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KrakenSDR: Finding Multiple GSM Base Station Transmit Towers with the...
If you weren't already aware, KrakenSDR is our 5-channel coherent radio based on RTL-SDRs, and it can be used for applications like radio direction finding. KrakenSDR is in stock and can be purchased...
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Receiving 2.2 GHz with the RTL-SDR and Nooelec Ham It Down
Over on his YouTube channel dereksgc has uploaded a new video where he tests out a new yet to be released downconverter product from NooElec. A downconverter works by shifting high frequencies down...
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DragonOS: Decoding Train Telemetry with SoftEOT and RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution, has uploaded a video demonstrating how to use an RTL-SDR and SoftEOT/PyEOT to decode North American...
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A Tape Measure Antenna for Receiving HF Numbers Stations
In his Hackaday.io post (and a post on the main Hackaday blog), Tom Farnell explains how he used two 10-meter tape measures combined with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 software defined radio to receive numbers...
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Imaging TV Satellites with a DIY Radio Telescope
Over on the saveitforparts YouTube channel the creator has uploaded a video showing how he was able to image geosynchronous satellites with his modified motorized RV satellite dish. The idea is to scan...
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Recent Talks from the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers 2023 Conference
Over on their YouTube channel there have been numerous talks uploaded over the past few months from the 2023 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) conference. Some of these talks are quite useful...
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Creating a Multicarrier Base Station Transceiver For DMR, YSF, M17 and more...
Thank you to Adrian, creator of the QRadioLink software for writing in and sharing with us his post about how he uses a LimeSDR as an Multi Mode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM) for various modes including...
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M2_LRPT_DECODER Version 59 Released
Thank you to Carl Reinemann for writing in and sharing with us that his Meteor M2 LRPT decoder was recently updated. The Russian Meteor M2-3 weather satellite was launched in June of this year and is...
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SatDump Version 1.1.0 Released – Feature Overview
SatDump is a popular program that can be used with RTL-SDRs and other software defined radios for decoding images from a wide array of weather imaging (and other) satellites including GOES, GK-2A, NOAA...
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Discovery Dish Pre-Launch: A Lightweight Dish and Feed for L-Band Weather...
For the past few years we have been working on finding the best way to help beginners get started with L-band weather satellite reception and basic radio astronomy. We have now come up with a solution...
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TechMinds: Using a Software Defined Radio as a Radio Telescope
Back in 2020 we released a tutorial about how to use a 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid Dish antenna as a radio telescope which can detect and measure the Hydrogen line emissions in our Milky Way galaxy. Recently...
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TechMinds: Demonstrating OpenWebRX Plus
In one of his videos from a few days ago Matt from the Tech Minds YouTube channel tests out OpenWebRX+, an unofficial fork of OpenWebRX. OpenWebRX is open source software which enables users to put...
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Wok-The-Hydrogen: A Low Cost Wok Based Hydrogen Line Radio Telescope
In addition to the last Hydrogen Line radio astronomy post from a few minutes ago, we've also recently seen a post on Hackaday about a research paper (PDF) that describes a Hydrogen Line Radio...
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Manuel Tests the RTL-SDR Blog V4 on SDRuno
In one of his latest YouTube videos, Manuel Lausmann has been testing the RTL-SDR Blog V4 on SDRuno. SDRuno is the official software for SDRplay RSP devices, however, they provide an ExtIO interface...
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SatDump Projections Improved
SatDump is a popular program that is used with RTL-SDRs and other SDRs for decoding transmissions from a wide array of weather satellites and their various imagers and sensors. Recently SatDump's...
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Discovery Dish Now Available for Crowd Funding! A Lightweight Dish and Feed...
Today our Crowd Funding campaign for the Discovery Dish has gone live! Thank you to anyone who supports this project and our goal of bringing affordable products that make getting into various radio...
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Automating NOAA APT and Meteor M2 LRPT Reception with SatDump 1.1.2
SatDump is a popular program used to receive and decode various forms of weather satellites, and in recent updates they added support for NOAA APT and Meteor M2 LRPT weather satellite decoding. In the...
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SDRx.IO – A Public Server Network for RTL_TCP and/or Spyserver Stations
Thank you to Matt from SDRx.io for submitting a story on our forums about his project called SDRx.IO which is a service that hopes to be a platform that allows remote users to find and connect to...
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DragonOS: Running GNSS-SDR and Obtaining a GPS Position with an RTL-SDR and...
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution, has uploaded a video demonstrating how to use the GNSS-SDR software together with an RTL-SDR and patch...
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DragonOS: Tracking ADS-B, UAT, ACARS, VDL2 with TAR1090 and a KrakenSDR
Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution has recently uploaded a new video where he uses a KrakenSDR to simultaneously receive and decode multiple aircraft tracking,...
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