Raspberry Pi 4 USB Bug Experienced with RTL-SDRs now Fixed with Kernel Update
Thank you to Michael B for letting us know about recent fixes to the Raspberry Pi kernel which affect RTL-SDR users. If you've been experiencing error "rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7" when running...
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Manuel Tests the RTL-SDR Blog V4 on SDRuno
In one of his latest YouTube videos, Manuel Lausmann has been testing the RTL-SDR Blog V4 on SDRuno. SDRuno is the official software for SDRplay RSP devices, however, they provide an ExtIO interface...
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Repurposing a Wireless networking Dish for L-Band HRPT Satellite Reception
Over on his YouTube channel, "saveitforparts" has uploaded a video showing how he's modified an old wireless networking dish for L-band HRPT satellite reception. L-band satellites that transmit HRPT...
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SatDump Projections Improved
SatDump is a popular program that is used with RTL-SDRs and other SDRs for decoding transmissions from a wide array of weather satellites and their various imagers and sensors. Recently SatDump's...
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RTL-SDR Blog V4 Dongle + Antenna Set Back in Stock
This is just a quick post to let people who have been waiting know that the RTL-SDR Blog V4 Dongle with Multipurpose Dipole Antenna set is back in stock in our international store which ships from...
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Radio Field Mixed Reality Visualization with the Quest 3
The Meta Quest 3 is a recently released mixed reality headset from Meta. Recently Manahiyo has ported his RadioFieldAR software to the Quest 3. The RadioFieldAR software allows you to use a radio field...
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Tech Minds: Testing a High Impedance Amplifier for Software Defined Radio
Antenna impedance matching is important for antennas and software defined radios as impedance mismatches can result in poor reception. For transmitting SDR's the situation is more dire because...
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Discovery Dish Now Available for Crowd Funding! A Lightweight Dish and Feed...
Today our Crowd Funding campaign for the Discovery Dish has gone live! Thank you to anyone who supports this project and our goal of bringing affordable products that make getting into various radio...
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Automating NOAA APT and Meteor M2 LRPT Reception with SatDump 1.1.2
SatDump is a popular program used to receive and decode various forms of weather satellites, and in recent updates they added support for NOAA APT and Meteor M2 LRPT weather satellite decoding. In the...
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SDRx.IO – A Public Server Network for RTL_TCP and/or Spyserver Stations
Thank you to Matt from SDRx.io for submitting a story on our forums about his project called SDRx.IO which is a service that hopes to be a platform that allows remote users to find and connect to...
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DragonOS: Running GNSS-SDR and Obtaining a GPS Position with an RTL-SDR and...
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution, has uploaded a video demonstrating how to use the GNSS-SDR software together with an RTL-SDR and patch...
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DragonOS: Tracking ADS-B, UAT, ACARS, VDL2 with TAR1090 and a KrakenSDR
Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution has recently uploaded a new video where he uses a KrakenSDR to simultaneously receive and decode multiple aircraft tracking,...
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TechMinds: One Antenna Four Receivers with an Active Distributor
Over on his TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video where he reviews a US$20 active antenna distributor that he purchased on Banggood / Aliexpress. An active distributor allows you to use...
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Saveitforparts: Building an L-Band Satellite Antenna out of an Umbrella
Over on his YouTube channel "saveitforparts" has uploaded a video where he uses an umbrella, pin tin and tin foil tape to create a simple dish antenna for receiving GOES, NOAA and METEOR HRPT...
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SDRSharp Controller Plugin: Control SDRSharp via any USB Hardware Controller
Thank you to Alan De Windt who has submitted news about the release of his latest SDR# Plugin called "SDRSharp Controller". Alan writes that this is a plugin that is "similar to the existing SDRSharp...
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The Latest Progress on Discovery Dish
Over on Crowd Supply we are currently crowd funding for the Discovery Dish, a system that aims to help make satellite dish based radio projects more accessible for use with low cost software defined...
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KrakenSDR Black Friday Sale 15% Off on Crowd Supply
Over on Crowd Supply our KrakenSDR is currently reduced by 15% for Black Friday. The sale lasts until November 30, or while stocks last. This brings the price of the KrakenSDR down to US$424, down from...
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RTL-SDR Blog V4 now in stock at Amazon USA
Just a quick note for those waiting to confirm that the RTL-SDR Blog V4 is now in stock at Amazon USA. We have linked both the dongle + antenna set, and dongle only listings below. For customers...
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A Technical Overview of the Watch Duty Wildfire Monitoring Project Powered by...
Previously in 2022 we posted about Watch Duty, a nonprofit organization aiming to improve access to live public safety information regarding wildfires in California. Several populated regions of...
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Modifying a 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid Antenna for Improved 1.7 GHz Reception + DIY...
People have had much success in receiving L-band weather satellites like GOES and polar orbiting HRPT satellites using 2.4 GHz WiFi grid dishes, even though their 1.7 GHz signals are considered out of...
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