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A list of 5 Free Virtual Audio Cable Software Programs
The dxzone.com website has uploaded a post that lists five free virtual audio cable software programs. Virtual audio cable’s allow you to “pipe” or pass the audio from one application to another. For...
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A new HackRF Compatible SDR: Rad1o
Every four years the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany organizes a special hacker themed camp. For this years upcoming September camp they have announced that all participants will be receiving a...
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Using a HackRF to convert ADS-B packets into Bluetooth packets for reception...
HackRF experimenter Jiao Xianjun has recently posted about his new firmware which allows a single HackRF to receive an ADS-B data packet at 1090 MHz, and then retransmit it as a Bluetooth low energy...
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Using a direct sampling enabled Airspy as a Panadapter for a Yaesu FTDX-5000
Tim Havens is an avid CW operator on the ham bands and primarily uses his Yaesu FTDX-5000 transceiver for this purpose. At the same time he also uses a software defined radio coupled with an...
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Detecting meteor radio echoes using the RTL-SDR USB dongle
At the recent 2015 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) Conference Ciprian Sufitchi (N2YO) presented a paper titled “Detecting meteor radio echoes using the RTL/SDR USB dongle” (pdf). His paper...
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International Space Station set to Transmit SSTV this Weekend (July 18 – 19)
To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz mission the International Space Station (ISS) is set to transmit 12 Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images this weekend. The images are set to transmit...
View ArticleUni-SDR Link: Control SDR Console V2 with Unitrunker
A new program called Uni-SDR Link has just been released. This software allows Unitrunker to control SDR-Console V2. Unitrunker is software that allows you to follow trunked voice conversations, and...
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RTL-gopow: New heat map tool
Rtl_power is a tool that allows you to create wide band signal strength heat maps over a long length of time. It works by very quickly hopping across the spectrum, capturing the RTL-SDR bandwidth of...
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New Raspberry PI Remote RTL-SDR GUI Software: MNM4SDR
Recently RTL-SDR.com reader Slaven Krilic wrote in to use to announce his project called MNM4SDR which stands for Monitoring Network Manager for RTL-SDR. The software allows you to set up a remote...
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BA5SBA Direct Sampling Kit English Build Instructions
The BA5SBA direct sampling kit is a kitset PCB that combines with a standard (included) RTL-SDR dongle in order to enable the direct sampling mod. The direct sampling mod is a hardware modification...
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Decoding Public Utility Meters with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube a talk about decoding water and electricity usage meters with an RTL-SDR has been uploaded from the 2015 Camp++ conference in Hungary. The presenter, Stef writes: Budapest public...
View ArticleUnderstanding FM deviation, Modulation Index and Sideband theory with an...
Over on YouTube user MrCircuitMatt has uploaded a video where he explains the concepts of FM deviation, modulation index and sidebands using an RTL-SDR dongle as the receiver, and a function generator...
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Wirelessly transmitting sound from a parabolic microphone with an FM...
Parabolic microphones allow listeners to clearly hear sounds from far away. They are often used by bird call enthusiasts and also probably by spies. A parabolic microphone works by using a dish to...
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Ham2Mon: A NBFM Multi-Channel Receiver Compatible with the RTL-SDR
A new piece of software called ham2mon by programmer Louis Brown (KD4HSO) has been released. This is a GNU Radio Linux based program that can be used with an RTL-SDR or other SDR that is compatible...
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SATNOGS Satellite Database Open for Contributions
The SatNOGS project aims to provide low cost satellite ground stations (where one critical component is currently an RTL-SDR dongle) along with free networking software in order to create a crowd...
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An Alternative NOAA Weather Satellite Tutorial using RTL_FM and WxToImg
The RTL-SDR software defined radio is often used to receive signals from NOAA APT weather satellites. Once decoded these signals produce a freshly captured image of the earth over your current...
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Skywave Linux: New Linux Ubuntu Distribution made for Software Defined Radio
Skywave Linux is a new Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 14.10. It is designed for users of software defined radio’s and comes with several useful SDR software packages preinstalled. It can be run...
View ArticleGetting the RTL-SDR to work in Windows 10
The RTL-SDR is fully compatible with Windows 10. However with the recent release of Windows 10 some users have been having trouble using their RTL-SDR after upgrading. We thought that we’d announce...
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Outernet “Lighthouse” Receiver now for sale
Although this isn’t directly SDR related, this story may still be of interest to some readers. The Outernet project have just put on sale their first receiver which is called the Lighthouse. The...
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Setting up a Raspberry Pi based APRS RX IGate with an RTL-SDR
Recently amateur radio hobbyist WB20SZ wrote in to us to let us know about his work with creating an easy to build receive only APRS internet gateway (IGate) with a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongle. The...
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