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RTLSDR4Everyone: Avoiding RTL-SDR Rip Off’s Part 2
Over on his blog Akos has uploaded a new post that discusses the topic of avoiding RTL-SDR rip off’s on sites like eBay. On auction sites there are many dishonest sellers who sell or resell items at...
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Cheating at Pokémon Go with a HackRF and GPS Spoofing
“Pokémon Go” is the latest in smartphone augmented reality gaming crazes. You may have already heard about the game on the news, or seen kids playing it in your neighborhood. To play, players must walk...
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rx_tools: RTL-SDR Command Line Tools (rtl_power, rtl_fm, rtl_sdr) Now...
Developer R. X. Seger has recently released rx_tools which provides SDR independent ports for the popular command line RTL-SDR tools rtl_power, rtl_fm and rtl_sdr. This means that these tools can now...
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Kukuruku: A new SDR client that supports RTL-SDR
A new general purpose SDR software package called “Kukuruku” has recently been released. It appears to be a Linux only based client which is based on GNURadio. The authors write that they have several...
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Building an S-Band Antenna for the HackRF
Mario Filippi, a regular contributor to our blog and to the SDR community recently wrote in with an article showing how he built an S-Band (2 – 4 GHz) antenna for use with the HackRF. Of course the...
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ADS-B Traffic Analytics with Valo and an RTL-SDR
Valo is a software service for real time big data streaming analytics of data from many sensors. On their website they explain their service as follows. Valo is a single platform for streaming (real...
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Building a Software Defined Radio from Scratch
Over on his blog Lukas Lao Beyer has uploaded a post that shows his journey with designing and building a software defined radio from scratch. Lukas’ finished SDR design is called the FreeSRP and is...
View ArticleGSM Sniffing: A Full YouTube Tutorial
Over on YouTube user Crazy Danish Hacker has been working on uploading an entire series on GSM Sniffing with an RTL-SDR. His series is explained in a slow and clear presenting style, and it starts at...
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NooElec RTL-SDR Giveaway on AmateurRadio.com
AmaateurRadio.com and NooElec are currently running a big competition to give away 50 of their new SMA RTL-SDR dongles (branded as NooElec SMArt). To enter simply go to the competition post on...
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Building a DIY DC Block for Bias Tee’s
One handy thing about using our bias tee enabled RTL-SDR dongles is that you can easily power a remote LNA, such as Adam’s LNA4ALL. The bias tee sends DC power down the coax cable eliminating the need...
View ArticleMotherboard: How Hackers Could Wirelessly Bug Your Office
Online magazine Motherboard have recently uploaded a video on YouTube where a reporter interviews white hat hacker Ang Cui. Cui is the inventor of the Funtenna which is software malware that can infect...
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Radio-Sky Spectrograph now supports the SDRPlay
Radio-Sky Spectrograph is a radio astronomy software program that integrates data over long periods of time and displays it as a waterfall. It is described by the author: Radio-Sky Spectrograph...
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Las Vegas CyberSpectrum: Streaming Live August 4
Every month SDR evangelist Balint Seeber hosts the Cyberspectrum Meetup in San Francisco, where many SDR fans come together to listen to various presentations. This months meetup is a special event...
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RTLSDR4Everyone Four New Posts: Janilab Preamp Review, Why Use a Preamp?,...
Akos from the RTLSDR4Everyone blog has recently posted three new articles. The first article reviews the Janilab LNA Preamp which has a frequency range of 1 MHz to 3 GHz and an adjustable gain. In the...
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Receiving DAB with a Raspberry Pi 3 and RTL-SDR
Over on his blog Michael Carden has produced a tutorial showing us how to use SDR-J on the Raspberry Pi 3 for receiving Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radio. DAB is a type of digital broadcast radio...
View ArticleUsing a Yardstick One, HackRF and Inspectrum to Decode and Duplicate an OOK...
Over on his YouTube channel user Gareth has uploaded a video that shows a full tutorial on quickly decoding an On Off Keyed (OOK) signal with a HackRF (or RTL-SDR) and the Inspectrum software. Once...
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Creating a Long Term Averaged Waterfall on HDSDR with Chronolapse
While tools like rtl_power and rx_power now exist for creating long term averaged waterfalls for many SDR’s, another option is to use a screenshot grabber to grab screenshots of the waterfall every few...
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New Outernet Products For Sale: E4000 RTL-SDR, L-Band Patch Antenna, L-Band LNA
Outernet is a new satellite service that aims to be a free “library in the sky”. They continuously broadcast services such as news, weather, videos and other files from satellites. Their aim is to...
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Unlocking Almost Any Vehicle with an SDR or Arduino
Earlier this week wired.com released a story indicating that researchers from the University of Birmingham have discovered two vulnerabilities that can be used to unlock almost any car. The first...
View ArticleAn AIS Decoder for MATLAB and the RTL-SDR
RTL-SDR.com reader Mike wrote in to us today to let us know that he has released his AIS decoder for MATLAB and the RTL-SDR. MATLAB is a technical computing language used by many scientists and...
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