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Scanner School Podcast Talks SDR Topics with Signals Everywhere Host
Recently Scanner School released episode 70 of their podcast, and on this episode they talk about various SDR topics with Corrosive from the Signals Everywhere YouTube channel. If you follow out blog,...
View ArticleUsing an RTL-SDR and OpenCV To Create an EMI Heatmap of Circuit Boards
Over on YouTube and his blog user Charles Grassin has uploaded a short video and blog post showing how he's using an RTL-SDR EMI (electromagnetic interference) probe and OpenCV to create a visual EMI...
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Weather Satellite Images from Geostationary COMS-1 Received
COMS-1 Geostationary Satellite Footprint https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/Satellites/view/33 COMS-1 is a geostationary weather satellited operated by the Korean Meteorological Agency (KMA) which was...
View ArticleSingalsEverywhere: Running OpenWebRX on a PlutoSDR with PlutoWEB Firmware
Over on YouTube Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere channel has uploaded a new video that shows how to install the the PlutoWEB Firmware on a PlutoSDR, which allows OpenWebRX to run directly on the...
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KerberosSDR Direction Finding with Android App Demo and Tutorial
Over on our YouTube channel we've uploaded a short video that gives a tutorial and demo of the KerberosSDR being used as an RF direction finding system in a car. If you weren't aware, KerberosSDR is...
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A Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR Based Boombox
Thank you to Walter P. for writing in and sharing with us his conversion of an old analog boombox into a fully functional wideband software defined radio based on an RTL-SDR dongle and upconverter....
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LimeSDR Angle of Arrival Experiments at 145 MHz
Two J-Poles used in LimeSDR Angle of Arrival Experiments. Together with some Spanish amateur radio operators, Daniel Estevez performed an experiment with the goal of detecting the angle of arrival of...
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Decoding EMWIN Weather Information VHF Rebroadcasts with an RTL-SDR
EMWIN is an acronym for Emergency Managers Weather Information Network, and is a service for emergency managers that provides weather forecasts, warnings, graphics and other information in real time....
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RTLion: The Multipurpose RTL-SDR Framework
Redditor [K3PWN] has recently released his project called “RTLion”. RTLion is a software framework for RTL-SDR dongles that currently supports various features such as a power spectrum plot and...
View ArticleRSGB Talk – The Farnham WebSDR: DC to Microwaves on your Smartphone
Over on YouTube the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has uploaded a talk by Noel Matthews (G8GTZ) titled "The Farnham WebSDR: DC to Microwaves on your smartphone". The Farnham WebSDR runs 8 (soon...
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Vela Pulsar Glitch Detected with RTL-SDR Based Radio Telescope
On February 1st 2019 the HawkRAO amateur radio telescope detected a "glitch" during it's observations of the Vela Pulsar. A pulsar is a rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic...
View ArticleDemonstrating HFDL Reception with a Cloud-IQ SDR and MultiPSK
Over on YouTube user Shortwave Bavaria has uploaded a video that demonstrates HFDL reception. HFDL is short for High Frequency Data Link and is a signal used by aircraft to communicate short messages...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: P25 Trunking with Just One RTL-SDR and DSDPlus Fastlane
Over on YouTube Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere channel has uploaded a new video showing us how to set up P25 trunking and decoding with DSDPlus Fastlane and only a single RTL-SDR. Normally two...
View ArticleNOAA-APT Software Decoder: Users Guide Now Available
Back in August, 2018 we posted about NOAA-APT, which back then was a new NOAA APT image decoder program. Recently Martin, the author of NOAA-APT has written in and wanted to note that he's now created...
View ArticleUsing an RTL-SDR to Monitor A Tire Pressure Sensor used in Home Brewing
Over on YouTube Andreas Spiess has been helping his friend create a pressure monitoring system for his home brew beer bottles. In order to do this, Andreas uses an externally mounted after market...
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Tracking Tagged Orangutans in the Bornean Jungle with Drones, GNU Radio and...
Due to various human activities causing the environmental destruction of it's habitat, the Orangutan is now classed as a critically endangered species. In addition to being endangered, Orangutans face...
View ArticleThe RadioInstigator: A $150 Signals Intelligence Platform Consisting of a...
Circle City Con is a yearly conference that focuses on information security talks. At this years conference Josh Conway presented an interesting talk titled "SigInt for the Masses Building and Using a...
View ArticleDecoding FT8 with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 in Direct Sampling Mode
Over on YouTube user ModernHam has uploaded a useful tutorial showing how to use our RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongles for FT8 monitoring. The RTL-SDR Blog V3 has a built in direct sampling circuit which allows...
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An RTL-SDR and Pi 3 Based Ground Station for Simulated CubeSats
CubeSats are small and light satellites that can these days be built and launched into orbit by almost anyone with a small budget of roughly $40,000. They are a great way for schools and other...
View ArticleTracking and Recovering A NWS Weather Balloon & Radiosonde with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube OLHZN High Altitude Balloons has posted a very entertaining video showing how to use an RTL-SDR and small grid dish antenna to track and recover a fallen weather balloon and its...
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