YouTube Guide: Installing GQRX on Windows 10
GQRX is a general purpose GUI based SDR program that is typically used most often on Linux and Mac computers, however it is still possible to install and use it on Windows. Over on YouTube M Khanfar...
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A Few GOES Reception Tips and Info on Receiving EMWIN Data
Thank you to Carl Reinemann for writing in and sharing his website that contains a few tips that he's learned when setting up an RTL-SDR based receiver for GOES 16/17 weather satellite image reception....
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DragonOS KerberosSDR Tutorials: Setting up Networked Direction Finding,...
DragonOS is a ready to use Linux OS that includes various SDR programs preinstalled. The creator Aaron also runs a YouTube channel that contains multiple tutorial videos for DragonOS. One of the latest...
View ArticleTechMinds: Detecting HF Interference from a VDSL Internet Connection
Over on YouTube user Tech Minds has uploaded a video showing how you can determine if you are getting HF interference from a VDSL internet connection going to your house or neighbors. VDSL or Very High...
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CygnusRFI: New RFI Analysis Tool for Ground Stations and Radio Telescopes
Thank you to Apostolos for submitting information about his new open source program called "CygnusRFI". CygnusRFI is a tool designed for analyzing radio frequency interference (RFI) with a focus on how...
View ArticleYouTube Video Replicates our Galactic Hydrogen Line Detection Tutorial
Earlier in the year we posted a tutorial showing how to detect the Galactic Hydrogen Line at home with less than $200 in components. All that is really needed is a 2.4 GHz WiFi dish, an RTL-SDR and an...
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NanoVNA V2’s Now for Sale on eBay and Tindie
We've received a few notices that the NanoVNA V2 design that we've been following since last year is now available for sale on eBay and Tindie (or Taobao if you live in China). The original official...
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Performing a Side Channel TEMPEST Attack on a PC
TEMPEST refers to a technique that is used to eavesdrop on electronic equipment via their unintentional radio emissions (as well as via sounds and vibrations). All electronics emit some sort of...
View ArticleTechMinds: Taking a look at the ADALM Pluto
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has uploaded a video where he overviews and demonstrates the ADALM PLUTO (aka PlutoSDR). The PlutoSDR is a low cost RX/TX full duplex capable SDR with up to 56...
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GNU Radio Code for Android Now Released
Back in November 2019 we posted how Bastian Bloessl (@bastibl) had teased us with his ability to get GNU Radio running on an Android phone. Now he has officially released his code to the public on...
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The 2020 GNU Radio Conference will be held Virtually – Talks Streamed for Free
The yearly GNU Radio Conference (GRCon) is a conference all about the development of GNU Radio and projects based on GNU Radio. GNU Radio is an open source digital signal processing (DSP) toolkit...
View ArticleRunning rtl_tcp over the TOR Network
Over on his DragonOS YouTube tutorial channel Aaron has uploaded a video showing how it is possible to run rtl_tcp over the TOR network. TOR is an "anonymity network" which routes your internet traffic...
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RTL-SDR Blog V3 Units and Antennas Back in Stock at Amazon (Local US Stock)
Just a note that our RTL-SDR Blog V3 units and antennas are now back in stock at Amazon.com with local US stock. There were a few manufacturing and shipping delays related to COVID-19 so they had been...
View ArticleTech Minds: Upgrading to the latest Airspy R2/Mini Firmware
Over on YouTube Tech Minds has uploaded his latest video that shows how to easily update the firmware on Airspy R2 and Mini units. The Airspy R2 ($169) and Airspy Mini ($99) are two software defined...
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Black Hat USA 2020 will be a Virtual Event
Black Hat is a yearly conference about information security related topics. Whilst not as common as in other RF focused conferences, there are often talks related to software defined radio and RF in...
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GNU Radio TEMPEST Implementation Now Available
TEMPEST refers to a technique that is used to eavesdrop on electronic equipment via their unintentional radio emissions (as well as via sounds and vibrations). All electronics emit some sort of...
View ArticleARM Radio Code Ported to Free Toolchain
Several years ago in 2015 we posted about the "ARM Radio" by Alberto I2PHD which is a minimalist SDR implementation based on the ARM processor on the STM32F429 discovery board. It was implemented with...
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Tutorial on Using xrit-rx to Receive Weather Images from Geostationary...
Over on his website VKSDR has recently released a tutorial about his Linux based xirt-rx software which allows RTL-SDR and other SDR owners receive weather images from the geostationary satellite known...
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Decoding 5GHz NTSC Video from Drones with a HackRF, DragonOS and SigDigger
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron has uploaded a video showing how we can SigDigger to decode analog NTSC video from a drone camera which is transmitted at 5.7 GHz. SigDigger is a rapidly evolving SDR...
View ArticleTechMinds: Performing the Frequency Expansion and CPU Core Mod on the PlutoSDR
The PlutoSDR is a low cost RX/TX capable SDR with up to 56 MHz of bandwidth and 70 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range. It is typically priced at US$149. By default the PlutoSDR ships with a tuning range of...
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