OnAir: A Digital TV and DAB Decoder for SDRs
Thank you to Kristijonas for writing in and sharing with us his project, OnAir. OnAir is an easy-to-use digital TV decoder for DVB-T2, DVB-T, ATSC 1.0, ATSC 3.0, ISDB-T, and a digital audio decoder for...
View ArticleESPsoup: Turn an ESP32-C5 into a 2.4 & 5 GHz Pocket Scanner with a Connected...
Thank you to Peter Holzhauser for writing in and sharing with us his latest open-source project, 'ESPsoup'. Peter has written in previously to share his Android app, V2X2MAP, which detects and plots...
View ArticleChronAlert: Live Dashboard for Radio, Weather, Alerts with RTL-SDR...
Thank you to Danny from brokensignal.tv, who wrote in and shared the release of his new project, 'ChronAlert'. Danny describes ChronAlert as "a free PC-based live dashboard for radio, weather, alerts,...
View ArticleHamRadioWeb FT8 WSJTx JTDX Remote Control Android App
Thank you to Patricio (LU5AKF) for sharing with us the release of HamRadioWeb.com's new FT8 WSJTx JTDX remote control Android app. Previously, we posted about HamRadioWeb's browser-based remote FT8 and...
View ArticleOFFgrid-SDR: A Fully Offline RTL-SDR Receiver Program in a Single Index.html...
Thank you to Richard Didd for submitting his new software, 'OFFgrid-SDR', a fully offline RTL-SDR receiver program in an installer-free, single index.html file. The OFFgrid-SDR program runs in any...
View Articlesdrtop: A Terminal-Based SDR Bench Tool
Thank you to Viktor László (MusiThang on GitHub), for writing in and sharing with us his new project called sdrtop. sdrtop is a terminal-based SDR tool that is compatible with the HackRF and RTL-SDR....
View ArticleFoxSDR Updates: Node Canvas, Single Map Display, Linux+Android Builds,...
Thank you to wonderingStars for writing in and sharing updates to his FoxSDR software program. FoxSDR is a new AI-coded software that supports all common protocols and SDRs. The first update that...
View ArticleRF-Traffic-Monitor: Track Aircraft, Ships, Drones and Radiosondes in One Program
Thank you to Stefanos (Steeod) for sharing a new program he created, "RF-traffic-monitor." Stefanos created this program because he initially wanted to install adsb.im (an ADS-B feeder image that also...
View ArticleEcho 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...
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