Showing the HF Interference Problem from Ethernet over Powerline Devices
Over on our YouTube channel we’ve uploaded a new video that shows how bad the interference from Ethernet over Power devices can be. Ethernet over Power, Powerline Networking, Powerline Communications...
View ArticleReceiving GOES 16 Weather Satellite Images with the Open Satellite Project
Back in October/November of last year Lucas Teske showed us how to receive weather satellite images from the GOES line of geostationary satellites with an Airspy SDR (and possibly an RTL-SDR too), dish...
View ArticleAirspy HF+: An upcoming low cost yet high performance HF SDR
Over on the Airspy Yahoo forums and Twitter we’ve seen news of an upcoming new product from the developers of the Airspy SDR. The new product is called the Airspy HF+ and will be a low cost, yet...
View ArticleSpyServer: Airspy Streaming Server Now Released
SDR# has just been updated to version 1525 (changelog) and it now includes a new program called ‘SpyServer’. SpyServer is a Windows based streaming server for Airspy devices, and is somewhat similar to...
View Articlewelle.io: A New RTL-SDR & Airspy DAB/DAB+ Decoder Available for Windows/Linux
Thanks to Albrecht Lohofener for submitting to us his new software package called ‘welle.io’ which is a free DAB and DAB+ decoder and player that supports the RTL-SDR (directly or also via rtl_tcp) and...
View ArticleAirspy HF+ Official Specifications Released
Last month we saw news of the Airspy HF+, which is a yet to be released software defined radio with a focus on high performance reception in the HF bands. Some preliminary specs were unofficially...
View ArticleSDRSharp SpyServer Now Supports the RTL-SDR
About a month ago the Airspy and SDRSharp development team released their new ‘SpyServer’ software. SpyServer is a streaming server for Airspy devices, which allows them to be used over a network...
View ArticleDK8OK Review of the Airspy and SpyVerter
Recently DK8OK wrote in to us and wanted to share his latest review of the Airspy and SpyVerter combo (pdf). His review focuses on HF usage and he shows various examples of HF signals that he has...
View ArticleSpyServer 2.0 Released: More Efficient Streaming for Airspy and RTL-SDR
Back in March the team behind the Airspy SDR and SDRSharp software released the SpyServer, a piece of software that allows you to stream radio data from a remote Airspy receiver over a network. Then...
View ArticleXRIT Decoder for GOES Satellites: Supports Airspy R2/Mini and SDRplay RSP2
Over on his blog USA-Satcom has released his XRIT (LRIT/HRIT) decoder for GOES satellites. The software requires a licence and costs $100 USD. GOES-13 (East), GOES-15 (West) and the new GOES-16 are...
View ArticleA Review of the SpyVerter R2
The SpyVerter is a high performance upconverter that enables HF reception on SDR’s that aren’t able to tune directly to HF frequencies. Like any upconverter it works by converting those lower HF...
View ArticleFirst Renderings of the Airspy HF+ Revealed
Back in February of this year we first heard about the Airspy HF+, which is an upcoming product from the Airspy team that is intended to be a high performance HF receiver at a low price. Over on the...
View ArticleSDR-Console V3 Latest Update: Signal History & Receiver Panes
SDR-Console is a popular RTL-SDR compatible multi purpose SDR software package which is similar to programs like SDR#, HDSDR and SDRuno. Currently SDR-Console V2 is the stable version and SDR-Console...
View ArticleOur Review of the Airspy HF+: Compared against ColibriNANO, Airspy Mini, RSP2
Over the last few months we’ve been posting and getting excited about the Airspy HF+, an upcoming high dynamic range HF/VHF receiver designed for DXing. The Airspy team were kind enough to supply us...
View ArticleSDRSharp SpyServer Now Supports the RTL-SDR
About a month ago the Airspy and SDRSharp development team released their new ‘SpyServer’ software. SpyServer is a streaming server for Airspy devices, which allows them to be used over a network...
View ArticleDK8OK Review of the Airspy and SpyVerter
Recently DK8OK wrote in to us and wanted to share his latest review of the Airspy and SpyVerter combo (pdf). His review focuses on HF usage and he shows various examples of HF signals that he has...
View ArticleSpyServer 2.0 Released: More Efficient Streaming for Airspy and RTL-SDR
Back in March the team behind the Airspy SDR and SDRSharp software released the SpyServer, a piece of software that allows you to stream radio data from a remote Airspy receiver over a network. Then...
View ArticleXRIT Decoder for GOES Satellites: Supports Airspy R2/Mini and SDRplay RSP2
Over on his blog USA-Satcom has released his XRIT (LRIT/HRIT) decoder for GOES satellites. The software requires a licence and costs $100 USD. GOES-13 (East), GOES-15 (West) and the new GOES-16 are...
View ArticleA Review of the SpyVerter R2
The SpyVerter is a high performance upconverter that enables HF reception on SDR’s that aren’t able to tune directly to HF frequencies. Like any upconverter it works by converting those lower HF...
View ArticleFirst Renderings of the Airspy HF+ Revealed
Back in February of this year we first heard about the Airspy HF+, which is an upcoming product from the Airspy team that is intended to be a high performance HF receiver at a low price. Over on the...
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