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QIRX SDR Beta 2.0.1.0 Released: Improvements to DAB Scanner, Recorder and...
QIRX SDR is a multimode SDR program compatible with the RTL-SDR. One of its defining features is that it has a built in DAB+ decoder. Recently beta version 2.01 of QIRX SDR was released which has some...
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SigintOS: A Linux Distro for Signal Intelligence
Recently we've heard of a new Linux distribution called SigintOS becoming available for download. SigintOS is an Ubuntu based distribution with a number of built in signal intelligence applications for...
View ArticleBuilding a Transmit/Receive Relay System for a “Boat Anchor” Transmitter and...
Over on YouTube user ElPaso TubeAmps has uploaded a video showing his transit/receiver relay system that allows a "boat anchor" (old radio) ham radio transmitter and SDRplay SDR receiver to coexist. In...
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Othernet Dreamcatcher On Sale for Only $49
Over on the Othernet website the Dreamcatcher hardware is currently on sale for only US$49. This is the lowest we've ever seen it for sale. If you weren't already aware, the Othernet project aims to...
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SDRplay Spectrum Analyzer Software Updated to V1.0a
Steve Andrew, the author of the SDRplay Spectrum Analyzer software has recently released an update which enables several new features. This software allows you to use SDRplay SDRs to scan a wide swath...
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Ghosts in the Air Glow HAARP Art Project: Transmitting Until March 28
The famous HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) antenna array will be transmitting again from March 25 - March 28, 2019. HAARP is an antenna array which is used to perform experiments...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Using DSDPlus Fastlane for Listening to Phase 1 P25 Trunking
DSDPlus is a popular piece of software often used with RTL-SDR dongles to listen to unencrypted digital voice signals such as P25 and DMR. Digital voice is now commonly used by many Police and...
View ArticleRSA Conference Talks: IOT Hacking with SDR, Tracking Rogue RF Devices &...
RSA Conference is an information security event that was recently held on March 4 - 8 in San Francisco. The talks have been uploaded to YouTube and from what we see there are three interesting SDR/RF...
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Replicating A Rolljam Wireless Vehicle Entry Attack with a Yardstick One and...
Over on his hackaday.io blog, Gonçalo Nespral has written about his experiences in recreating Samy Kamkars now famous low cost rolljam attack. A rolljam attack allows an attacker break into a car by...
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GNU Radio Conference 2019: Registration Open + Call For Papers
GNU Radio Conference is a yearly conference based around the GNU Radio project and the surrounding community. GNU Radio is an open source digital signal processing (DSP) toolkit which is often used to...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Setting Up Priority and Groups in DSDPlus Fastlane
In his last video, Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel showed us a quick guide on setting up a Phase 1 P25 digital voice decoder with two RTL-SDR dongles and the DSDPlus Fastlane...
View ArticleNext International Space Station SSTV Event on April 11 – 14
Thank you to Alex Happysat for writing in and letting us know about the next upcoming ISS SSTV event which will begin on 11 April at about 18:00 UTC and end on 14 April 2019 18:00 UTC. If you were...
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A Portable RTL-SDR Based ADS-B Receiver with Display and 3D Printed Enclosure
Over on Hackaday.io user nathan.matsuda has written about his RTL-SDR based hand held ADS-B aircraft receiver with display and 3D printed enclosure. His initial idea was to create a flexible and open...
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NUT2NT+ Crowdfunding: Open Source GNSS RF-to-bits Receiver
Back in May 2018 we first posted about Amungo Navigation's NUT4NT+ project, which is a four channel global navigation satellite system (GNSS) board based on the NT1065 chip. With the right antenna, it...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: ADS-B Aircraft Tracking with RTL-SDR, dump1090 and Virtual...
Over on his YouTube channel Corrosive from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel has uploaded a tutorial that shows how to set up ADS-B aircraft tracking with an RTL-SDR, dump1090 and Virtual Radar...
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Extensive Russian GPS Spoofing Exposed in Report
Recently a US non-profit known as the Center of Advanced Defense (C4ADS) released a report titled "Exposing GPS Spoofing in Russia and Syria". In the report C4ADS detail how GPS and Global Navigation...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: KerberosSDR Direction Finding Video Tutorial
Over on his YouTube channel SignalsEverywhere, Corrosive has uploaded a new video about setting up a KerberosSDR for direction finding. KerberosSDR is our new 4-input Coherent RTL-SDR that was...
View ArticleReaching Across Europe with a Raspberry Pi Zero and WsprryPi
Over on YouTube user Techminds has uploaded a video that shows how he is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to transmit WSPR. To do this he uses the WsprryPi software which allows you to transmit WSPR by...
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Tracking Dictators Around the World with ADS-B Data
Over on Reddit freelance investigative journalist Emmanuel Freudenhal has put up a very interesting post about how he is using ADS-B tracking to keep an eye on the travel habits of dictators around the...
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Creating an EMC Probe using an RTL-SDR and Semi-Rigid Coax
Thank you to Dimitris for submitting his article on creating an RTL-SDR based EMC probe. An EMC probe is a device that can be used to detect electromagnetic interference leaking from areas on...
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