New Demo of the Upcoming Spyverter Upconverter
The Spyverter is a new high performance upconverter that is being developed by the team behind the Airspy software defined radio and the SDR# software. It is designed to be used together with the...
View ArticleAirspy Revision 2 Released
The Airspy is a $200 USD software defined radio that has a frequency range between 24 – 1700 MHz, bandwidth of up to 10 MHz and a 12-bit ADC. We consider it to be a good upgrade from those who have...
View ArticleSDR-J Now Compatible with the Raspberry Pi 2
The popular software DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) decoder SDR-J has recently been updated and can now run on the Raspberry Pi 2. In addition the author has also added experimental DRM decoding...
View ArticleSpyVerter Upconverter now for sale
The team behind the Airspy software defined radio (as well has the popular SDR# software package) have just released the SpyVerter upconverter for sale. Upconverters shift HF frequencies (0 – 30 MHz)...
View ArticleReview of the SpyVerter Upconverter
The SpyVerter is a new upconverter that has recently gone on sale. It is created by Youssef (he programmed SDR# and worked on the development of the Airspy SDR) and Bob W9RAN (of rantechnology.com and...
View ArticleRunning the Airspy ADSB decoder at full speed on a Raspberry Pi 2
Bob W9RAN recently wrote in to let us know about some developments he and Youssef have had with getting the Airspy to function at full speed on a Raspberry Pi 2 with ADS-B decoding. Bob and Youssef...
View ArticleDemonstrating Radio Frequency Interference with an Airspy
Over on YouTube user Ejo Schrama has uploaded a short video showing a demonstration of radio frequency interference (RFI) from various Arduino based devices he’s built. The interference comes from the...
View ArticleAirspy and Spyverter using a GPSDO
Recently Tim Havens (NW0W) wrote in to use to let us know about his work in connecting the Airspy and Spyverter to a very accurate GPS disciplined oscillator (GPSDO). Usually the drift on the Airspy...
View ArticleReview: Airspy vs. SDRplay RSP vs. HackRF
When people consider upgrading from the RTL-SDR, there are three mid priced software defined radios that come to most peoples minds: The Airspy, the SDRplay RSP and the HackRF. These three are all in...
View ArticleYouTube video showing Inmarsat C-Band AERO Reception
Last week we posted how programmer Jonti had successfully implemented a C-Band AERO decoder into his JAERO software. C-band AERO signals are the earth downlink portion of AERO. Planes transmit data...
View ArticleSpectrum Spy: New Spectrum Analyzer Software for the Airspy
Software defined radio’s can easily be used a very wideband spectrum analyzers by quickly stepping through the spectrum at the largest stable bandwidth supported. The RTL-SDR has had this functionality...
View ArticleComparing ADS-B Reception with the RTL-SDR, Airspy and Beast Receivers
Over on satsignal.eu the author has set up a page showing live statistics of his ADS-B reception for the RTL-SDR and Airspy software defined radios, and also for the Beast ADS-B receiver. The Airspy is...
View ArticleAISRec Updated to Version 2.1
AISRec is an RTL-SDR (and now Airspy) compatible AIS (automatic identification system) dual channel decoder. AIS is an acronym for Automatic Identification System and is a system used by ships to...
View ArticleComparing the FunCube Dongle Pro+, Airspy/SpyVerter and SDRplay on Shortwave
Over on YouTube user London Shortwave has uploaded a video showing a comparison of the FunCube Dongle Pro+, Airspy with SpyVerter upconverter and SDRplay on shortwave reception. The Funcube, Airspy and...
View ArticleUsing the Airspy as a low cost Spectrum Analyzer with Spectrum Spy
Over on his blog VK4ZXI has been testing the Airspy with the Spectrum Spy software. The Airspy is a $199USD software defined radio that can be considered as a high end upgrade to the RTL-SDR as it has...
View ArticleAirspy Mini: $99 USD, 24 – 1800 MHz, 12-Bit RX SDR Now Available for Preorder
Over the last few months we’d constantly heard hints that the Airspy team was working on a miniaturized version of their popular Airspy SDR. Today the Airspy Mini has been released for preorder. The...
View ArticleReceiving Inmarsat L-Band AERO with a DVB-T Antenna, Amplifier and Airspy Mini
To show that a specialized antenna is not required to receive L-band Inmarsat AERO satellite signals, YouTube user SkyWatcher has uploaded a video showing how he was able to receive these signals with...
View ArticleLeif SM5BSZ’s Testing of the Airspy Mini
Over on YouTube Leif (SM5BSZ) has uploaded two videos showing some of his tests with the new Airspy Mini. Leif is fairly well known within the SDR community for writing the program Linrad and for doing...
View ArticleUsing the Airspy on an Odroid C2
The Odroid C2 is a $40 single board computer with a 2 GHz ARM-A53 quad core CPU and 2GB of RAM. Compared to a Raspberry Pi 3 it is more powerful and costs about the same. The Airspy R2/Mini is a...
View ArticleReview of the Airspy Mini
The Airspy Mini is a recently released $99 USD software defined radio with a tuning range of 24 MHz to 1800 MHz, 12-bit ADC and up to 6 MHz of bandwidth. The Mini is the younger brother of the $199 USD...
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