Converting an Old Cable Modem into an SDR
Over on his github blog, user stdw has uploaded a comprehensive post explaining how he investigated and turned an old Motorola MB7220 cable modem that was sitting in his closet …
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Sanchez Scripting Examples For Post-Processing GOES, GK2A, Himawari, Elektro Satellite Images
Recently we posted about new updates to the Sanchez software. The updates allow users to combine images received from multiple geostationary weather satellites such as GOES 16/17, Himawari-8, GK-2A and …
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Tech Minds: Portable RTL-SDR on Android
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has recently released a new video demonstrating how to use an RTL-SDR portably via an Android tablet and an OTG cable. In the …
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Testing VOR Navigation in the Stratosphere with an SDRplay RSP1 and High Altitude Balloon
Over on the SDRplay blog Jon has posted about the STRATONAV experiment which makes use of the SDRplay RSP1 software defined radio. The STRATONAV experiment uses high altitude balloons to …
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Using an RTL-SDR to Measure the Basis for the Dark Matter Hypothesis
From calculations depending on the distribution of visible star mass in our galaxy, a certain galactic rotational velocity vs distance from center curve is expected. However, when scientists actually measure …
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Simple APCO P25 Phase 1 Decoder Plugin Released for SDR#
Vasili, author of several SDR# plugins has recently released a new APCO P25 plugin for SDR#. The plugin is easy to use, simply tune to a P25 voice signal, and …
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Conference Talk on PICTOR A Free-to-Use Open Source Radio Telescope based on RTL-SDR
At this years FOSDEM 2020 conference Apostolos Spanakis-Misirlis has presented a talk on his PICTOR open source radio telescope project. We have posted about PICTOR in the past [1, 2] …
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SDR Sharp Slicer Now Supports RTL-SDR and other SDRs
Youssef, Author of the SDR# software has recently updated SDR#, now extending the Sharp Slicer functionality which we posted about earlier to RTL-SDR and other supported software defined radios. The …
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Tracking RTL-SDR Passive Radar Detections with a Kalman Filter
Back in January we posted about Max Manning’s work about building a passive radar system out of two RTL-SDR dongles modified to share the same local oscillator. He’s recently extended …
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Bullseye TCXO LNB for QO-100 33% Off Sale Ending Soon
On September 15 we began our 33% off stock reduction sale for the Bullseye LNB. The Bullseye is an ultra stable LNB for receiving QO-100 and other Ku-Band satellites/applications. We’ll …
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