Receiving NOAA 19 HRPT with a HackRF, LNA4All and Cooking Pot Antenna
Over on his YouTube channel Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video that shows him receiving the NOAA 19 HRPT signal at 1698 MHz with his HackRF, LNA4ALL and the simple circularly polarized cooking pot antenna...
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SDR-Console V3 Latest Update: Signal History & Receiver Panes
SDR-Console is a popular RTL-SDR compatible multi purpose SDR software package which is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDRuno. Currently SDR-Console V2 is the stable version and SDR-Console...
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Using National Weather Service Stations for Forward Scatter Meteor Detection
Over on his blog Dave Venne has been documenting his attempts at using National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasts for forward scatter meteor detection with an RTL-SDR. Forward scatter meteor detection...
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Android App Aerial TV Banned from Google Play – Now Available on Amazon
Aerial TV is an Android app that allows you to watch DVB-T TV with an RTL-SDR on a mobile device. We posted about Aerial TV back in April and it was available on the Google Play store back then....
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Using an RTL-SDR and TEMPEST to attack AES
All electronic devices emit some sort of unintentional RF signals which can be received by an eavesdropping radio. These unintentional signals are sometimes referred to as TEMPEST, after the NSA and...
View ArticleListening to and Tracking NXDN/IDAS Trunking Systems with two RTL-SDRs
Over on YouTube user radiosification has uploaded a video tutorial that shows how to decode, follow and listen to NXDN/IDAS trunking radio signals. NXDN/IDAS is a narrowband digital voice protocol...
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SatNOGs No-Rotator Setup
Thank you to Silvia P. for writing in and letting up know about the SatNOGs “No-Rotator” project, which looks a lot easier to build compared to their motorized rotator. SatNOGs is an idea and...
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Skylark Image for Outernet’s Dreamcatcher RTL-SDR
About two weeks ago we posted our review of the Dreamcatcher, a new RTL-SDR and full ARM based computing platform built onto a single PCB. Back then the only OS available for it was a standard Armbian...
View ArticleUsing a TV Dipole Antenna for NOAA Satellite Reception
Over on YouTube icholakov has uploaded a video showing how effective a simple old TV bunny ears antenna can be at receiving NOAA satellite images. The old TV antenna is telescoping so it can be...
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Running Windows & x86 SDR Decoding Apps on the Raspberry Pi 3: Unitrunker,...
There is a great advantage to running SDR decoder apps on a single board PC like a Raspberry Pi 3. For example instead of committing a whole PC to become a dedicated decoder, a cheap Pi 3 can be used...
View ArticleDemonstrating an RTL-SDR Based Metal Detector
Over on YouTube user Ancient Discoveries has uploaded a video showing a prototype of his RTL-SDR based metal detector. The metal detector appears to consist of a coiled detection loop antenna powered...
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OpenWebRX Updates: 3D Waterfall and BPSK31 Demodulator
OpenWebRX has recently been updated and now includes a 3D waterfall display and a BPSK31 demodulator. OpenWebRX is a popular program which allows you to stream an SDR like the RTL-SDR over the internet...
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QIRX SDR Updated: Legacy DAB, DAB Transmitter Identifications and more
Back in May of this year we posted about QIRX SDR, which back then was a brand new multimode SDR program compatible with the RTL-SDR. One of its defining features is that it has a built in DAB+...
View ArticleReceiving ADS-B Jetliner Traffic with a Simple Paper Clip
Over on YouTube user icholakov has uploaded a new video showing how easy it can be to build a cheap ADS-B antenna out of a simple paper clip and coax connector. Modern aircraft carry an ADS-B...
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Detecting Car Keyfob Jamming With a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
It’s been known for a while now that it is possible to break into cars using simple wireless attacks that involve jamming of the car keyfob frequency. Sammy Kamkars “rolljam” is one such example that...
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Creating an Encrypted ADS-B Plane Spotter with a Raspberry Pi, RTL-SDR and SSL
These days it’s quite easy to share your ADS-B reception on the internet with giant worldwide aggregation sites like flightaware.com and flightradar24.com. These sites aggregate received ADS-B plane...
View ArticleInstalling and Using SDRTrunk on Linux for Live Trunk Tracking with an RTL-SDR
SDRTrunk is a cross platform Java based piece of software that can be used for following trunked radio conversations. In addition to trunk tracking it also has a built in P25 Phase 1 decoder. Compared...
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SDRTrunk Setup and Use Tutorial
Over on his blog John Hagensieker has uploaded a tutorial that shows how to set up SDRTrunk with RTL-SDR dongles. SDRTrunk is an application that allows you to follow trunked radio conversations, and...
View ArticleReceiving SSTV Images from the ISS with a V-Dipole and RTL-SDR
During July 20 – 24, 2017 the ISS (International Space Station) was transmitting SSTV (Slow Scan Television) images down to earth in celebration of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the ISS) 20th...
View ArticleListening to July’s Arecibo Observatory Ionospheric Heating Campaign
During July 24-31 the large Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico (the big dish antenna that you may be familiar with from the movie ‘Contact’) ran an Ionospheric heating experiment which involves...
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