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RTL-SDR vs. AIRSPY on ADS-B Reception: Round 2
A few days ago we posted about Anthony Stirk’s comparison between the RTL-SDR and the Airspy on receiving ADS-B signals. In his first test Anthony used an E4000 dongle, which is known to have inferior...
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New ADS-B Filter with Built in Bias Tee Available
Adam who is the manufacturer of the popular LNA4ALL low noise amplifier (LNA) that is commonly used with the RTL-SDR has come out with a new product for ADS-B enthusiasts. The product is an ADS-B...
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HackRF Blue Shipped and HackRF One Updates
Back in December of last year we posted about the Indiegogo campaign for the HackRF Blue, a lower cost clone of the HackRF One software defined radio. They were able to achieve a lower cost by better...
View ArticleNew EAS SAME Weather Alert Decoder
Over on Reddit and GitHub user cuppa-joe has released a Python based EAS SAME Alert message decoder called dsame which is compatible with the RTL-SDR. EAS is an acronym for Emergency Alert System and...
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Review of Nobu’s HF Upconverter, Galvanic Isolator and 14 MHz Low Pass Filter
Back in April we posted about some new products made by Japanese RTL-SDR experimenter and product manufacturer Nobu. Nobu’s new products were a 1:1 galvanic isolator and a low pass filter. The galvanic...
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A Review of the TitanSDR Pro
Over on the swling.com blog, Thomas has uploaded a review of the TitanSDR Pro that was published in the May 2015 version of The Spectrum Monitor online magazine. Although the TitanSDR pro software...
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LightSail now active and transmitting data
The LightSail is a solar sailing spacecraft that has been launched by the planetary society. It is based on the “solar sail” concept, which uses a large reflective foil to harness the suns energy as a...
View ArticleHow coax cable loss affects ADS-B reception
Over on YouTube user Adam Alicajic has uploaded a video showing how coax cable loss affects the frame rate when receiving ADS-B. To do this test Adam uses a precision attenuator in between his ADS-B...
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New method for generating wideband spectograph’s with Radio-Sky and an RTL-SDR
Radio-Sky Spectrograph is a software application that is designed to produce waterfall displays similar to other software, but with a focus on observing radio astronomy phenomena. Radio-Sky...
View ArticleMonitoring Drone FPV Frequency Usage with a USRP Software Defined Radio
Over on YouTube balint256 (Balint), a researcher at Ettus (creators of the USRP line of software defined radios) has uploaded a video showing how he is using his USRP to help with frequency management...
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Building a Passive Radar System with RTL-SDR Dongles
Back in 2013 we posted about Juha Vierinen’s project in which he created a passive radar system from two RTL-SDR dongles, two Yagi antennas, and some custom processing code. Passive radar can be used...
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Monitoring FBI Surveillance Aircraft with ADS-B and an RTL-SDR
After reading an article by the Washington Post about FBI surveillance aircraft spotted in the air after the West Balimore riots, John Wiseman decided to look for more information about these aircraft....
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Testing the RTL-SDR on Windows 10
RTL-SDR.com reader Marty Wittrock has written in to let us know that he has been successful in getting his HF modified “KN0CK” RTL-SDRs (and by extension standard RTL-SDRs) to work with Zadig and HDSDR...
View ArticleInstalling and Testing the Optional RF Shield on the HackRF
Over on YouTube user Cameron Conover has uploaded a video where he tests the effectiveness of the optional HackRF RF shield and also shows how to install it. The shield solders on to the RF front end...
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New ExtIO for the HackRF and HDSDR
We’ve received a note from RTL-SDR.com reader Tim about a new ExtIO module available for the HackRF and HDSDR. ExtIO stands for External IO, and is a special DLL file that allows HDSDR and other...
View ArticleNew Talk by Balint Seeber: Hacking the Wireless World with SDR
Balint Seeber is a researcher at Ettus, designers of the USRP line of software defined radios. Every so often he gives an interesting conference talk about his latest projects. This time he’s given a...
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Lantern: A New 925 MHz to 2175 MHz RTL2832U Based SDR for Satellite Reception
Over on Reddit we’ve seen news about a new 925 MHz to 2175 MHz RTL2832U based software defined radio which is currently under development. It is called the “Lantern” and is being developed for the...
View ArticleTutorial on using an RTL-SDR for ADS-B on a BeagleBone Black from Make Magazine
Make magazine has recently released a tutorial and uploaded a video showing a nice overview on how to get an RTL-SDR set up for ADS-B decoding on a BeagleBone Black embedded Linux computer. In the...
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Sniffing “Crazyradio” NRF24 Signals with a HackRF Blue
Thanks to DangerousPrototypes.com we’ve heard about this project in which experimenter Arnuad has been using his new HackRF Blue to sniff and debug the communications protocol from the Crazyradio which...
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Some new RF filters from Adam 9A4QV
Adam 9A4QAV is mostly known as the manufacturer of the popular LNA4ALL, a low cost low noise amplifier which is often used together with the RTL-SDR to improve reception of weak signals. He also sells...
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