL-SDR to Decode Broadcast FM RDS Data on Android
Over on YouTube Double A Labs has posted a new video demonstrating how to use an RTL-SDR and Android device to receive broadcast FM stations, and to decode any associated RDS data. In the video Double...
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Using an SDR# Plugin to Tune into a Broadcast FM SCA Subcarrier (Radio...
Thank you to Double A again for submitting a new video where he shows how to use a new SDR# plugin called "SCATuner" to listen to an SCA audio subcarrier embedded within a broadcast FM signal. SCA...
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Pulsar B0329+54 Detected with a 1.9m Dish and RTL-SDR
Over the past few years Job Geheniau has been constantly surprising us with his amateur radio astronomy results coming from modest dish sizes and low cost SDR equipment like an RTL-SDR. We've seen him...
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Frugal Radio: Experimenting with Rdio-Scanner and Trunk Recorder on P25 LSM
In his latest video Rob from the Frugal Radio YouTube channel has uploaded a video where he experiments with a SDR web interface and smartphone App called "Rdio-scanner". Rdio-scanner is an interface...
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Feeding ACARS Data to Airframes.io
Thank you to a contributor for submitting an article about Airframes.io, which is an ACARS/VDL2/HFDL/Satellite ACARS aggregation site. The article below it attributed to Kevin Elliot and was edited by...
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Probing a Cable Internet + TV Line with RTL-SDR USB
Thank you to Adam from Double A Labs for submitting his latest YouTube video where he uses his RTL-SDR to probe the coaxial cable that provides his broadband internet and cable TV. In the video Adam...
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TechMinds: Testing the ISM Packet Decoder Plugin for SDR Sharp
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel Matt has uploaded a video demonstrating the use of the ISM Packet Decoder plugin for SDR# which was released a few months ago. The plugin authors website also...
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Low Cost Shielding Idea for Plastic RTL-SDRs
Generic RTL-SDRs that come with a plastic enclosure can be prone to picking up interference directly via the PCB itself. Higher end RTL-SDRs generally come with a metal enclosure. Thanks to Alan R. for...
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RTL-SDR Blog V3 Dongle and SDR# Spotted on The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch TV...
An RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle and multipurpose dipole antenna set has been spotted in action on the popular TV Show "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch" in Season 3 Episode 7. Skinwalker Ranch is a History...
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ESAR – Extraordinarily Simple AIS Receiver written in C
Thank you to Richard Gosiorovsky for submitting his latest SDR project called ESAR (Extraordinarily Simple AIS Receiver). AIS stands for Automatic Identification System and is used by marine vessels to...
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An Improved ExtIO for RTL_TCP
Back in 2020 we posted about a modified ExtIO interface which exposed advanced RTL-SDR driver settings such as decimation, manual gain and tuner bandwidth and filtering controls. These features allow...
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MagicSDR: Streaming Audio over UDP to Decoders like Multimon-NG
Back in May 2021 we first posted about the release of MagicSDR, which is an Android and iOS SDR app that receives data from an rtl_tcp server elsewhere on your network. Apart from the RTL-SDR, MagicSDR...
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Watch out for new RTL-SDR Blog V3 Counterfeits
Over the past few years our company has been targeted by counterfeiters who copy our RTL-SDR Blog V3 logos and put it on inferior or old RTL-SDR designs. Up until now determining a fake from an...
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SelfieStick: Combining noisy signals from multiple NOAA APT satellites for...
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have recently presented a paper detailing how they combined noisy signals from multiple passes of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites NOAA 15, NOAA 18 and NOAA...
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APT_COLOR: Add False Color to Black and White NOAA APT Images
Thank you to Sasha for submitting news about the release of their latest application called "apt_color". The most popular application for decoding APT weather satellite images from NOAA polar orbiting...
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Decoding Inmarsat STD-C with Command Line Decoder STDCDEC and SigDigger
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron has uploaded a video showing how to use SigDigger and a C based command line Inmarsat STD-C decoder called 'stdcdec' together on his DragonOS SDR based Linux OS image....
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WiFi Grid RTL-SDR Radio Telescopes featured in SARA2022 Conference Talks
Over on YouTube the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers have recently uploaded talks from their SARA 2022 online conference. Two of the talks we've seen focus on describing results produced by small...
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SunFounder TS7-Pro Touch Screen Review: Building a Portable RTL-SDR Pi 4 System
The SunFounder TS7-Pro 7-Inch Touch Display is a portable high resolution 1024x600 7-inch touch screen with space on the back for a Raspberry Pi 4 to be mounted. It is also possible to mount an...
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An off-grid wind and solar powered APT/LRPT satellite image receiver with...
Over on the usradioguy.com blog, Carl Reinemann has highlighted a very impressive remote off-grid radio satellite image receiver setup by Manuel Lausmann (DO3MLA). The setup consists of two Raspberry...
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