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NooElec Releases the Ham-It-Up Nano HF Upconverter
Today NooElec have released a new product called the "Ham-it-up Nano" for US$49.95 on their store and Amazon. The original Ham-it-up is an HF upconverter that enables reception of the HF bands with...
View ArticleA Seminar on Setting up and Understanding a SatNOGS Satellite Ground Station
At the 2019 TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), Corey Shields (KB9JHU) and Dan White (AD0CQ) presented a comprehensive guide on setting up your own SatNOGS satellite ground receiver station....
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial on Receiving Weather Images from NOAA Satellites
Over on YouTube the "Ham Radio Crash Course" channel has uploaded a new video showing how to receive APT images from NOAA weather satellites. There are many tutorials (such as ours here) and videos on...
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The Othernet Bullseye TCXO LNB for QO-100 Reception
Othernet have recently released their new "Bullseye" 10 kHz Ultra High Stability Universal LNB. It is currently on sale and available for US$39.95 + shipping on their store. The LNB is designed for...
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OpenEar: An Easy to Use Windows TETRA Voice Decoder
A new TETRA voice decoder called "OpenEar" has just been released. The program is a standalone Windows app that directly connects to an RTL-SDR. Decoding a TETRA voice signal is as simple as opening...
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SATSAGEN: Software to use a PlutoSDR as a Tracking Spectrum Analyzer
Thank you to Frank, HB9FXQ for submitting news about a new Windows program called SATSAGEN which allows you to use a PlutoSDR as a wideband spectrum analyzer. SATSAGEN was created by Alberto IU1KVL and...
View ArticleTechminds Reviews a HF RX SWL Antenna for Small Spaces and Apartments
Over on his YouTube channel TechMinds has uploaded a video reviewing the X1-HF 1 - 50 MHz Trapped Coil Receiving antenna from Moonraker.eu which goes for £69.95. This is a small electrically short...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hamvention Cancelled & Other Updates
Hamvention, the largest yearly amateur radio event has been cancelled this year due to concerns over the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). It was due to be held during May 15 - May 18, 2020....
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Sign up to be an Early Beta Tester of CENOS Antenna Design and Simulation...
CENOS are a company specializing in 3D modelling and simulation software for induction heating applications. However, they are now branching out and are creating software for antenna design and...
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Building an Underground Earth Probe Antenna for 0 – 14 MHz TX/RX
Thank you to Jean-Marie Polard (F5VLB) for letting us know about his work in creating underground "earth probe" antennas that work for both RX and TX between 0 - 14 MHz, and are especially good at VLF...
View ArticleTechminds Reviews the Ham-It-Up Nano Upconverter
A few days ago we posted about the release of the new NooElec Ham-It-Up Nano upconverter which sells for US$49.95 on their store and Amazon. Upconverters enable SDRs that cannot tune in the HF bands to...
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UFO Tracking Network using RTL-SDRs to Rule out False Positives from...
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Tracking Network (UAPTN) is an effort to set up crowd sourced Raspberry Pi powered cameras all over the world in order to record videos of "unidentified aerial...
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YouLoop Portable Passive HF/VHF Loop Antenna now Available in our Store
We have recently been able to obtain a small number of YouLoop HF/VHF portable receive only passive antennas that were produced by the owner of Airspy. The YouLoop is available in our store priced at...
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SDRplay Coronavirus Supply and Distribution Impact Update
SDRplay have recently released an update on how the Coronavirus is impacting their supply lines. In short, they note that their fulfillment is currently normal, but there may be delays in the logistics...
View ArticleRTL-SDR AIS Android App Now with Waterfall Display for Frequency Offset Tuning
Thank you to Christian, author of the RTL-SDR AIS Android App for letting us know that he's updated his app and it now includes a waterfall display for tuning the AIS frequency. Tuning the AIS...
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DragonOS: Debian Linux with Preinstalled Open Source SDR Software
Thank you to Aaron for submitting news about his latest project called "DragonOS" which he's been working on while in COVID-19 lock down. DragonOS is a Debian Linux based operating system which comes...
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Creating an APRS I-Gate and Digipeater with Baofeng and RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube ModernHam has uploaded a video showing how to create an APRS I-Gate and Digipeater with Baofeng and RTL-SDR. He also makes use of a Raspberry Pi as the computing module and an audio...
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KerberosSDR Now Available from ML&S in the UK
KerberosSDR is now available for sale from Martin Lynch & Sons (ML&S) in the UK for £169.95 incl. VAT. Quantities are limited. ML&S have also created a short overview video shown below....
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YouLoop Batch 2 Available for Pre-Order: Estimated Shipping in One Week
A few days ago we posted about our release of the first batch of YouLoop passive HF/VHF loop antenna kits. We underestimated the demand and sold out of kits in less than a day! We now have a second...
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A Comprehensive Lab Comparison between Multiple Software Defined Radios
Librespace, who are the people behind the open hardware/source SatNOGS satellite ground station project have recently released a comprehensive paper (pdf) that compares multiple software defined radios...
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