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AmateurRadio.com and NooElec.com RTL-SDR Giveaway Competition
Over on AmateurRadio.com there is currently a giveaway where you can win some NooElec SDR packages. Up to 30 prizes are available, and the deadline for entering is 14 June 2017, 18:00 UTC. To enter all...
View ArticleRunning an SDRplay RSP2 on a Raspberry Pi 3 with CubicSDR
Over on YouTube user Kevin Loughin has uploaded a video demonstrating his SDRplay RSP2 running on a Raspberry Pi 3. The software he uses is CubicSDR which is a multiplatform program that is similar to...
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Precisely Synchronizing Multiple HackRFs
Recently Marco Bartolucci & José A. del Peral-Rosado wrote in and wanted to let us know about their work in creating multiple precisely synchronized HackRF’s. They plan to use the synchronized...
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Decoding and Listening to HD Radio (NRSC-5) with an RTL-SDR
HD Radio is a high definition terrestrial digital broadcast signal that is only used in North America. It is easily recognized by the two rectangular blocks on either side of a broadcast FM station...
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First Renderings of the Airspy HF+ Revealed
Back in February of this year we first heard about the Airspy HF+, which is an upcoming product from the Airspy team that is intended to be a high performance HF receiver at a low price. Over on the...
View ArticleForum Talk Videos From Hamvention 2017
During Hamvention 2017 several presenters and myself presented SDR or radio related talks. Some were filmed and put up onto YouTube. Unfortunately the 2017 SDR Forum video seems to be missing, or not...
View ArticleTesting the HackRF and Portapack with an LNA4ALL
Over on YouTube Adam 9A4QV has been testing out his HackRF and Portapack with his LNA4ALL. The LNA4ALL is able to be powered inline via the bias tee on the HackRF. In the first video Adam shows that...
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Testing the Outernet Dreamcatcher: Linux Based ARM PC with Built in RTL-SDR
Last week we posted about Outernet’s new Dreamcatcher unit which is an RTL-SDR + L-band LNA + computing board all on the same PCB. The Dreamcatcher comes with a new active ceramic L-band patch antenna,...
View ArticleNew Raspberry Pi image preloaded with software available for the SDRplay
Over on their forums the SDRplay team have just released a new Raspberry Pi image which comes preloaded with the drivers and a bunch of ready to use software. They write We have released a Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleReceiving NOAA 19 HRPT with a HackRF, LNA4All and Cooking Pot Antenna
Over on his YouTube channel Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video that shows him receiving the NOAA 19 HRPT signal at 1698 MHz with his HackRF, LNA4ALL and the simple circularly polarized cooking pot antenna...
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Receiving Jupiter Noise Bursts with an SDRplay RSP1
Over on YouTube user MaskitolSAE has uploaded a video showing him receiving some noise bursts from Jupiter with his SDRplay RSP1. The planet Jupiter is known to emit bursts of noise via natural ‘radio...
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SDR-Console V3 Latest Update: Signal History & Receiver Panes
SDR-Console is a popular RTL-SDR compatible multi purpose SDR software package which is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDRuno. Currently SDR-Console V2 is the stable version and SDR-Console...
View ArticleTalking to Ghosts with an RTL-SDR Dongle
Back in November of last year we posted about Doug Haber’s gqrx-ghostbox which is software that turns your RTL-SDR into an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) tool, or in other words a ‘ghost box’ or...
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Using National Weather Service Stations for Forward Scatter Meteor Detection
Over on his blog Dave Venne has been documenting his attempts at using National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasts for forward scatter meteor detection with an RTL-SDR. Forward scatter meteor detection...
View ArticleVideo Tutorials: Setting up an RTL-SDR and HackRF with SDR-Console V3, Using...
Over on his YouTube channel user Corrosive has uploaded a set of videos that show how to install and get started with an RTL-SDR or HackRF with SDR-Console V3. The video series starts from the very...
View ArticleAsking an Amazon Echo to Spot Planes with help from an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi
Amazon Echo is a smart home device which is essentially a hands free speaker that responds to voice commands in a similar way to ‘Okay Google’ and Siri does on your phone. With voice commands you can...
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Android App Aerial TV Banned from Google Play – Now Available on Amazon
Aerial TV is an Android app that allows you to watch DVB-T TV with an RTL-SDR on a mobile device. We posted about Aerial TV back in April and it was available on the Google Play store back then....
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Using an RTL-SDR and TEMPEST to attack AES
All electronic devices emit some sort of unintentional RF signals which can be received by an eavesdropping radio. These unintentional signals are sometimes referred to as TEMPEST, after the NSA and...
View ArticleListening to and Tracking NXDN/IDAS Trunking Systems with two RTL-SDRs
Over on YouTube user radiosification has uploaded a video tutorial that shows how to decode, follow and listen to NXDN/IDAS trunking radio signals. NXDN/IDAS is a narrowband digital voice protocol...
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A Review of the KiwiSDR: 10 kHz – 30 MHz Wideband Network SDR
The KiwiSDR is a 14-bit wideband RX only HF software defined radio created by John Seamons (ZL/KF6VO) which has up to 32 MHz of bandwidth, so it can receive the entire 10 kHz – 30 MHz VLF/LF/MW/HF...
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