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New RTL-SDR Drivers and SDR-Console ExtIO Available: Bias Tee Support, Direct...
Recently two branches of RTL-SDR drivers were updated. Over on GitHub racerxdl’s librtlsdr branch adds bias tee support for our V3 RTL-SDR.com dongles to rtl_adsb, rtl_fm, rtl_power and rtl_tcp. For...
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FlightAware Prostick vs FlightAware Prostick Plus: Review
Recently the FlightAware Prostick Plus was released. The Prostick is a modified RTL-SDR with a LNA built into the dongle. It is optimized for ADS-B reception and works very well due to the low noise...
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A Homemade SDR Frequency Controller Made From a PC Mouse
Over on YouTube user Mile Kokotov has uploaded a new video showing his SDR frequency controller in action. The controller allows you to tune the frequency with a knob, which is preferred over the...
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Reverse Engineering Traffic Lights with an RTL-SDR Part 2
Back in September 2015 we made a post about how Bastian Bloessl was able to use his RTL-SDR dongle to reverse engineer and decode the signals coming from portable wirelessly synchronized traffic lights...
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Building a Homemade FM Repeater with a Raspberry Pi, Rpitx and RTL-SDR Dongle
A radio repeater is usually a radio tower that receives weak signals from handheld, desktop or other radio, and rebroadcasts the same signal at a higher power over a wide area at a different frequency....
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SSTV From the ISS Scheduled for Dec 8 – 9
The International Space Station periodically schedules radio events where they transmit Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images down to earth for listeners to receive and collect. This time they have...
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R820T2 Register Description Data Sheet Now Available
Recently Luigi Tarenga wanted to do some work on developing RTL-SDR drivers, so he emailed Rafael Micro requesting some additional documentation about the chip. Usually previous requests to Rafael...
View ArticleRTL-SDR.com V3 Stock Availability and Holiday Shipping Times
This is just an update post for those wishing to purchase or are waiting on delivery for items from our store at www.rtl-sdr.com/store. Amazon USA The RTL-SDR.com V3 has proven to be more popular than...
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New Linux RTL-SDR Driver with Fully Exposed Controls
A new Linux based driver for the RTL-SDR has been released by Milen Rangelov (aka gat3way) which exposes all the adjustable settings on the R820T/2 tuner chips. This exposes adjustable sliders for...
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Receiving CB Radio with an RTL-SDR Dongle
Back in July we posted a story by Mario Fillipi (N2HUN) who wrote an article about using the RTL-SDR to receive CB radio, and how while the CB radio heyday is over, there are still opportunities for...
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Review of the ThumbNet N3
Back when it was released in November we posted an initial unboxing and initial first impressions review of the ThumbNet N3 RTL-SDR dongle. In this post we continue that review and post a few more in...
View ArticleRemapping a Keyboard Volume Wheel for Knob Tuning in HDSDR
Earlier in the month we showed a post where Mile Kokotov hacked together a $3 SDR frequency tuning knob out of a mouse and cheap rotary encoder. Now over on YouTube user m khanfar shows us another...
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Wireless Analysis of 868 MHz Traffic with an RTL-SDR and the Traffic...
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has developed an Android app that allows you to analyze wireless traffic at 868 MHz using an RTL-SDR dongle. In Europe, many wireless IOT, metering...
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Windows Version of the Fully Exposed RTL-SDR Driver now Available
Last week we posted about Milen Rangelov’s (gat3way) new RTL-SDR driver which has exposed filter and gain settings for the R820T/2 chip. This should let you tweak for optimal reception much better....
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Airspy Mini Christmas Sale – $80 USD
The Airspy Mini is a software defined radio with a tuning range of 24 MHz to 1800 MHz, 12-bit ADC and up to 6 MHz of bandwidth. It usually costs $99 USD and is the younger brother of the $149 USD...
View ArticleA Cooking Pot L-Band Antenna
Over on YouTube Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video showing us his home made cooking pot L-band antenna. The antenna consists of a large aluminum cooking pot which acts as a reflector and a cross-dipole...
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30% Off Outernet L-Band RTL-SDR DIY Kits – $70 for RTL-SDR, LNA, Antenna,...
Outernet is an L-band satellite service that aims to be a “library in the sky”. They are constantly transmitting data such as up to date news, weather updates, Wikipedia pages, books, ISS APRS repeats...
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Analyzing HF Over the Horizon Radar in GNU Radio
Over the Horizon radar is typically used at HF frequencies and is used to detect targets from hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from the radar station. On HF they are very common and can be...
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3D Printing an RTL-SDR Cooler Block
Over on the 3D printing sharing site Thingiverse, user “Way” has uploaded a 3D printer design for an RTL-SDR cooler block. The block works by allowing a PC cooling fan to blow air efficiently over the...
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Decapping the R820T and RTL2832U Chips
Over on YouTube the electronupdate channel has posted a video showing the decapping of the R820T and RTL2832U chips. Decapping is the process of removing the plastic packaging on integrated circuit...
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