Demonstrating Solar Inverter Noise Cancelling with a Timewave ANC-4 and...
At his house W1VLF found that his solar inverter was causing huge amounts of interference on the HF bands, essentially making any hope at receiving shortwave or amateur radio signals impossible on his...
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The Spectrum Monitor: The ABCs of ADS-B and Airband Reception using Software...
Thank you to Mario Filippi (N2HUN, WQWL238) for submitting news about his latest article that has been published in the March 2020 edition of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. The article is titled "The...
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IGate2: An RTL-SDR Compatible APRS iGate for Android
Thank you yo Agrosi Luciano for submitting news about his new RTL-SDR compatible Android App called "IGate2". IGate2 is a receive only APRS IGate written for Android devices. There is a free and paid...
View ArticleCombining Android Tasker and an RTL-SDR for Mobile Automated Frequency Power...
Over on YouTube Ian Grody has uploaded two videos demonstrating an early alpha project that he is working on which combines Android Tasker with RTL-SDR frequency scanning. Tasker is an Android...
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Thesis on Locating Transmitters with TDoA and RTL-SDRs
Jan Hrach of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Univerzita Karlova in the Czech Republic recently defended his Masters thesis titled "Passive emitter tracking". The main theme of the thesis was...
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NooElec Releases the Ham-It-Up Nano HF Upconverter
Today NooElec have released a new product called the "Ham-it-up Nano" for US$49.95 on their store and Amazon. The original Ham-it-up is an HF upconverter that enables reception of the HF bands with...
View ArticleA Seminar on Setting up and Understanding a SatNOGS Satellite Ground Station
At the 2019 TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), Corey Shields (KB9JHU) and Dan White (AD0CQ) presented a comprehensive guide on setting up your own SatNOGS satellite ground receiver station....
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial on Receiving Weather Images from NOAA Satellites
Over on YouTube the "Ham Radio Crash Course" channel has uploaded a new video showing how to receive APT images from NOAA weather satellites. There are many tutorials (such as ours here) and videos on...
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The Othernet Bullseye TCXO LNB for QO-100 Reception
Othernet have recently released their new "Bullseye" 10 kHz Ultra High Stability Universal LNB. It is currently on sale and available for US$39.95 + shipping on their store. The LNB is designed for...
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OpenEar: An Easy to Use Windows TETRA Voice Decoder
A new TETRA voice decoder called "OpenEar" has just been released. The program is a standalone Windows app that directly connects to an RTL-SDR. Decoding a TETRA voice signal is as simple as opening...
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SATSAGEN: Software to use a PlutoSDR as a Tracking Spectrum Analyzer
Thank you to Frank, HB9FXQ for submitting news about a new Windows program called SATSAGEN which allows you to use a PlutoSDR as a wideband spectrum analyzer. SATSAGEN was created by Alberto IU1KVL and...
View ArticleTechminds Reviews a HF RX SWL Antenna for Small Spaces and Apartments
Over on his YouTube channel TechMinds has uploaded a video reviewing the X1-HF 1 - 50 MHz Trapped Coil Receiving antenna from Moonraker.eu which goes for £69.95. This is a small electrically short...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hamvention Cancelled & Other Updates
Hamvention, the largest yearly amateur radio event has been cancelled this year due to concerns over the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). It was due to be held during May 15 - May 18, 2020....
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Sign up to be an Early Beta Tester of CENOS Antenna Design and Simulation...
CENOS are a company specializing in 3D modelling and simulation software for induction heating applications. However, they are now branching out and are creating software for antenna design and...
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Building an Underground Earth Probe Antenna for 0 – 14 MHz TX/RX
Thank you to Jean-Marie Polard (F5VLB) for letting us know about his work in creating underground "earth probe" antennas that work for both RX and TX between 0 - 14 MHz, and are especially good at VLF...
View ArticleTechminds Reviews the Ham-It-Up Nano Upconverter
A few days ago we posted about the release of the new NooElec Ham-It-Up Nano upconverter which sells for US$49.95 on their store and Amazon. Upconverters enable SDRs that cannot tune in the HF bands to...
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UFO Tracking Network using RTL-SDRs to Rule out False Positives from...
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Tracking Network (UAPTN) is an effort to set up crowd sourced Raspberry Pi powered cameras all over the world in order to record videos of "unidentified aerial...
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YouLoop Portable Passive HF/VHF Loop Antenna now Available in our Store
We have recently been able to obtain a small number of YouLoop HF/VHF portable receive only passive antennas that were produced by the owner of Airspy. The YouLoop is available in our store priced at...
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SDRplay Coronavirus Supply and Distribution Impact Update
SDRplay have recently released an update on how the Coronavirus is impacting their supply lines. In short, they note that their fulfillment is currently normal, but there may be delays in the logistics...
View ArticleRTL-SDR AIS Android App Now with Waterfall Display for Frequency Offset Tuning
Thank you to Christian, author of the RTL-SDR AIS Android App for letting us know that he's updated his app and it now includes a waterfall display for tuning the AIS frequency. Tuning the AIS...
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