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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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SignalSDR Pro: An Upcoming SDR with 70 MHz to 6 GHz, 12 Bit ADC, 61.44 MHz...
Over on CrowdSupply, a new software-defined radio called the 'SignalSDR Pro' made by Hong Kong company Signalens has recently been announced. The SignalSDR Pro is roughly the size of a credit card or...
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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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SignalSurge – An open source bandpass filter with selectable LNA for the VHF...
Thank you to Rodrigo Freire for writing to us and sharing his project called 'SignalSurge'. The SignalSurge project started when Rodrigo discovered that adding an RTL-SDR Blog FM Bandstop filter to his...
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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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Setting up a Dual RX System with an SDR and Ham Radio Rig via an SDRSwitch
There are two common options when using an SDR together with a ham radio rig. You can either create an IF tap within your ham radio and connect the SDR to that, or connect the SDR directly to the...
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Saveitforparts: Hacking an Motorized RV Satellite Dish for Tracking LEO...
Over on the saveitforparts YouTube channel, Gabe has uploaded a new video showing how he's hacking an old motorized Wineguard RV satellite dish for tracking low earth orbit satellites, such as the NOAA...
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CCC Conference Talk: Investigating the Iridium Satellite Network
Over the years, we've posted numerous times about the work of “Sec” and “Schneider,” two information security researchers who have been investigating the Iridium satellite phone network using SDRs....
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Using an EFR32 IoT Microcontroller Transceiver as an SDR
Thank you to Joshua R. for writing in and sharing some links on how an EFR32 microcontroller can be used as a software-defined radio. The EFR32 is a microcontroller designed for IoT applications such...
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Locating an Intermittent Interferer with a KrakenSDR
Over on YouTube Thomas Brinkoetter has uploaded a video demonstrating his experience with the KrakenSDR, and how he used it to find an intermittent interferer that he set up for a test. The video was...
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A USB-C Mod for RTL-SDR Blog V3/V4 Dongles
Over on GitHub, umbertoragone has uploaded some schematics for a USB-C modification he's made for RTL-SDR Blog V3 and V4 dongles. The modification removes the stock USB-A plug on the dongle, and...
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CCC Conference Talk: BlinkenCity – Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and Power...
In another talk at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) 2024 conference, Fabian Bräunlein, and Luca Melette talked about how vulnerable Europe's renewable energy production is to attacks via the longwave...
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Video on the Basics of SDR for Hackers
On YouTube, An0n Ali posted a video providing a good overview of the basics of using a software-defined radio for hacking. The video introduces RTL-SDR and how it can be used to listen to unencrypted...
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The Taylorator: Flooding the Broadcast FM Band with Taylor Swift Songs using...
Over on Hackaday and creator Stephen's blog, we've seen an article about the 'Taylorator,' open source software for the LimeSDR that floods the broadcast FM band with Taylor Swift music. In his blog...
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Jeff Geerling Explores the CaribouLite Raspberry Pi Hat
The CaribouLite is a software-defined radio hat for the Raspberry Pi that was successfully funded on Crowd Supply in early 2022. Despite being a few years old, we've rarely heard news about the...
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