Using SDR# and the Fast Scanner Plugin for Wide Band Scanning
Over on Tom’s Radio Room Show (TRRS) on YouTube Tom has uploaded a video showing how to use SDR# together with Vasili’s Fast Scanner plugin. Fast Scanner is a plugin for SDR# that allows you to use...
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An RTL-SDR Add-on for the Kodi Entertainment System Software
Kodi is a media player and entertainment hub program that is used to manage digital video collections and music. It is used mostly on TV’s together with a home theater PC, or Raspberry Pi 3, but also...
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A Screenshot based Meteor Scatter Detector for HDSDR
Over on our forums Andy (M0CYP) has posted about his new meteor scatter detection program which works with HDSDR and any supported SDR like an RTL-SDR. It works in an interesting way, as instead of...
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A 3D Printed Stand for Generic MCX RTL-SDR Dongles
Thanks to Jaime (EB5ABT) for submitting his 3D printed stand for the generic MCX RTL-SDR dongles. The stand is designed to hold one of the generic dongles on it’s side so that a small whip antenna can...
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Instructions and a Review of the SDRplay RSP1 Metal Enclosure Upgrade Kit
Mike (kd2kog), our partner on the SDRplay RSP1 Metal case upgrade kit has recently uploaded an instruction set that shows step by step how to perform the upgrade (pdf). It shows how to dismantle the...
View ArticleDecoding ADS-B in MATLAB Video Tutorial
Over on YouTube the official MATLAB channel has uploaded a new video that is a tutorial on setting up ADS-B decoding in MATLAB. MATLAB is a technical computing language that is frequently used by many...
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Identifying Issues that can be used to Disable IoT Alarms
Seekintoo cybersecurity researcher Dayton Pidhirney has been investigating security flaws in wireless IoT (Internet of Things) based alarm systems, and has identified six issues that can be used to...
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Opening Car Doors with an RTL-SDR, Arduino and CC1101 Transceiver
Recently we found this post from last year by security researcher Anthony which shows how an RTL-SDR combined with an Arduino and CC1101 transceiver can be used to open a car. The technique he presents...
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A 3D Printed Case for the DIY Outernet Kit
Thanks to Manual (aka Tysonpower) for writing in and sharing his 3D printed ‘Universal Outernet Case’. Outernet is a satellite file casting service that uses an RTL-SDR based solution for reception....
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The New England Workshop for SDR (NEWSDR) Accepting Poster Submissions
Thanks to Michael Rahaim a Postdoctoral Researcher at Boston University for letting us know about the New England Workshop for SDR (NEWSDR) which will be held on June 1 & 2 and Tufts University in...
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QIRX SDR: A New MultiMode RTL-SDR Program with Built-In DAB+ Decoder
Recently Clem from softsyst.com wrote in and let us know about their new SDR software called ‘QIRX SDR’. This is a multimode receiver currently capable of receiving AM/NFM/WFM and also DAB Plus. It...
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XRIT Decoder for GOES Satellites: Supports Airspy R2/Mini and SDRplay RSP2
Over on his blog USA-Satcom has released his XRIT (LRIT/HRIT) decoder for GOES satellites. The software requires a licence and costs $100 USD. GOES-13 (East), GOES-15 (West) and the new GOES-16 are...
View ArticleMike’s SDRuno Tutorial Series
Mike Ladd, one of the top volunteer contributors of the SDRplay community was recently hired by SDRplay officially and has now been working on a fairly comprehensive SDRuno tutorial series over on the...
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HackRF Receives Negative Press in the UK’s ‘DailyMail’ Newspaper
The HackRF is a $300 USD RX/TX capable software defined radio which has a wide tuning range from almost DC – 6 GHz, and wide bandwidths of up to 20 MHz. It uses an 8-bit ADC so reception quality is not...
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Radio For Everyone: An Easy ADS-B Antenna, ADS-B Advice, and Long Term Results
Over on his blog Akos has uploaded several new posts all relating to ADS-B reception. His first post shows how to build a very simple yet effective “Coketenna” ADS-B antenna which can be built with an...
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RTL-SDR.com Presentation Slides from Hamvention
During this years 2017 Hamvention convention I was invented by TAPR to present three talks about the RTL-SDR. Several people who watched the talks have requested the slides, so they are uploaded here...
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DAB/DAB+ Decoder Software “Welle.io” Now Available on Android
Back in March of this year we posted about “Welle.io”, a DAB/DAB+ decoder that supports the RTL-SDR and other SDRs like the Airspy. It was available for Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi 2/3. Albrecht...
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A Review of the SpyVerter R2
The SpyVerter is a high performance upconverter that enables HF reception on SDR’s that aren’t able to tune directly to HF frequencies. Like any upconverter it works by converting those lower HF...
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Nigun Downconverter PCB Completed
We last posted about Nigun back in January 2017, and at that point the schematic design had just been completed. Nigun is a downconverter which can be used to allow the RTL-SDR and other SDRs to...
View ArticleComprehensive Video Guide to Trunking and Digital Voice with the RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user AVT Marketing has uploaded a five part video series that very clearly and slowly shows how to use an RTL-SDR to set up trunking and digital voice monitoring. In the videos he uses...
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