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New Products: $20 RTL-SDR with 1PPM TCXO, SMA F Connector and R820T2 now...
We have just released a new and improved RTL-SDR unit in our store, which we are currently pricing at $19.95 USD, or $24.95 USD including 2x telescopic antennas. The unit comes with the following...
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Creating a low cost Ozone Spectrometer out of RTL-SDR’s to measure...
Over at the MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford Massachusetts, researchers O.B Alam and A.E.E Rogers have been working on creating a low cost ground based Ozone spectrometer out of RTL-SDR dongles...
View ArticleA tutorial on using RDS Spy with the SDR# MPX Output Plugin
Over on YouTube user pe1etr has uploaded a tutorial video showing how to set up RDS Spy and SDR# for monitoring RDS. RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a sub carrier added to some FM broadcast...
View ArticleSDR Talks from the 2015 Chaos Communication Camp
The Chaos Communication Camp (CCC) conference was recently held in Germany this year. The conference is a five day event that focuses on topics such computer security, hacking, electronics and other...
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A Tutorial on Decoding NOAA and Meteor M2 Weather Satellite Images in Ubuntu
Recently an RTL-SDR.com reader by the name of Pete wrote in to let us know about a comprehensive tutorial that he has written about setting up NOAA and Meteor M2 weather satellite decoding in Ubuntu...
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RTL-SDR Tutorial: Decoding Inmarsat STD-C EGC Messages
Inmarsat is a communications service provider with several geostationary satellites in orbit. They provide services such as satellite phone communications, broadband internet, and short text and data...
View ArticleA new AIS Decoder for the RTL-SDR on Android
A reader of our blog, EBC81, has written in to let us know about a new RTL-SDR based AIS decoder that he has written for the Android OS. AIS stands for Automatic Identification System and is used by...
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Reverse Engineering Bus Telemetry Data with an RTL-SDR
Bastian recently wrote into us at RTL-SDR.com to let us know that he’s been working on reverse engineering the bus telemetry system used in his hometown of Paderborn, Germany. Bus telemetry is often...
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Painting on the RF Spectrum with a HackRF
Last week several people from the Chaos Communication Camp conference and others on the #hackrf IRC channel were playing around with the idea of painting pictures on the RF spectrum with the HackRF – a...
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Seeing through walls with WiFi signals and USRP software defined radios
Researchers at the University College of London have found a way to use WiFi signals to see through walls, using a USRP software defined radio and software written in LabView. The researchers have...
View ArticleShowing how the R820T stops receiving at 1.4 GHz+ with increasing temperature
Over on YouTube RTL-SDR experimenter Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video showing how the R820T dongle can fail to receive properly at frequencies above about 1.4 GHz as the temperature in the dongle rises....
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GNU Radio Conference 2015: Presentations
The GNU Radio conference (GRCon15) is a yearly conference discussing all matters related to GNU Radio, an open source graphical block based DSP programming application that is compatible with most...
View ArticleCubicSDR v0.1.4 Beta Released
CubicSDR is a new and upcoming multi platform open source SDR software package that is compatible with the RTL-SDR. It is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDR-Radio. Recently the programmers...
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Detecting Pulsars (Rotating Neutron Stars) with an RTL-SDR
The RTL-SDR has been used for some time now as an amateur radio astronomy tool. Radio astronomers Peter W East and GM Gancio have recently uploaded a paper that details their experiments with detecting...
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Spoofing GPS Locations with low cost TX SDRs
At this years Defcon 2015 conference researcher Lin Huang from Qihoo 360 presented her work on spoofing GPS signals. Qihoo 360 is a Chinese security company producing antivirus software. Lin works at...
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Frequency Manager Suite Plugin for SDR#
Recently the popular Frequency Manager + Scanner plugin set for SDR# has been upgraded and renamed to the “Frequency Manager Suite”. The plugin can be downloaded from their new website at...
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New product from FlightAware: A 1090 MHz Bandpass Filter for the RTL-SDR
FlightAware.com have released a new 1090 MHz bandpass filter that is intended for use with the RTL-SDR. FlightAware.com is a website that aggregates ADS-B aircraft location data from various...
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ADS-B On Android App Now Supports 978 MHz FIS-B NEXRAD Weather and Traffic
The “ADS-B on Android” app has been updated and now supports the reception and display of 978 MHz UAT FIS-B Weather and Traffic data. The app also receives ADS-B data as per normal. To use the app you...
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HAMSPIRIT.DE’s Review on Airspy vs SDRPlay
Over on the hamspirit.de blog author January has just uploaded his latest review comparing the Airspy with the SDRPlay (article in German, so use Google Translate if necessary). These are two mid price...
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Building an active wideband antenna for your SDR
As the RTL-SDR and other SDRs are wideband, we recommend that people use a wideband antenna if they want to scan over all the frequencies. Normally a discone or a scantenna is suggested as the wideband...
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