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WarDragon Passive Radar with Blah2 and ADS-B Delay-Doppler Truth
Over on his YouTube channel, Aaron, creator of DragonOS and the WarDragon kit has uploaded a video showing the Blah2 passive radar software working with an SDRplay RSPDuo. In the video Aaron shows some...
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SatDump V1.1.4 Released
SatDump is a popular program used to receive and decode images and other data from various weather satellites. SatDump works great RTL-SDR Blog dongles and with our Discovery Dish, an easy to use dish...
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Marine Vessel AIS and AirNav ShipXplorer
AirNav systems are a company that run radarbox.com, one of the big ADS-B aggregation tracking sites for tracking aircraft around the world. They also run a similar platform called ShipXplorer for...
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RTL433 Plugin for SDRSharp Updated
Back in 2021 we posted about a SDR# plugin that allowed you to interface with rtl_433 from within SDR#. RTL433 (rtl_433) is a commonly used RTL-SDR command line program that provides decoders for a...
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Spacewalker LNA 434 MHz In Prelaunch at CrowdSupply
Thank you to Zoltan and team for submitting news of the prelaunch of their Spacewalker LNA 434 MHz. Spacewalker LNA is designed to improve reception of PocketSat and Cubesat satellite signals when...
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WXCorrector: Updating Keplers for Linux users of WXtoIMG
Thank you to Hamdy Abou El Anein for submitting news about the release of his software called "WXCorrector". WXCorrector is a dedicated solution designed specifically for Linux users who face...
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IndiaRocketGirl Receives FengYun-2H S-VISSR Satellite Images
Over on her YouTube channel IndiaRocketGirl has posted a video showing how she was able to build a satellite dish and feed to receive FengYun-2H S-VISSR signals and get beautiful full disk images of...
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Meteor M2-4 Successfully Deployed to Orbit and now Transmitting Weather Images
The long awaited Russian Meteor M2-4 satellite was successfully launched on February 29, 2024 and is now in orbit, and is already transmitting images. If you are unfamiliar with them, Meteor M...
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SigintOS Version 2.0 Community Edition Released
SigintOS is an Ubuntu based distribution with a number of built in signal intelligence applications for software defined radios such as the RTL-SDR and TX capable SDRs like the HackRF, bladeRF and USRP...
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Receiving SSTV From the Russian UmKA-1/RS40S Cubesat
YouTuber 'saveitforparts' was recently contacted by the ground controller of the Russian UmKA-1/RS40S cubesat asking if he'd like to try and receive an SSTV image from the satellite. UmKA-1/RS40S is a...
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WarDragon Running KrakenSDR to TAK Python and Federate TAK Server
Over on YouTube Aaron, creator of DragonOS and the WarDragon portable SDR kit has posted a video showing how he was able to set up an run the KrakenSDR to TAK python software, as well as a Federate TAK...
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KrakenSDR Radio Direction Finding Setup and Tutorial YouTube Video
Over on YouTube user Skyler F has posted a video showing him unboxing his KrakenSDR, and KrakenSDR antenna set, and then setting it up and taking it on a test to find the location of a cellular tower....
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IndiaRocketGirl Receives NOAA-19 Weather Satellite Images with a Tape Measure...
Over on her YouTube channel IndiaRocketGirl (@VU3BIZ) has posted a video showing how she was able to receive weather satellite images from the polar orbiting NOAA-19 weather satellite at 137 MHz. She...
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Saveitforparts: Building a Satellite Antenna from an Emergency Blanket and a...
Over on his YouTube channel, 'saveitforpaarts' has uploaded two new videos. The first shows how he was able to build a very cheap satellite antenna for GOES satellites out of an umbrella and a metallic...
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Meteor M2-4 has not failed – it is still in the testing phase
Thank you to Robin OK9UWU who wanted to point out that the recently launched Russian Meteor M2-4 weather satellite has not failed. There have recently been rumors and videos being spread online...
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Doing 50 Things with RTL-SDR in One Week
Thank you to Blinry who recently wrote an article about how they set themselves a challenge to find 50 things to do with an RTL-SDR in one week. Blinry writes: Last week, I attempted the challenge to...
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Flipper Zero Starts a Petition To Fight Canada Ban
Back in early February we reported about how the Canadian government is making plans to completely ban the Flipper Zero, and popular pentesting tool. The wording from Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's Minister...
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Saveitforparts: Receiving and Decoding L-Band Weather Satellites
Over on his YouTube channel 'saveitforparts' has uploaded a new video showing how he has been successful at receiving and decoding L-band weather satellites using his setup made from scavenged parts....
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Testing a WiFi Grid Antenna for L-Band Satellites
Over on YouTube dereksgc has uploaded a video where he tests out a 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid antenna for L-band weather satellite reception. WiFi grid antennas are typically repurposed in the SDR community for...
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New Tool to Convert Between SDR# and SDR++ Frequency List Formats
Thank you to 'thewsoftware' over on our forums who has shared with us his SDR# <-> SDR++ frequency list converter (sdrfc) software. SDR# and SDR++ are two popular SDR programs often used with the...
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