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PantronX Titus II Ready for Production
Since September 2016 we’ve been slowly hearing news about the PantronX Titus II portable SDR system, but as of yet nothing seems to have eventuated. The Titus II is essentially an Android touch screen...
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LocalRadio: A new RTL-SDR App for MacOS
Thanks to Doug Ward (@dsward) for letting us know about his new RTL-SDR compatible MacOS based app called LocalRadio. LocalRadio is an open source web browser based app that connects to a MacOS server...
View ArticleiqToSharp: Convert rtl_sdr IQ files to SDR# Format
Thanks to Marcin Jakubowski for submitting news about his new software tool called iqToSharp which is a simple tool that allows you to convert rtl_sdr IQ files into the SDR# IQ format. The rtl_sdr...
View ArticleTransmitting DVB-S with a PlutoSDR and Receiving it with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube Christopher Bridges has uploaded a video showing him using a PlutoSDR and a GNU Radio program to transmit a DVB-S signal, which is then received with an RTL-SDR. DVB-S is a digital...
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Using a TV Antenna Tap as a Directional Coupler for Antenna Measurements with...
Over on his blog Tomi Engdahl has been exploring his options for measuring the VSWR of antennas with an RTL-SDR. As discussed in one of our previous tutorials, by using an RTL-SDR, noise source and...
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Decrambling Split-Band Voice Inversion with the Deinvert Tool
In early September we posted about Oona Räisänen’s deinvert which is a tool that can be used to unscramble voice audio that has had voice inversion scrambling applied to it. Voice inversion works by...
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Localizing Transmitters to within a few meters with TDOA and RTL-SDR Dongles
Back in August we posted a number of videos from the Software Defined Radio Academy talks held this year in Friedrichshafen, Germany. One of those talks was by Stefan Scholl, DC9ST and titled...
View ArticleVisualizing the Traveled Path of a Weather Balloon, Tanker Boat and Gliders...
Over on YouTube user pascal poulain has uploaded a short video that shows a timelapse of the flight path of a weather balloon in Cesiumjs as it rises and falls, as well as a time lapse of a marine...
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Tuning an HF Antenna with an Airspy, SWR-Bridge and Noise Source
Over on his blog Anders J. Ørts has created a good writeup showing how he used the combination of an Airspy SDR with SpyVerter upconverter, SWR-Bridge and a noise source to tune his HF dipole for the...
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Reviewing the PandwaRF: CC1111 Based Transceiver for RF Security Analysis
The PandwaRF The PandwaRF (formerly known as GollumRF) is an RF analysis transceiver tool that can be very useful for investigating ISM band devices that communicate with digitally modulated RF...
View ArticleTesting the Prototype Outernet Patch Antenna with Built in RTL-SDR
A few months ago satellite data broadcasting company Outernet created a limited number of prototype receivers that combined an L-band satellite patch antenna, LNA and RTL-SDR into a signal unit. This...
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Meteor Logger: A Tool for Counting Meteor Detections with an RTL-SDR
Thanks to Wolfgang Kaufmann for submitting news about his new software called ‘Meteor Logger’. This tool can be used to count the number of meteors entering the atmosphere which have been detected by a...
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RadioForEveryone New Posts: Antenna Weatherproofing, NooElec Nano 3 Review,...
Over on his blog 'Radio for Everyone' author Akos has uploaded three new posts. The first shows how to cheaply weatherproof antenna connections by wrapping electrical/plumbing tape around the...
View ArticleTesting a 16x RTL-SDR V3 WebSDR System for the Satcom Band
Over on Twitter Denis (@uhfsatcom) has recently been teasing us with photos of his 16 dongle RTL-SDR V3 setup. The system looks like it's designed to be a satcom band WebSDR receiver. The satcom band...
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Building your Own Cell Phone Network with a Raspberry Pi and BladeRF
As part of their senior project Matthew May & Brendan Harlow of Champlain College worked on a project that involved creating their own software defined radio based portable cell phone network. If...
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Visual Tuner Knob Plugin for SDR#
Thank you to Eddie MacDonald for submitting his new SDR# plugin to us via our forums. Eddie's plugin is called the 'Tuner Knob Plugin', and simply enables a visual tuner knob on the screen for...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Setting up DMR Decoding with SDR#, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user Tech Minds has uploaded a useful video which shows how to set up DMR decoding with SDR#, VB-Cable, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR dongle. He also uses the DSD plugin for SDR# which makes...
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SDR-Console V3 Beta Now Released: Console Server Now Available
SDR-Console V3 is the latest in the line of the free SDR-Console software packages from developed Simon Brown. Recently SDR-Console V3 left its 'preview' software status and moved into 'beta'...
View ArticleRTLSDR-Airband V3 Released
Thanks to RTL-SDR.com reader Lee Donaghy for writing in and little us know that RTLSDR-Airband was recently updated to include SoapySDR support. This allows the software to now work with almost any SDR...
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SDR# Plugin: FFT Window Screen Grabber
Recently Eddie MacDonald has been pumping out simple but useful plugins for SDR# including the SDR# Dark Mode and Visual Tuner Knob plugins. Recently he released a new plugin called "FFT Window Screen...
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