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Guglielmo FM and DAB Receiver Software Updated to Version 0.6
Thank you to Marco, Guglielmo's programmer, for letting us know that his software has recently been updated to Version 0.6. Guglielmo is Linux, Windows (and, in this recent update, x86 MacOS) based...
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A Video on Radar-TUI: A Terminal User Interface Based ADS-B Display
Back in 2022 we first posted about adsb_deku and radar-tui, a TUI (terminal user interface) for displaying ADS-B aircraft locations with an RTL-SDR receiver. A terminal user interface means that no...
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Setting up an ADS-B Radar in a Vehicle Android Head Unit
Over on YouTube channel 'TAKEAPART' has uploaded a short video showing how he tracks aircraft via an RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle and his car's Android head unit. The head unit is capable of running the...
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Paper on Building a Low Cost RTL-SDR Based Hydrogen Line Radio Telescope
Back in 2020, we posted a tutorial on how to set up a low-cost Hydrogen Line radio telescope using an RTL-SDR, LNA, and WiFi grid antenna. Since then we have seen similar setups successfully replicated...
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Weather Satellite HRPT and LRPT Megaprojection Project Nov 30 – Dec 1
Over on the /r/amateursatellites subreddit, user elmarkodotorg is organizing a group megaprojection project. The Megaprojection Project seeks to create a composite of as much of the earth as possible...
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Setting up the Cheapest FlightAware ADS-B Feeder with RTL-SDR and Raspberry...
Over on his YouTube channel, TAKEAPART has recently uploaded a new video showing how to set up a cheap ADS-B FlightAware feeder using an RTL-SDR Blog dongle, and a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. The Raspberry...
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DragonOS: Setting up AISMon with WINE and Virtual Audio Sink for HackRF and...
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron, creator of the DragonOS image (a Linux image with many built-in SDR compatible programs) has uploaded a new video showing how it is possible to run the Windows only...
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The Design and Test of a Filtered Low Noise Amplifier for LRPT Weather...
Recently Salil (aka NUCLEARRAMBO) uploaded a blog post on his website detailing how he designed and tested a low noise amplifier (LNA) with a filter for 130 - 160 MHz, which is useful for improving...
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PySpecSDR: A Text User Interface Based Python RTL-SDR Spectrum Analyzer and...
Over on GitHub a new open-source program called 'PySpecSDR' by [xqtr] has recently been released. This is a full multipurpose SDR receiver program like SDR# or SDR++, but with the difference that it...
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Receiving Starlink Signals with an RTL-SDR and Ku-Band LNB
Over on YouTube, dereksgc has uploaded a new video showing how to receive signals from Starlink satellites using an RTL-SDR and a standard Ku band LNB. Note that this setup simply receives the raw...
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A Tutorial on Setting up a XHSI Cockpit Display with Live Data from an...
Back in 2017, we first posted about using a program called RTL1090-XHSI which is used to display a simulated aircraft cockpit using live data acquired directly from an RTL-SDR receiving ADS-B flight...
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DragonBridge: Streaming IQ Data Over 802.11ah HaLow via Two Relay Drones
Aaron, creator of DragonOS, has uploaded a video on his YouTube channel showing him testing out long-range communications via 802.11ah Wireless Networking and a T-HaLow bridge on two drones. 802.11ah...
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Updates to Knowle Consultants RTL-SDR Android Apps
Thank you to James Mainwaring, who wanted to write in and share that he has made some updates to his suite of Android apps, which include ADS-B Radar (RTL-SDR), FM Radio (RTL-SDR), Airband Radio...
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Running RTL-SDR in your Browser via an HTML5 App
Thank you to Jacobo Tarrio for writing in and sharing his latest project, an HTML5-based RTL-SDR application that runs directly in your browser. Jacobo writes that he'd previously created a Chrome app...
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Investigating the Transit 5B-5/E-5 Satellite: The oldest satellite still...
Transit 5B-5 is a US Navy navigation satellite that was an early version of the GPS/GNSS system we enjoy today. It was launched in 1964 and has been transmitting continuously for roughly 60 years....
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Saveitforparts: Receiving the Bitcoin Blockchain from the Blockstream...
Over on his YouTube channel 'saveitforparts' has uploaded a new video showing how he was able to download the Bitcoin blockchain via the Blockstream Satellite network. The Blockstream satellite network...
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Sn0ren Tests out the KrakenSDR
Over on his YouTube channel, sn0ren has uploaded a video showing his experience with the KrakenSDR. If you weren't already aware, KrakenSDR is our 5-channel coherent radio based on RTL-SDRs, and it can...
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Demonstrating the Effect of Square Wave Harmonics with a HackRF and RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube Paul from 'Tall Paul Tech' has uploaded a video that explains and demonstrates the effect of square wave harmonics using a HackRF and RTL-SDR. Paul starts by using GNU Radio to explain...
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Saveitforparts: Testing a 3D Printable Satellite Antenna for NOAA, Meteor and...
Over on the saveitforparts channel, Gabe has uploaded a video showing a 3D-printable helicone antenna for receiving weather images from polar-orbiting L-band satellites like NOAA and Meteor. This...
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A Detailed Guide to Setting up RTL1090 for ADS-B Decoding
RTL1090 is a popular ADS-B decoder program that works with RTL-SDR dongles. With it, you can receive ADS-B signals from aircraft, decode them, and then pass that data to a mapping program to plot...
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