SingalsEverywhere: Running OpenWebRX on a PlutoSDR with PlutoWEB Firmware
Over on YouTube Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere channel has uploaded a new video that shows how to install the the PlutoWEB Firmware on a PlutoSDR, which allows OpenWebRX to run directly on the...
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The 2019 New England Workshop for SDR
The New England Workshop on Software Defined Radio (NEWSDR) is a yearly conference that hosts multiple SDR related talks. Previously we posted a selection of our favorite 2018 talks which involved...
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KerberosSDR Direction Finding with Android App Demo and Tutorial
Over on our YouTube channel we've uploaded a short video that gives a tutorial and demo of the KerberosSDR being used as an RF direction finding system in a car. If you weren't aware, KerberosSDR is...
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United Nations Expert Arrested in Tunisia for Using an RTL-SDR
Recently several newspapers [CNA] [France24] [Guardian] [MEM] [HuffPostMG] have reported a story about a United Nations (UN) expert being arrested in Tunisia for having an RTL-SDR dongle. Dr. Moncef...
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Windows Realtime DVB-S Demodulator for Es’Hail-2 & Amateur TV Available
Thank you to Happysat for writing in and noting that over on the Amsat-DL forums user Markro92 has uploaded a realtime Windows DVB-S demodulator with GUI. The demodulator works with the RTL-SDR,...
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A Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR Based Boombox
Thank you to Walter P. for writing in and sharing with us his conversion of an old analog boombox into a fully functional wideband software defined radio based on an RTL-SDR dongle and upconverter....
View ArticleReceiving Es’Hail-2 DVB-S2 on Ubuntu With LeanDVB
Yesterday we posted about a real time Windows demodulator for receiving amateur TV DVB-S/S2 on Es'Hail-2/QO-100. Recently another YouTube user "M Khanfar" also submitted a video tutorial showing how to...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Running PlutoSDR over an Ethernet Network Connection
Over on YouTube Corrosive from his SignalsEverywhere channel has just uploaded a new video showing us how to run a PlutoSDR over an Ethernet connection. As the PlutoSDR does not have an Ethernet port...
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Creating a DAB+ Radio Station with a LimeSDR
Thank you to Godrey L for submitting his article/tutorial that shows us how to broadcast a DAB/DAB+ radio station using a LimeSDR and ODR-mmbTools. The LimeSDR Mini is a US$159 12-bit TX/RX capable SDR...
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Elektor SDR Hands-on Book + Arduino Shield HF SDR
Elektor is a popular electronics magazine and hobbyist kit store. Recently they have published a book titled "SDR Hands-on Book" written by Burkhard Kainka. The book is intended as a companion to their...
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LimeSDR Angle of Arrival Experiments at 145 MHz
Two J-Poles used in LimeSDR Angle of Arrival Experiments. Together with some Spanish amateur radio operators, Daniel Estevez performed an experiment with the goal of detecting the angle of arrival of...
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Decoding EMWIN Weather Information VHF Rebroadcasts with an RTL-SDR
EMWIN is an acronym for Emergency Managers Weather Information Network, and is a service for emergency managers that provides weather forecasts, warnings, graphics and other information in real time....
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Online Course: Software Defined Radio From 0 to 1
Back in March we posted about Qasim Chaudhari and his recently released book titled "Wireless Communications From the Ground Up - An SDR Perspective". The book covers advanced University level wireless...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere Podcast: Is Software Defined Radio Illegal?
Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel has released a new episode of his podcast, this time discussing the topic "Is Software Defined Radio Illegal?". Recently we posted about the...
View ArticleRSGB Talk – The Farnham WebSDR: DC to Microwaves on your Smartphone
Over on YouTube the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has uploaded a talk by Noel Matthews (G8GTZ) titled "The Farnham WebSDR: DC to Microwaves on your smartphone". The Farnham WebSDR runs 8 (soon...
View ArticleDecoding Es’Hail-2 DVB-S2 Realtime in Linux with LeanDVB
Last week we posted about M Khanfar's YouTube video that showed how to decode Es'Hail-2/QO-100 DVB-S2 on Ubuntu with the LeanDVB decoder. However, the method he showed was not in real time as it...
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Vela Pulsar Glitch Detected with RTL-SDR Based Radio Telescope
On February 1st 2019 the HawkRAO amateur radio telescope detected a "glitch" during it's observations of the Vela Pulsar. A pulsar is a rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic...
View ArticleHermes-Lite: A Low Cost Amateur Radio SDR Made from A Repurposed Cable Modem...
The HPSDR Hermes SDR is an open source amateur radio SDR transceiver project that was released as far back as 2011. More recently Steve Haynal has been working on a Hermes-Lite project which is...
View ArticleSpoofing Aircraft Instrument Landing Systems with an SDR
Recently Arstechnica ran an in depth story about how a $600 USRP software defined radio could be used to trick an aircraft that is making use of the Instrument Landing System (ILS). ILS is a radio...
View ArticleDemonstrating HFDL Reception with a Cloud-IQ SDR and MultiPSK
Over on YouTube user Shortwave Bavaria has uploaded a video that demonstrates HFDL reception. HFDL is short for High Frequency Data Link and is a signal used by aircraft to communicate short messages...
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