YouTube Guide to Setting up and Running RTLion
RTLion is a software framework for RTL-SDR dongles that currently supports various features such as a power spectrum plot and frequency scanning. The software can run on a Raspberry Pi 3 and all...
View ArticleNew Updates to the librtlsdr RTL-SDR Driver Fork
Thank you to Hayati Ayguen for letting us know that he and others have submitted a slew of updates to the "librtlsdr" fork of the librtlsdr RTL-SDR drivers. The improvements made to the development...
View ArticleOpenWiFi: Open Source FPGA and SDR Based WiFi Implementation
OpenWiFi is a Linux mac80211 compatible full-stack IEEE802.11/Wi-Fi design based on an FPGA and SDR (Software Defined Radio). It aims to be the first full open source implementation of the entire WiFi...
View ArticleUsing a PlutoSDR and Mixer to Transmit 70cm DATV to a 23cm Satellite Receiver
Over on her YouTube channel SignalsEverywhere Sarah has uploaded a new video showing how she uses a PlutoSDR, HackRF and mixer to transmit DVB-S digital amateur TV to a standard satellite set top box....
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KerberosSDR Tracking a Drone Carrying an FM Beacon
KerberosSDR is our 4-channel phase coherent capable RTL-SDR unit that we previously successfully crowdfunded back in 2018. With a 4-channel phase coherent RTL-SDR interesting applications like radio...
View ArticleAutomatically Starting rtl_tcp on a Remote PC via Android
Over on his YouTube channel M Khanfar has put together a tutorial for an interesting idea. The idea is to use an automatic SSH connection to tell your Windows PC to run rtl_tcp whenever you open...
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New ExtIO For rtl_tcp: Control R820T Bandwidth, Decimation, Auto Reconnect
A few days ago we posted about Hayati and others' work in creating a new release of the librtlsdr drivers which implemented some new interesting features. However, at the time of the post there was no...
View ArticleTechMinds: Decoding GPS with an RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has uploaded a video showing how it's possible to receive and decode GPS signals with an RTL-SDR. To do this he uses one of our RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongles and a GPS...
View ArticleUnlocking a Car with an RTL-SDR and Yardstick One
Over on his YouTube channel Kalle Hallden has uploaded a video demonstrating how to perform a replay and "rolljam" attack on a wireless car key with an RTL-SDR and Yardstick One. His first experiment...
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New RTL-SDR Driver for Android Developers
Android developers have a new RTL-SDR driver wrapper available to use called "RTL-SDR CP Driver". This driver by Evgeni Karalamov is designed to have an additional feature over the current Android...
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Nils Reviews the RX-888: A Sub $200 16-Bit 32 MHz Bandwidth SDR
A lot of affordable Chinese clone SDRs have been coming onto the market recently, and the RX-888 is one of the most interesting. The RX-888 appears to be an improved clone of the RX-666 which in turn...
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Comparing Shortwave Antennas with an RTL-SDR and FT8 Monitoring
Eric had an inverted L and T3FD antenna set up in his backyard and he wanted to test both at the same time to see which received HF better overall. Rather than relying on subjective 'by ear'...
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Reminder: Register for the GNU Radio Online Conference on September 14-18
This is just a reminder that the 2020 GNU Radio Conference will be held online in a few days time starting on September 14 and ending September 18 2020. Viewing the live talks and participation in the...
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ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference: Held Online for Free from...
Just a few days prior to the 2020 GNU Radio conference, ARRL and TAPR will hold their yearly Digital Communications Conference (DCC) online. DCC is a yearly conference with many SDR and RF related...
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The Open-Weather Community Nowcast: Collaborative Global Weather Satellite...
Earlier in the year we posted about Sasha Engelmann and Sophie Dyer's work in creating an artistic performance based on weather satellite reception with SDRs. They have also since posted tutorials...
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Setting up a Raspberry Pi for Ham Radio with RTL-SDR
Over on his blog F4GOH has posted a rather comprehensive tutorial consisting of seven PDF documents showing how he's set up his Raspberry Pi for ham radio and other RF projects. The PDF's essentially...
View ArticleDragonOS: KerberosSDR Bearing Server Setup with RDFMapper
DragonOS is a ready to use Linux OS image that includes many SDR programs preinstalled and ready to use. The creator Aaron also runs a YouTube channel that has multiple tutorial videos demonstrating...
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33% OFF Sale: Ultra Stable Bullseye LNB for QO-100/Es’Hail-2
Back in May we started selling the Othernet Bullseye LNB on our store, which is an ultra stable LNB for receiving QO-100 and other Ku-Band satellites/applications. We have recently managed to secure a...
View ArticleGraphing Data from a Weather Station via RTL-SDR and Home Assistant
Over on YouTube user mostlychris has uploaded a helpful tutorial video show how to use an RTL-SDR to collect data coming from a personal weather station and graph it on the home automation software...
View ArticleTesting Sharp Slicer: Multiple Spectrum Slices via SDR# with an Airspy SDR
Youssef the author of SDR# has recently released an update which adds a feature called "Sharp Slicer". This feature allows Airspy SDR users to open multiple instances of SDR#, each able to tune to a...
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