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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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Tech Minds: Testing Meshtastic Compatible Lilygo LoRa Devices
In the latest video on the Tech Minds YouTube channel Matt tests out the Meshtastic software running on varius Lilygo LoRa devices. Meshtastic is software that can run on cheap LoRa hardware that...
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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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KiwiSDR 2 Now Available For Purchase
Back in August 2023 we posted about the pre-announcement of the KiwiSDR 2, an upgraded version of the original KiwiSDR. Most of the upgrades are minor or due to some chips becoming EOL. The main...
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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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Airspy HF+ Firmware Updated to R4.0.0
The Airspy HF+ and HF+ Discovery are popular and affordable software defined radios that have a focus on excellent reception on the HF bands. Recently @lambdaprog, the creator of Airspy products has...
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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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Great Scott Gadgets URTI: Phase Two Progress Report
Over on their GitHub, Great Scott Gadgets, creators of the popular HackRF SDR, have created a phase two progress report for their upcoming URTI product. URTI (Universal Radio Test Instrument) is their...
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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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A Review of WarDragon: A Portable SDR Kit
Over several years Aaron (@cemaxecuter) has been working on DragonOS, a popular Linux distribution that comes preinstalled with many different programs for software defined radios. A Linux distribution...
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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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PhantomSDR: WebSDR Software for the RX888 MKII
Recently Reddit user magicint1337 brought attention in a post to PhantomSDR, a web SDR program for the RX888 MKII SDR. PhantomSDR is not new, having been first uploaded to GitHub two years ago, but it...
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EM Eye: Eavesdropping on Security Camera via Unintentional RF Emissions
Researchers from the University of Michigan and Zhejiang University have recently published their findings on how it's possible to eavesdrop and wirelessly recover images from security cameras via RF...
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