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GNU Radio Conference 2015: Presentations
The GNU Radio conference (GRCon15) is a yearly conference discussing all matters related to GNU Radio, an open source graphical block based DSP programming application that is compatible with most...
View ArticleCubicSDR v0.1.4 Beta Released
CubicSDR is a new and upcoming multi platform open source SDR software package that is compatible with the RTL-SDR. It is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDR-Radio. Recently the programmers...
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Detecting Pulsars (Rotating Neutron Stars) with an RTL-SDR
The RTL-SDR has been used for some time now as an amateur radio astronomy tool. Radio astronomers Peter W East and GM Gancio have recently uploaded a paper that details their experiments with detecting...
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Spoofing GPS Locations with low cost TX SDRs
At this years Defcon 2015 conference researcher Lin Huang from Qihoo 360 presented her work on spoofing GPS signals. Qihoo 360 is a Chinese security company producing antivirus software. Lin works at...
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Frequency Manager Suite Plugin for SDR#
Recently the popular Frequency Manager + Scanner plugin set for SDR# has been upgraded and renamed to the “Frequency Manager Suite”. The plugin can be downloaded from their new website at...
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New product from FlightAware: A 1090 MHz Bandpass Filter for the RTL-SDR
FlightAware.com have released a new 1090 MHz bandpass filter that is intended for use with the RTL-SDR. FlightAware.com is a website that aggregates ADS-B aircraft location data from various...
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ADS-B On Android App Now Supports 978 MHz FIS-B NEXRAD Weather and Traffic
The “ADS-B on Android” app has been updated and now supports the reception and display of 978 MHz UAT FIS-B Weather and Traffic data. The app also receives ADS-B data as per normal. To use the app you...
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HAMSPIRIT.DE’s Review on Airspy vs SDRPlay
Over on the hamspirit.de blog author January has just uploaded his latest review comparing the Airspy with the SDRPlay (article in German, so use Google Translate if necessary). These are two mid price...
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Building an active wideband antenna for your SDR
As the RTL-SDR and other SDRs are wideband, we recommend that people use a wideband antenna if they want to scan over all the frequencies. Normally a discone or a scantenna is suggested as the wideband...
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4NEC2 The Definitive Guide Book
4NEC2 is a freeware antenna simulation software program. The program can be used to model an antenna, and then determine through simulation properties such as the radiation pattern and SWR of the...
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DesktopSDR MATLAB RTL-SDR Text Book Released
Back in August we posted about an RTL-SDR related text book called DesktopSDR that was due to be released later in the month. The text book discusses technical SDR topics, with the RTL-SDR used as the...
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Changes to SDR#: Update to .NET 4.6, Linux support and new install procedure
SDR# (SDRSharp) is probably the most popular software program that is used with the RTL-SDR. It is free, fast and fairly easy to use. SDR# is coded in C# and so runs on the Microsoft .NET runtime. SDR#...
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Modifying an Aluminium Case to fit into our SMA RTL-SDRs
Recently we started selling modified RTL-SDR units that came with a more sturdy and common SMA antenna connector and a TCXO temperature compensated oscillator. At the moment our dongles are enclosed in...
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Reverse Engineering a Vintage Wireless Keypad with an RTL-SDR
Over on his blog, Veghead has posted about how he was able to reverse engineer a wireless alarm panel keypad from 1986 with an RTL-SDR dongle. The goal of his reverse engineering was to be able to...
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Reverse Engineering Wireless Mobile Traffic Lights with an RTL-SDR
When roadworks suddenly appeared on Bastian Bloessl’s girlfriends street the workers put up a set of automated wireless traffic lights to control the flow of traffic during the works. Seeing these...
View ArticleNew Demo of the Upcoming Spyverter Upconverter
The Spyverter is a new high performance upconverter that is being developed by the team behind the Airspy software defined radio and the SDR# software. It is designed to be used together with the...
View ArticleVideo showing SMS Texts and Voice Calls being sniffed with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user Osama SH has uploaded a video briefly showing the steps needed to use an RTL-SDR dongle to sniff some SMS text messages and voice calls made from his own phone. This can be done if...
View ArticleBuilding a super cheap dipole antenna for receiving ADS-B with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user Brian Su has uploaded a video showing his super simple dipole antenna that he uses for ADS-B. A dipole is essentially just two pieces of conductive wire, one connected to the...
View ArticleBuilding and Testing an L-Band Patch antenna for Inmarsat-C Reception
Over on YouTube Adam 9A4QAV (creator of the LNA4ALL and other RTL-SDR related products) has uploaded two videos showing his home made L-band patch antenna in action receiving Inmarsat-C and in the...
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Demonstrating the RTL-SDR based “Etch-A-SDR” Portable SDR
Over on YouTube user devnulling has uploaded a video showing his “Etch-A-SDR” project. This project involved creating an all-in-one SDR device out of an Odroid C1, Teensy 3.1 and an RTL-SDR dongle. The...
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