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Goestools Now Ported to Run on Windows
Thank you to Carl Reinemann (aka USRadioGuy) for letting us know through his blog post that goestools has recently been ported to Windows. Goestools is a software package that is used to receive and...
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Fox Hunting with the KrakenSDR
Over on his YouTube channel Mark Jessop has uploaded some dash cam footage showing him using a KrakenSDR and a custom LED display to hunt down three amateur radio transmitters during a fox-hunt. An...
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Encryption on the TETRA Protocol has been broken
TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) is a digital voice and text radio communications protocol often used by authorities and industry in European and many countries other than the USA. A major advantage...
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KrakenSDR: Finding Multiple GSM Base Station Transmit Towers with the...
If you weren't already aware, KrakenSDR is our 5-channel coherent radio based on RTL-SDRs, and it can be used for applications like radio direction finding. KrakenSDR is in stock and can be purchased...
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Receiving 2.2 GHz with the RTL-SDR and Nooelec Ham It Down
Over on his YouTube channel dereksgc has uploaded a new video where he tests out a new yet to be released downconverter product from NooElec. A downconverter works by shifting high frequencies down...
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RTL-SDR Blog V4 Dongle Initial Release!
We're happy to announce the first release of our new RTL-SDR Blog V4 dongle which is based on the R828D tuner chip. The pricing is US$39.95 for the V4 dongle with antenna set, and US$29.95 for the...
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Reminder: GNU Radio Conference 2023 Starts September 5 MST
This is a reminder that GNU Radio Conference 2023 (GRCon23) will be starting tomorrow on September 5 in Mountain Standard Time (MST) and will run until September 9. GNU Radio conference talks are...
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DragonOS: Decoding Train Telemetry with SoftEOT and RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution, has uploaded a video demonstrating how to use an RTL-SDR and SoftEOT/PyEOT to decode North American...
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TechMinds: Testing the RTL-SDR Blog V4
Over on his TechMinds YouTube channel Matt has uploaded a new video showing him testing out the new RTL-SDR Blog V4 dongle that we released a couple of weeks ago. In the video Matt explains the...
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Recent Talks from the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers 2023 Conference
Over on their YouTube channel there have been numerous talks uploaded over the past few months from the 2023 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) conference. Some of these talks are quite useful...
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M2_LRPT_DECODER Version 59 Released
Thank you to Carl Reinemann for writing in and sharing with us that the Meteor M2 LRPT decoder by Oleg (Robonuka) was recently updated. The Russian Meteor M2-3 weather satellite was launched in June...
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SatDump Version 1.1.0 Released – Feature Overview
SatDump is a popular program that can be used with RTL-SDRs and other software defined radios for decoding images from a wide array of weather imaging (and other) satellites including GOES, GK-2A, NOAA...
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Manuel Compares the RTL-SDR Blog V3 vs RTL-SDR Blog V4
Not too long ago we released our first batch of RTL-SDR Blog V4 dongles, and most have been received by customers now. The next batch is coming soon, and we should be able to start sales again within...
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Discovery Dish Pre-Launch: A Lightweight Dish and Feed for L-Band Weather...
For the past few years we have been working on finding the best way to help beginners get started with L-band weather satellite reception and basic radio astronomy. We have now come up with a solution...
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RTL-SDR Blog V4 Dongle Back in Stock!
The RTL-SDR Blog V4 dongle (dongle only), is back in stock for international shipping today! The V4 Dongle + Antenna set will be back in stock after about a week. Please note that shipping will be a...
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Chris Reviews the RTL-SDR Blog V4 on the HF Bands
Thank you to Chris (NNN0BOC) for writing up a glowing review of the RTL-SDR Blog V4. In the review Chris covers the enhancements that the VB4 brings to the HF bands, the driver replacement, and tests...
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Demonstrating the FM Capture Effect – Why Aircraft use AM
Over on his YouTube channel Tall Paul Tech has uploaded a video that demonstrates the FM (frequency modulation) capture effect. Apart from the costs and difficult logistics to change from AM to FM...
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TechMinds: Using a Software Defined Radio as a Radio Telescope
Back in 2020 we released a tutorial about how to use a 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid Dish antenna as a radio telescope which can detect and measure the Hydrogen line emissions in our Milky Way galaxy. Recently...
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TechMinds: Demonstrating OpenWebRX Plus
In one of his videos from a few days ago Matt from the Tech Minds YouTube channel tests out OpenWebRX+, an unofficial fork of OpenWebRX. OpenWebRX is open source software which enables users to put...
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Wok-The-Hydrogen: A Low Cost Wok Based Hydrogen Line Radio Telescope
In addition to the last Hydrogen Line radio astronomy post from a few minutes ago, we've also recently seen a post on Hackaday about a research paper (PDF) that describes a Hydrogen Line Radio...
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