Testing the HackRF and Portapack with an LNA4ALL
Over on YouTube Adam 9A4QV has been testing out his HackRF and Portapack with his LNA4ALL. The LNA4ALL is able to be powered inline via the bias tee on the HackRF. In the first video Adam shows that...
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Testing the Outernet Dreamcatcher: Linux Based ARM PC with Built in RTL-SDR
Last week we posted about Outernet’s new Dreamcatcher unit which is an RTL-SDR + L-band LNA + computing board all on the same PCB. The Dreamcatcher comes with a new active ceramic L-band patch antenna,...
View ArticleNew Raspberry Pi image preloaded with software available for the SDRplay
Over on their forums the SDRplay team have just released a new Raspberry Pi image which comes preloaded with the drivers and a bunch of ready to use software. They write We have released a Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleReceiving NOAA 19 HRPT with a HackRF, LNA4All and Cooking Pot Antenna
Over on his YouTube channel Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video that shows him receiving the NOAA 19 HRPT signal at 1698 MHz with his HackRF, LNA4ALL and the simple circularly polarized cooking pot antenna...
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Receiving Jupiter Noise Bursts with an SDRplay RSP1
Over on YouTube user MaskitolSAE has uploaded a video showing him receiving some noise bursts from Jupiter with his SDRplay RSP1. The planet Jupiter is known to emit bursts of noise via natural ‘radio...
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SDR-Console V3 Latest Update: Signal History & Receiver Panes
SDR-Console is a popular RTL-SDR compatible multi purpose SDR software package which is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDRuno. Currently SDR-Console V2 is the stable version and SDR-Console...
View ArticleTalking to Ghosts with an RTL-SDR Dongle
Back in November of last year we posted about Doug Haber’s gqrx-ghostbox which is software that turns your RTL-SDR into an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) tool, or in other words a ‘ghost box’ or...
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Using National Weather Service Stations for Forward Scatter Meteor Detection
Over on his blog Dave Venne has been documenting his attempts at using National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasts for forward scatter meteor detection with an RTL-SDR. Forward scatter meteor detection...
View ArticleVideo Tutorials: Setting up an RTL-SDR and HackRF with SDR-Console V3, Using...
Over on his YouTube channel user Corrosive has uploaded a set of videos that show how to install and get started with an RTL-SDR or HackRF with SDR-Console V3. The video series starts from the very...
View ArticleAsking an Amazon Echo to Spot Planes with help from an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi
Amazon Echo is a smart home device which is essentially a hands free speaker that responds to voice commands in a similar way to ‘Okay Google’ and Siri does on your phone. With voice commands you can...
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Android App Aerial TV Banned from Google Play – Now Available on Amazon
Aerial TV is an Android app that allows you to watch DVB-T TV with an RTL-SDR on a mobile device. We posted about Aerial TV back in April and it was available on the Google Play store back then....
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Using an RTL-SDR and TEMPEST to attack AES
All electronic devices emit some sort of unintentional RF signals which can be received by an eavesdropping radio. These unintentional signals are sometimes referred to as TEMPEST, after the NSA and...
View ArticleListening to and Tracking NXDN/IDAS Trunking Systems with two RTL-SDRs
Over on YouTube user radiosification has uploaded a video tutorial that shows how to decode, follow and listen to NXDN/IDAS trunking radio signals. NXDN/IDAS is a narrowband digital voice protocol...
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A Review of the KiwiSDR: 10 kHz – 30 MHz Wideband Network SDR
The KiwiSDR is a 14-bit wideband RX only HF software defined radio created by John Seamons (ZL/KF6VO) which has up to 32 MHz of bandwidth, so it can receive the entire 10 kHz – 30 MHz VLF/LF/MW/HF...
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A Datasheet for our RTL-SDR.com V3 Dongles
A few people have been asking for a RTL-SDR.com V3 data/info sheet, so we have written one up here (PDF). The datasheet explains the improvements made to the V3, and how to use some of the special...
View ArticleYouTube Talk: Introduction to DSpectrum for Reverse Engineering Signals
Over on YouTube a talk from the author of DSpectrum has been uploaded from his talk during the 13th Cyberspectrum Melbourne meetup. In his talk he goes through the full process of reverse engineering a...
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The BreadBoard RF103: A homemade 16-bit, 0 – 1800 MHz Software Defined Radio
Over on his blog IK1XPV has been writing about his experiments in trying to create a new SDR which he calls the ‘BreadBoard RF103’. His SDR is based on a FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit which is a...
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SatNOGs No-Rotator Setup
Thank you to Silvia P. for writing in and letting up know about the SatNOGs “No-Rotator” project, which looks a lot easier to build compared to their motorized rotator. SatNOGs is an idea and...
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Skylark Image for Outernet’s Dreamcatcher RTL-SDR
About two weeks ago we posted our review of the Dreamcatcher, a new RTL-SDR and full ARM based computing platform built onto a single PCB. Back then the only OS available for it was a standard Armbian...
View ArticleUsing a TV Dipole Antenna for NOAA Satellite Reception
Over on YouTube icholakov has uploaded a video showing how effective a simple old TV bunny ears antenna can be at receiving NOAA satellite images. The old TV antenna is telescoping so it can be...
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