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Introducing RTL-SDR: a $20 SDR
If you don’t want to spend $1,200+ for a USRP SDR to use GNU Radio the crew at OsmoSDR want to help. In addition to their other amazing work, Osmocom team members (notably Steve Markgraf) have been...
View ArticleRTL-SDR GNU Radio update
While we await the arrival of the Ezcap dongle from DealExtreme we found this video from Balint Seeber. He’s made using this device with GNU Radio even easier by coding up a source block for use with...
View ArticleDongle Shootout: Funcube vs RTL SDR
Kanal von MegaOscarVideos from Germany presents a two-part video comparision of the Funcube dongle and a RTL-SDR DVB-T dongle, in this case a Hama Nano version. The two devices are connected to the...
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Receiving Oregon Scientific sensors with RTL-SDR
Kevin Mehall got his RTL-SDR dongle and wasted no time in developing a decoder using GNU Radio for the 433MHz transmissions of Oregon Scientific remote temperature sensors (v1 protocol). These devices...
View ArticleRTL-SDR spectrum analyzer on the Beaglebone
Alexandru Csete, amateur radio operator OZ9AEC, has developed this spectrum analyzer running on a Beaglebone dev board. He calls the project the rtlizer, designed to be a simple real-time spectrum...
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RTL-SDR scanner
Al from Ear to Ear Oak has released this open source cross platform Python frequency scanning GUI for the OsmoSDR rtl-sdr library. The software scans a range of frequencies and plots the result,...
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RTL-SDR monitors ADS-B with ADSB# and adsbScope
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a radio communications system used by aircraft worldwide to transmit position and identification information. It uses a frequency of 1090 MHz,...
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Tutorial: receiving ACARS with RTL-SDR
This posting on RTL-SDR.com provides a good explanation of how to receive and decode the aeronautical digital communications known as Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)...
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RTL-SDR dsd tutorial: monitoring P25 digital voice
The crew over at RTL-SDR.com has posted a simple tutorial on using the RTL-SDR dongle and free SDR# and Digital Speech Decoder software (dsd) to monitor P25 digital radio voice comms. They describe,...
View ArticleTutorial: Kali Linux with GNU Radio, GQRX and RTL-SDR dongle
If you’ve tried to install GNU Radio from binaries without success, this video from NeedSec is for you. He demonstrates how to intall GNU Radio on Kali Linux from source, and confirms operation of the...
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Tracking low earth satellites using RTL-SDR
Travis Goodspeed has been experimenting with remote satellite tracking over the internet. His setup uses a satellite dish originally used with a mobile earth station on maritime vessels. Movement of...
View ArticleRTL-SDR spectrum analyzer for BeagleBone Black using ViewRF software
Stephen Ong previously released this video demonstrating the use of RTL-SDR dongle with the BeagleBone dev board to function as a spectrum analyzer. The software making this possible is known as...
View ArticleDetecting the Perseids meteor shower using RTL-SDR
Amateur radio operation EB3FRN demonstrates how he used an RTL-SDR dongle tuned to a distant VHF transmitter as a passive radar receiver to view the echoes produced by the meteor’s ionization. The...
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Receiving, decoding and decrypting GSM with RTL-SDR
Domi007 has been experimenting with using the RTL-SDR dongle to receive and analyze GSM signals for research and academic purposes. He has posted a four parttutorial explaining his use of GNU Radio...
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EFERGY E2 Classic FSK decoding using RTL-SDR and R-Pi
Nathaniel Elijah has posted the a complete working prototype of an EFERGY E2 CLASSIC Transmission decoder using a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR USB Dongle. The EFERGY E2 Classic is an electrical usage...
View ArticleR-Pi and RTL-SDR = AFSK transmission between two Linux boxes
This video depicts the successful transmission of AFSK data via a radio link between two Linux machines using a R-Pi and an RTL-SDR dongle. The crew at Kprod posted this cool RTL-SDR project on their...
View ArticleDecoding FLEX pagers using RTL-SDR and Linux
Superkuh2 demonstrates how to decode FLEX pager radio traffic. He uses gr-pager and zarya’s implementation of it on the Linux platform with the RTL-SDR dongle. This script runs at a 250 KS/s sample...
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RTL-SDR + SDR Radio + Funcube Sat
Amateur radio operator N4JTC has written a blog post about his experiences using the RTL-SDR dongle to receive the Funcube Satellite. With the recent record number of cubesat launches this month most...
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Decoding radio-controlled bus stop displays
Oona Räisänen (a/k/a Windytan) is a self-taught signals and electronics hacker from Helsinki, Finland, who is fascinated by mysteries, codes and ciphers, and vintage tech. She’s previously written...
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Rtl_fm Guide: The long lost documentation
Kyle Keen has written up documentation on his Rtl_fm utility, which enhances RTL-SDR operation on older PCs. Rtl_fm is a little utility I wrote for the RTL-SDR project. The program was made to fill a...
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