Echo Pro: KiwiSDR, OpenWebRX, WebSDR and FM-DX iOS Browser App now with Live...
Back in April we posted about the release of Echo, a free iOS app designed for browsing global web-based KiwiSDR, OpenWebRX, WebSDR, and FM-DX software-defined radios. Mark, the developer of Echo, has...
View ArticleRTL-SDR Pager: Android App for Receiving and Decoding POCSAG and FLEX Pager...
Thank you to Christian from ebcTech.eu for writing in and sharing with us the release of his new Android app called "RTL-SDR Pager" (Google Play Store link). The app is designed to work with an RTL-SDR...
View ArticleKhanfarRX: Mayhem External App for the PortaPack H4M with Band Plan Tuning,...
Thank you to M Khanfar for writing in and sharing his new app for the HackRF PortaPack H4M, KhanfarRX. The program aims to make listening to HF on the PortaPack a much better experience. Khanfar...
View ArticleTurning a Smartphone’s Speaker Amplifier into a Silent Intentional VHF Morse...
Thank you to Efe Işık (TA1EEI) for writing in and sharing with us his open-source project showing how to turn a modern Android smartphone’s internal Class-D speaker amplifier into a silent, intentional...
View ArticleDemod Analyzer: Analyze Digital Modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM) in IQ Files
Thank you to Attila Zsellér, who has submitted his latest Python program called "Demod Analyzer". This program is designed for analyzing BPSK/QPSK/QAM16 signals in recorded IQ samples. Atilla writes:...
View ArticleMarine VHF Scanner: A General Purpose Narrowband Receiver and Scanner for the...
Thank you to Wolfgang (OE1MWW) for writing in and sharing with us his software called "Marine VHF Scanner". Although its title suggests it's a Marine band scanner, Wolfgang notes that he has since...
View ArticleLakeShark: P25 Phase 1, FM, POCSAG, ADS-B and Sub-GHz with an RTL-SDR on the...
Thank you to Samuel Reynolds (aka SAMS0N1TE on GitHub), for writing in and sharing with us his project called 'LakeShark'. LakeShark is firmware for the LilyGO T-Display P4 (an ESP32-P4-based...
View ArticleAutomating Indoor RF Heatmapping with a PlutoSDR, Raspberry Pi 5 and LiDAR SLAM
Researchers at Tokyo City University in Japan recently showed in an academic paper how indoor mapping via LiDAR SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and SDR can be combined to generate accurate...
View ArticleBluewatch: Detecting new Bluetooth Devices in your Neighbourhood via a...
Thank you to p0larpatch for writing in and sharing with us his project called "Bluewatch," which uses a Raspberry Pi to detect when new Bluetooth devices appear in your neighborhood. While Bluewatch...
View ArticleFrugal Radio: A Six SDR Setup with KrakenSDR and SDRplay for ADSB, ACARS,...
Over on YouTube, Rob from the 'Frugal Radio' channel has uploaded a video showing his multi-SDR monitoring setup that consists of a KrakenSDR, SDRplay RSP1A, and a cheap 12-year-old computer. The...
View ArticleSDR–: A Software-Defined Radio Application with Visual Signal Path
Thank you to Julian for writing in and sharing with us his interesting project called SDR-- (SDR minus minus). SDR-- is an open-source app that lets you wire devices, decoders, and displays together on...
View ArticleAVARE ADS-B Receiver for Android Updated
All the way back in 2014, we posted about Avare ADS-B Receiver, which back then was a simple RTL-SDR ADS-B receiver and map for Android devices. The author of this app, TFL, recently wrote in and...
View ArticleFoxSDR: A From-Scratch Software-Defined Radio Receiver for Windows
Thank you to an anonymous contributor (known only as wonderingStars on GitHub) for writing and sharing their project, 'FoxSDR'. FoxSDR is advertised as a 'software-defined radio receiver written from...
View ArticleUsing a Fruit Fly Brain to Tune an RTL-SDR FM Radio
You may have seen in the news that researchers have recently mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly and digitally simulated it in what they call a 'connectome'. Without additional training,...
View ArticleHamRadioWeb: A Browser-Based Remote FT8/FT4 Receiver with Live Heatmaps,...
Thank you to Patricio for writing in and sharing with us his release of HamRadioWeb, a browser-based remote receiver with a focus on FT8 and FT4 reception. If you're not aware, FT8 and FT4 are amateur...
View ArticleOpenWXSDR Updates: Decoder Improvements and Sondehub.org Uploads
Back in May, we posted about the release of OpenWXSDR, an open-source Python framework that turns one or more RTL-SDR or Airspy SDRs into a fully automated radiosonde ground station running on a...
View ArticleGNU Radio World: Browser-Based GNU Radio Flowgraphs
Thank you to Marc Lictman, vice president of GNU Radio, for writing in and sharing with us his new project called "GNU Radio World," which is essentially GNU Radio Companion in a web browser, written...
View ArticleGridDown Secure Messenger: Using an SX1262 LoRa Radio as a Drone Scanner and...
Back in March, we posted about GridDown, an open-source Android tablet-based situational awareness system designed to operate without an internet connection, which uses sensors such as an RTL-SDR, a...
View ArticleIC-SDR: A New Multimode SDR Software for Windows Written in Go
Thank you to Luis Lopez Martinez for writing in and sharing the release of his open-source software, IC-SDR, a new multi-mode SDR application for Windows written in Gowith a focus on performance and...
View ArticleInstro: Python Hardware Instrumentation Library Adds RTL-SDR Support
Instro is an open-source Python library designed to talk to test instrumentation such as power supplies, multimeters, electronic loads, DAQs, oscilloscopes, and PLCs from a unified, typed API. The...
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