Financial Times Story about Ukraine Radio Monitoring with WebSDRs
The Financial Times has recently run a video story on how hobbyist WebSDR setups are being use to record Russian radio communications during the war on Ukraine. In these modern times, we would expect...
View ArticleSDRSharp Guide V4.2 Released
Paolo Romani (IZ1MLL) has recently released version 4.2 of his SDRSharp PDF Guide. The book is available for download on the Airspy downloads page, just scroll down to the title "SDR# Big Book in...
View ArticleSDR# and other Hobbyist Ham Radio Software Spotted in Netflix TV Show Yakamoz...
Thanks to all who submitted, we recently received some interesting tip offs about the Netflix TV Show Yakamoz S-245 featuring a scene with various hobbyist SDR and ham radio programs clearly visible....
View ArticleControlling a Toy RC Car with a HackRF
Over on his blog Radoslav has created a post showing how he has used a HackRF to wirelessly control a toy RC car by reverse engineering the wireless control protocol, and generating the control signals...
View ArticleLon.TV Demonstrates Decoding Various Digital Signals with RTL-SDR
Tech YouTuber Lon.TV has recently uploaded a video demonstrating how to identify and decode various digital transmissions with an RTL-SDR dongle. In the video he explains how to use VB Cable to pipe...
View ArticleOpening and Starting Honda Civic Vehicles with a HackRF Replay Attack
A few months ago University student Ayyappan Rajesh and HackingIntoYourHeart reported cybersecurity vulnerability CVE-2022-27254. This vulnerability demonstrates how unsecure the remote keyless locking...
View ArticleFrugal Radio: Travelling with SDR & Scanner Gear
Over on his YouTube channel Frugal Radio, Rob has uploaded a new video whilst on holiday travelling through the USA. In the video he shows what sort of scanner radios, antennas and SDR gear he carries...
View ArticleRTL-SDR Virtual Reality Spectrum Display Software Released
Back in September 2021 we posted about Manahiyo's software that allows the RF spectrum and related graphs to be viewed in virtual reality, using a VR headset and an RTL-SDR. Back then the software was...
View ArticleUsing an RTL-SDR to Decode Broadcast FM RDS Data on Android
Over on YouTube Double A Labs has posted a new video demonstrating how to use an RTL-SDR and Android device to receive broadcast FM stations, and to decode any associated RDS data. In the video Double...
View ArticleUsing an SDR# Plugin to Tune into a Broadcast FM SCA Subcarrier (Radio...
Thank you to Double A again for submitting a new video where he shows how to use a new SDR# plugin called "SCATuner" to listen to an SCA audio subcarrier embedded within a broadcast FM signal. SCA...
View ArticlePulsar B0329+54 Detected with a 1.9m Dish and RTL-SDR
Over the past few years Job Geheniau has been constantly surprising us with his amateur radio astronomy results coming from modest dish sizes and low cost SDR equipment like an RTL-SDR. We've seen him...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Playing Classic Games over Amateur Radio with NPR-70...
Over on her YouTube channel SignalsEverywhere, Sarah has uploaded a new video that shows us how TCP/IP connections can be made over the amateur radio spectrum using low cost NPR-70 TCP/IP modems that...
View ArticleFrugal Radio: Experimenting with Rdio-Scanner and Trunk Recorder on P25 LSM
In his latest video Rob from the Frugal Radio YouTube channel has uploaded a video where he experiments with a SDR web interface and smartphone App called "Rdio-scanner". Rdio-scanner is an interface...
View ArticleFeeding ACARS Data to Airframes.io
Thank you to a contributor for submitting an article about Airframes.io, which is an ACARS/VDL2/HFDL/Satellite ACARS aggregation site. The article below it attributed to Kevin Elliot and was edited by...
View ArticleLimeSDR 2.0 Mini Now Crowdfunding, Standard LimeSDR Discontinued
Back in March we posted about the LimeSDR Mini 1.0 becoming end of life due to component shortages, and a slightly upgraded LimeSDR Mini 2.0 was being planned. The LimeSDR Mini 2.0 has just been...
View ArticleNEWSDR 2022 to be held Virtually on June 3
The 12th New England Workshop on Software Defined Radio (NEWSDR 2022) is due to be held online again this year starting tomorrow at June 3 9AM - 6PM US Eastern time. The 2022 New England Workshop on...
View ArticleProbing a Cable Internet + TV Line with RTL-SDR USB
Thank you to Adam from Double A Labs for submitting his latest YouTube video where he uses his RTL-SDR to probe the coaxial cable that provides his broadband internet and cable TV. In the video Adam...
View ArticleTechMinds: Testing the ISM Packet Decoder Plugin for SDR Sharp
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel Matt has uploaded a video demonstrating the use of the ISM Packet Decoder plugin for SDR# which was released a few months ago. The plugin authors website also...
View ArticleMetal Case Upgrade for the SDRplay RSP1A Back in Stock!
Due to popular demand we have decided to manufacture one more batch of our SDRplay RSP1A metal enclosure upgrade kit. After numerous delays due to the Shanghai COVID lockdown, it is now in stock in our...
View ArticleThe South Indian SDR User Group
Thank you to Balaji for writing in and sharing news about the growing South Indian SDR Users Group. The group have already held several virtual events where a variety of speakers have presented various...
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