André shares his QO-100 Ground Station and HF/VHF/UHF Station
Thank you to RTL-SDR.com reader André for submitting and sharing with us his QO-100 ground station setup. The setup also includes antennas and equipment to receive HF and VHF/UHF. His setup can serve...
View ArticleTechMinds: Using a Software Defined Radio as a Radio Telescope
Back in 2020 we released a tutorial about how to use a 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid Dish antenna as a radio telescope which can detect and measure the Hydrogen line emissions in our Milky Way galaxy. Recently...
View ArticleAirspy and YouLoop 2024 Black Friday Sale 20% OFF
Airspy is holding their annual Black Friday sale, this year offering 20% off their range of products. The sale is active at all participating resellers, which includes our own store where we have the...
View ArticleAirspy HF+ Firmware Updated to R4.0.0
The Airspy HF+ and HF+ Discovery are popular and affordable software defined radios that have a focus on excellent reception on the HF bands. Recently @lambdaprog, the creator of Airspy products has...
View ArticleA Review of WarDragon: A Portable SDR Kit
Over several years Aaron (@cemaxecuter) has been working on DragonOS, a popular Linux distribution that comes preinstalled with many different programs for software defined radios. A Linux distribution...
View ArticleSDR# Version 1920 Released
A few days ago SDRSharp version 1920 was released. SDRSharp (SDR#) is a popular Windows program that is affiliated with Airspy SDR dongles, but is compatible with RTL-SDR and various other SDRs as...
View ArticleYouTube Video Series on Iridium Satellite Decoding with an Airspy, RTL-SDR...
Over on his YouTube channel, Rob VK8FOES has started a new video series about Iridium Satellite Decoding. Iridium is a constellation of low-earth orbiting satellites that provide voice and data...
View ArticleAirspy HF+ Ranger: A New Airspy Product Teased
Over on Twitter/X @lamdbaprog, creator of Airspy products and the SDRSharp software has teased his next upcoming software-defined radio hardware called the "Airspy HF+ Ranger". The Airspy HF+ Ranger...
View ArticleAirspy 2024 Summer Sale: 15% Off All Airspy Products
Airspy is currently holding their annual summer sale which gives 15% off their line of products until June 30 2024. The sale brings the price of the popular Airspy receiver products down to the...
View ArticleTransmitting and Receiving Meshtastic with SDR
Last month we posted about Aaron's video on Meshtastic, and how it's possible to decode the Meshtastic protocol using an RTL-SDR and GNU Radio project called Meshtastic_SDR. If you weren't aware,...
View ArticleExploring Russian and International Analog TV From Leaky Cable TV Networks...
Thank you to RTL-SDR.COM reader Micha for submitting a story about how he has been able to use SDR# and the Airspy Server Network to explore cable TV stations across the globe via cable TV signal...
View ArticleTechMinds: Testing out the SDRBerry Software on a Pi 4 with Touchscreen
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has posted a video demonstrating the SDRBerry software, which can be used with many SDR devices, including the RTL-SDR, on a Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen....
View ArticleBuilding a Mechanical Support for the YouLoop and HFDY Loop Amplifier
Thank you to Marco Cardelli (IZ5IOW) who recently wrote in and shared with us his design for mounting a YouLoop antenna indoors, which he uses with his Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR receiver. Marco's build...
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