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TechMinds: Testing DragonOS Focal, a Linux ISO with many SDR programs built-in
In the past we've posted many times about DragonOS which is an Ubuntu Linux image that comes preinstalled with multiple SDR software packages. This takes the hassle out of needing to compile and...
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Improving Sensitivity on the Malachite DSP via USB Grounding
Thank you to Mitsonobu Saitou for writing in and sharing with us a product that he has created which improves the sensitivity of the Malachite DSP software defined radio and other shortwave radios by...
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Imaging the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant with an RTL-SDR and Amateur Radio...
Just a few days ago we posted about Job Geheniau's success at radio imaging the Cygnus-X star forming region at 1424 MHz with a 1.9m radio telescope, an RTL-SDR and some additional filtering and LNAs....
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SignalsEverywhere tests our RTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band Patch Antenna
Sarah from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel is back this week with a video review and demonstration of our RTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band patch antenna, which is designed for receiving Inmarsat and...
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Tech Minds: Testing the Cloudmarkers SDRuno Community Plugin
This week on the Tech Minds YouTube channel Matthew introduces the "Cloudmarkers" plugin for SDRuno. SDRuno is the official software for the SDRplay RSP line of software defined radios, but the EXTio...
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SignalsEverywhere: Setting up the Retrogram Terminal Spectrum Analyzer for...
This week on the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel Sarah shows how to install the "Retrogram" software. This is a command line 'retro' styled spectrum analyzer designed to be used with the PlutoSDR....
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Lightweight Windows Software uSDR Updated to Version 1.4.0
Back in July we posted about the release of Viol Tailor's "uSDR" software, which is a lightweight general purpose multimode program for Windows which supports the RTL-SDR, Airspy, BladeRF, HackRF and...
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Receiving Starlink Beacons with a HackRF Supercluster
Over on Reddit member u/OlegKutkov has recently posted about his success at receiving Starlink beacons at 11.325 GHz with his HackRF "supercluster". Starlink is an Elon Musk / SpaceX venture that aims...
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GNU Radio Conference 2021 Talks Now Available on YouTube
The GNU Radio YouTube channel has recently finished uploading the talks from GRCon21, this years annual GNU Radio Conference. GNU Radio is an open source development toolkit for signals processing and...
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LeanHRPT – A set of tools for the manipulation of HRPT data
Over on Reddit u/Xerbot has posted about the release of his new software called "LeanHRPT". When combined with a software defined radio, this software can be used to decode and view HRPT weather...
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Frugal Radio: Choosing a “Step Up” Software Defined Radio
In this weeks Frugal Radio episode Rob explores some low cost "Step Up" radios that for a moderately higher price, can give improved receiver performance when compared to RTL-SDRs . In the video Rob...
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CaribouLite Crowd Funding Launched: A $119 30-6000 MHz 13-bit 2.5 MHz...
Back in June of this year we first posted about the upcoming CaribouLite product which is a software defined radio HAT for the Raspberry Pi. The project has just launched on Crowd Supply with a price...
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Black Friday Sales on Airspy and SDRplay Products
Black Friday is upon us again. This year we were not expecting any major sales as the component supply chain crisis has meant that many electronic products, including SDRs are very low in stock....
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KrakenSDR Crowd Funding Campaign Ends Fully Funded
Thank you to everyone who has backed or been following our KrakenSDR project on Crowd Supply. The initial funding campaign has now concluded with almost 5x our minimum funding goal! If you missed out,...
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SignalsEverywhere: Spectrum Analyzer and Tracking Generator with Pluto SDR
In the latest video on the Signals Everywhere YouTube channel, Sarah investigates how a PlutoSDR can be used as a Spectrum Analyzer with the SATSAGEN software. The SATSAGEN software is able to work as...
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TechMinds: Testing Off-Grid LoRa Radio Mesh Text Messaging with Meshtastic
Low cost ESP32 based LoRa capable boards have been available from marketplaces like Aliexpress for some time now. They typically include features such as LoRa, WiFi or Bluetooth and GPS all on a PCB...
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Receiving Starlink Beacons with an RTL-SDR and LNB
Derek OK9SGC has recently posted a write-up of how they’ve been able to receive the Ku-band beacon signals from the Starlink constellation of communication satellites continually launched by SpaceX...
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Multichannel ALE and GMDSS Decoding with Black Cat Systems Software
Black Cat Systems have recently released two new programs that may be of interest to HF monitoring enthusiasts. The first is a multichannel capable ALE decoder and the second is a multichannel...
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Technical Details on an SDR Supercluster with Eight HackRFs
A few weeks ago we posted about Reddit member u/OlegKutkov who used his HackRF supercluster to receive Starlink beacons, but details on the HackRF supercluster project itself were a little sparse. Now...
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SDRAngel Features Overview: ADS-B, APT, DVB-S, DAB+, AIS, VOR, APRS, and many...
SDRAngel is a general purpose software defined radio program that is compatible with most SDRs including the RTL-SDR. We've posted about it several times before on the blog, however we did not realize...
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