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HackRF Receives Negative Press in the UK’s ‘DailyMail’ Newspaper
The HackRF is a $300 USD RX/TX capable software defined radio which has a wide tuning range from almost DC – 6 GHz, and wide bandwidths of up to 20 MHz. It uses an 8-bit ADC so reception quality is not...
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Radio For Everyone: An Easy ADS-B Antenna, ADS-B Advice, and Long Term Results
Over on his blog Akos has uploaded several new posts all relating to ADS-B reception. His first post shows how to build a very simple yet effective “Coketenna” ADS-B antenna which can be built with an...
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RTL-SDR.com Presentation Slides from Hamvention
During this years 2017 Hamvention convention I was invented by TAPR to present three talks about the RTL-SDR. Several people who watched the talks have requested the slides, so they are uploaded here...
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DAB/DAB+ Decoder Software “Welle.io” Now Available on Android
Back in March of this year we posted about “Welle.io”, a DAB/DAB+ decoder that supports the RTL-SDR and other SDRs like the Airspy. It was available for Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi 2/3. Albrecht...
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A Review of the SpyVerter R2
The SpyVerter is a high performance upconverter that enables HF reception on SDR’s that aren’t able to tune directly to HF frequencies. Like any upconverter it works by converting those lower HF...
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Nigun Downconverter PCB Completed
We last posted about Nigun back in January 2017, and at that point the schematic design had just been completed. Nigun is a downconverter which can be used to allow the RTL-SDR and other SDRs to...
View ArticleComprehensive Video Guide to Trunking and Digital Voice with the RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user AVT Marketing has uploaded a five part video series that very clearly and slowly shows how to use an RTL-SDR to set up trunking and digital voice monitoring. In the videos he uses...
View ArticleDecoding the LilacSat-1 FM to Digital Voice Transponder
LilacSat-1 is an educational CubeSat built by students from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. It was recently launched from the ISS on 25 May 2017 as part of the QB50 science...
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Detecting Pulsars with a Circularly Polarized Yagi and an RTL-SDR
Steve Olney VK2XV is the creator and administrator of the Neutron Star Group website which collects a listing of confirmed amateur attempts at pulsar detection, many of which have been made with a...
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Signal Reverse Engineering Tool DSpectrum Upgraded to DSpectrumGUI
DSpectrum is a reverse engineering tool that aims to make it trivial to demodulate digital RF transmissions. It is built on top of the Inspectrum tool which makes it easy to visualize and manually turn...
View ArticleYouTube Video: A Tutorial on Receiving and Decoding NOAA and METEOR Satellites
Back in March we posted about The Thought Emporium’s YouTube video that explained weather satellites and demonstrated that images could be downloaded from them using an SDR like a HackRF or RTL-SDR....
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A Tour of Satellites in the QB50 Experiment
Over the last two weeks the QB50 experiment was launched from the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment consists of 36 cubesats built by various universities around the world, with the main...
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Does the RTL-SDR.com FM Bandstop Filter Withstand TX Power?
Thanks to PY2RAF for writing in and sharing some tests that he did on our RTL-SDR Blog BCFM bandstop filter. The RTL-SDR Blog filters were designed for RX purposes only, and no provisions were made for...
View ArticleUsing a LimeSDR as a Simple 4G Repeater
Over on YouTube user Goat Industries has uploaded a video that shows him successfully using his LimeSDR as a 4G repeater. More information about his project to build a cell phone signal repeater can be...
View ArticleExposing Cordless Phone Security with a HackRF
Over on YouTube user Corrosive has been uploading some videos that explore cordless phone security with a HackRF. In his first video Corrosive shows how he’s able to use a HackRF to capture and then...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial on Setting up the SDRplay RSP2 in Linux
Over on YouTube user Kevin Loughin has recently uploaded a video that shows a step by step guide on how to set up an SDRplay RSP2 in Linux. Setting up the RSP2 in Linux is not a simple task, but...
View ArticleBuilding a Ground Plane / Spider ADS-B Antenna for 2€
Thanks to Manuel aka Tysonpower for submitting to us his extremely cheap ADS-B antenna build. Manuels ADS-B antenna consists of a simple SMA connector with flange and some wires cut to the correct...
View ArticleNullcon 2017: Drone Hijacking And Other IoT Hacking With GNU Radio And SDR
Nullcon is a yearly security conference which was held this year during early March. Recently videos of some of the presentations have been uploaded. One presentation of interest is Arthur Garipov’s...
View ArticleTracking Trains: Monitoring Railroad ATCS Control Signals with an RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel GusGorman402 has uploaded a tutorial which shows how he monitors ATCS (Advanced Train Control System) signals from trains. ATCS signals are found in the USA, and is used for...
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The Outernet Dreamcatcher: A Linux Based ARM PC with Built in RTL-SDR
Recently Outernet released their new ‘Dreamcatcher’ hardware which is an RTL-SDR + L-band LNA & filter + computing board all on the same PCB. The Dreamcatcher costs $99 USD and can be bought...
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