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moRFeusQT Updates: Automatic Tracking Generator Plotting with Airspy
Outernet's moRFeus is a signal generator and frequency mixer that can be controlled either by it's built in LCD screen, or via software on a Windows or Linux PC. It can generate a clean low phase noise...
View ArticleCreating a Standalone WSPR Receiver with an RTL-SDR V3 and Raspberry Pi 3
Thank you to Zoltan for submitting his scripts for installing the rtlsdr-wsprd WSPR decoder onto a Raspberry Pi, and showing us how to configure it for an RTL-SDR V3 dongle running in direct sampling...
View ArticleDemodulating DVB-S Digital Amateur TV with SDRAngel on Windows with an SDR
Over on YouTube Corrosive has uploaded a new tutorial video showing us how we can demodulate DVB-S DATV (Digital Amateur TV) on a Windows PC with SDRAngel. DATV is a mode used by hams to transmit and...
View ArticleCreating Smart Home Automation Devices with Wireless Power Plugs, an RTL-SDR...
Over on his YouTube channel ModernHam has created a video showing him using an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi with RPiTX to record and replay the signal generated by the remote of a wireless power plug. A...
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KerberosSDR Updates: Demo Software Speed Improvements, Android App,...
If you weren't already aware, over the past few months we've been working with the engineering team at Othernet.is to create a 4x Coherent RTL-SDR that we're calling KerberosSDR. A coherent RTL-SDR...
View ArticleTalks from the 2018 GNU Radio Conference
GNU Radio is a very powerful open source platform for implementing various digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms. It is very commonly used with software defined radios like the RTL-SDR, as well as...
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Logging Meteor Scatter Observations Online
Thank you to Florent for submitting his website which contains a live log of his meteor scatter observations. Meteor scatter occurs when radio signals reflect off the ionized trail left behind by...
View ArticleVideo Showing How to Decode Meteor M2 with an SDRPlay in Windows
Thanks to "Lolo sdr" for submitting his videos that show his process for receiving and decoding Meteor M2 weather satellite images in Windows with an SDRplay and SDR-Console V3. Since the SDRplay is...
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Es’hail-2 Transponder Tests + Narrow Band Web Stream
Es'hail 2 was launched last November and it is the first geostationary satellite to contain an amateur radio transponder. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is over Africa. It's reception...
View ArticleUsing a LimeSDR / PlutoSDR to Transmit Digital Amateur Television with DATV...
Over on YouTube Corrosive from channel SignalsEverywhere has uploaded a new video in his series on Digital Amateur Television (DATV). The new video shows us how to use a transmit capable SDR like a...
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SDR# TETRA Plugin Now Available At RTL-SDR.RU
Vasilli has recently released the SDR# TETRA plugin on his website RTL-SDR.RU (note that the site is in Russian, but can be translated with the Google Translate option in the top right of the page)....
View ArticleRunning GQRX Smoothly on an Intel Compute Stick with a Custom Linux Kernel
Thank you to M Khanfar for submitting news about his custom Linux kernel which allows an RTL-SDR and GQRX to run smoothly and with sound on an Intel Compute Stick. The Intel Compute Stick is a full...
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rtl_map: A Simple FFT Visualizer for RTL-SDR
Thank you to 'KeyLo99' for submitting news of the release of his new RTL-SDR based program called rtl_map. rtl_map is a currently a simple app that uses an RTL-SDR to display an FFT frequency graph. It...
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial: Software Set up for a Portable Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR...
Last year in December we posted about Matt's element14 sponsored video which showed us how to create a portable briefcase contained NOAA satellite received based on a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongle....
View ArticleSteve M Talks about Osmo-FL2K at Osmocom Conference 2018
Osmo-FL2K can be considered as the [evil] transmit-side brother of RTL-SDRs. It is a driver that allows cheap $5 - $15 USB 3.0 VGA adapters to be used as a transmit-only capable SDR. It might be...
View ArticleTracking Radiosondes with an RTL-SDR and Radiosonde_Auto_RX
A radiosonde is a small sensor and radio package normally attached to a weather balloon. Meteorological agencies around the world typically launch two balloons a day from several locations to gather...
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Radwave Beta: Android RTL-SDR RF Analyzer App with Spectrum Pause and Rewind...
Radwave Screenshot Radwave is a recently released Android App for RTL-SDR dongles. It provides a real time waterfall of the RF spectrum, and it's defining feature is that you can easily zoom, pause and...
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Es’hail-2 Amateur Transponder Now Active
Es'Hail 2 Coverage from Amsat-UK Es'hail 2 was launched last November and it is the first geostationary satellite to contain an amateur radio transponder. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is...
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ExaGear x86 Emulator for ARM To be Discontinued
ExaGear is an x86 emulator for ARM computing devices. In the past we posted about ExaGear as together with WINE, it was an affordable solution that allowed Windows SDR apps to run on ARM devices like...
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XRIT Decoder Updated: Improved Image Quality and IR Enhancements
USA-Satcom is the programmer of XRIT Decoder, which is a popular (paid) Windows decoding application for GOES weather satellites. With a WiFi grid dish antenna, LNA and SDRplay, Airspy or even an...
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