A Neat HF SDR Receiver made from an Audio Reverb Chip
Over on his blog, Ray Ring has posted about his neat little "Mini SDRadio" made from an Si5351 clock generator and a FV-1 reverb audio processor chip. The Spin Semiconductor FV-1 is a digital reverb...
View ArticleUsing HackRFs to Locate a UAV Transmitter via Signal Strength Analysis
During the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting conference, authors Xuemei Huang, Kun Yan, Hsiao-Chun Wu and Yiyan Wu presented a research paper titled...
View ArticleAn Overview of the Elektor SDR Hands-on Arduino Shield Kit
Over on YouTube, Elektor have uploaded an overview of their Elektor SDR Hands-on kit. The €49.46 kit is an Arduino shield, that turns an Arduino microcontroller board into a 150 kHz to 30 MHz capable...
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New Elad FDM-S3 Specifications and Photos
The Elad FDM-S3 is an upcoming high performance Hf speciality SDR that is expected to be released this year with a price of 949.90 € ($1040 USD). Over on the swling.com blog, and the Elad website we've...
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Using Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) to Run Linux SDR Programs on Windows 10
Thank you to Happysat who has shared with us a useful tutorial that explains how we can run Linux only SDR programs on a Windows 10 system using the Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) feature. WSL is a...
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Look4Sat: An Android App for Tracking and Predicting Amateur Radio and...
Thank you to Arty Bishop for submitting news about his recently released Android App called Look4Sat. Look4Sat is a satellite tracker and pass predictor with a focus on amateur radio and weather...
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Creating a Low Cost Ground Penetrating Radar with Two HackRFs
A ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a system that uses RF pulses between 10 to 2.6 GHz to image up to a few meters below the ground. A typical GPR system consists of a transmitting radio and antenna...
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Driver Patch for FC0013 RTL-SDRs Improves UHF and ADS-B Performance
Thank you to Benjamin Larsson for submitting news about a FC0013 tuner patch he's submitted for the Osmocom RTL-SDR driver code. FC0013 based RTL-SDRs have been relatively unpopular due to the reduced...
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Gaining Access to Windows on the Flex 6500 SDR Transceiver and Installing...
The Flex 6500 is a now discontinued (only refurb units available for US$2,600) transceiver SDR made for amateur radio use. Together with the optional Maestro control panel, it forms a fully standalone...
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MEMESat-1: A Meme-Beaming Cubesat Currently In Development
The Mission for Education and Multimedia Engagement Satellite (MEMESat-1) is planned to be the first meme broadcasting cube satellite ever created. If you aren't down with modern slang and are not...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: Exploring Cable Modem Signals with Software Defined Radio
Over on YouTube SignalsEverywhere has just uploaded his latest video about using a HackRF and Airspy R2/Mini to explore the signals coming out of an internet cable modem's coax cable. In the video he...
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KerberosSDR: Tracking Aircraft on a Map via Passive Radar and Beamforming...
If you've been following KerberosSDR development (our US$149 4 channel coherent RTL-SDR), then you'll know that one interesting experiment that you can set up with it is a passive radar. Passive radar...
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OpenWebRX Version 0.18.0 Released: New Decoders for Digital Voice, Digital...
Back in early January we posted about how the popular web based SDR and RTL-SDR compatible receiver software known as OpenWebRX was officially discontinued by the original author. However, thanks to...
View ArticleMichael Ossmann & Kate Temkin Present Software Defined Everything with...
At the Hackaday Supercon Michael Ossmann & Kate Temkin presented a talk called "Software-Defined Everything" where they demonstrated some applications of the "GreatFET One" interface board. Michael...
View ArticleOpening a Parking Barrier with a HackRF Portapack and a Replay Attack
Over on YouTube user kwon lee has uploaded a video demonstrating a replay attack against a parking barrier arm. The tools he uses are a HackRF and Portapack running the Havok firmware. A replay attack...
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OpenAstroTracker: 3D Printed DSLR Tracking Mount may be useful for Antennas Too
OpenAstroTracker is a recently published open hardware 3D printed tracking mount designed to move DSLR cameras for astrophotography. The mount supports heavy long lenses, so we think that this mount...
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New 978 MHz UAT Specialty RTL-SDR and Antenna and Dual 1090 & VHF Antenna...
Over on Amazon we've recently seen the release of a 978 MHz UAT specialty RTL-SDR and 978 MHz tuned antenna by the flight tracking service known as AirNav RadarBox. The RTL-SDR appears to be similar to...
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ADSBExchange now using tar1090: Historical Flight Tracks, Military Aircraft...
ADSBExchange is an aircraft tracking website service which aggregates ADS-B data from contributors running RTL-SDR's or similar receivers worldwide. However, unlike other flight tracking sites such as...
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GQRX Updates: GR3.8, New Color Maps, Bug and Performance Fixes
Since mid-January 2020 the popular Linux and Mac compatible SDR program GQRX has seen a number of new code commits over on it's git repository. Some of the updates include moving to GNU Radio 3.8, new...
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OneSDR New Posts: RF Filter Primer, Bias Tees, SDR Precautions
Over on onesdr.com a new SDR tutorial website, the authors have put up three new posts. The first post is part 2 of their "How Not to Break your Software-defined Radio (SDR) Hardware" series. This post...
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