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TETRA Decoder Plugin for SDR# Now Available
Back in 2016 cURLy bOi released a Windows port of the Linux based "Telive" TETRA decoder. Now the latest development in TETRA decoders is that a TETRA decoder plugin for the SDR# software has been...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Setting up DMR Decoding with SDR#, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user Tech Minds has uploaded a useful video which shows how to set up DMR decoding with SDR#, VB-Cable, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR dongle. He also uses the DSD plugin for SDR# which makes...
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Outernet 3.0: Implementation Details and a 71,572km LoRa World Record
Outernet Dreamcatcher Board running with a cheap satellite TV LNB Outernet 3.0 is gearing up for launch soon, and just today they've released a blog post introducing us to the RF protocol technology...
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SDR# TETRA Plugin Updated: No longer requires MSYS2
Last week we posted about the release of a new TETRA decoder plugin for SDR#. The plugin made setting up a TETRA decoder significantly easier compared to previous methods, but it still required the...
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Decoding Meteor-M Images on a Raspberry Pi with an RTL-SDR
Thanks to Andrey for writing in and showing us his Java based Meteor-M decoder for the RTL-SDR which he uses on a Raspberry Pi. The decoder is based on the meteor-m2-lrpt GNU Radio script and the...
View ArticleViewing Drone Signals with HackRF being used as a Wideband Spectrum Analyzer
Over on his YouTube channel user Andy Clarke has uploaded a video where he demonstrates his HackRF being used as a wideband spectrum analyzer with the HackRF Spectrum Analyzer software. About a year...
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Welle.io DAB Decoder updated to Version 1.0
Welle.io is a Windows/Linux/MacOS/Android/Raspberry Pi compatible DAB and DAB+ broadcast radio decoder which supports RTL-SDR dongles, as well as the Airspy and any dongle supported by SoapySDR. It is...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial on Decoding FT-8 and RTTY with an SDRplay RSP1A
Over on YouTube radio content creator Techminds has recently started a series that shows how to decode various signals using an SDR such as the SDRplay RSP1A. The first video explains what FT-8 is and...
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Explaining and Demonstrating Jam and Replay Attacks on Keyless Entry Systems...
Thank you to Christopher for submitting to us an article that he's written for a project of his that demonstrates how vulnerable vehicle keyless entry systems are to jam and replay attacks. In the...
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Building A Low Cost GOES Weather Satellite Receiver with an RTL-SDR
Over on Twitter and his github.io page, Pieter Noordhuis (@pnoordhuis) has shared details about his low cost RTL-SDR based GOES satellite receiving setup. GOES 15/16/17 are geosynchronous weather...
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Hacker Warehouse Demonstrates Pager Decoding with an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube the web show Hacker Warehouse have created a video explaining wireless pagers and how RTL-SDRs can be used to sniff them. In the video host Troy Brown starts by explaining what pagers...
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SDR# TETRA Decoder Plugin Updated
The TETRA plugin for SDR# has been updated a few times since our last post on it back in March. The latest version can be downloaded directly here, and the original link comes from the Russian scanner...
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Forwarding Pager Messages Received with an RTL-SDR to Email
Over on YouTube Jack Riley has created a video that documents his system which uses an RTL-SDR to receive POCSAG pager messages and forward messages sent to specific pager addresses to an email...
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An Update on the PantronX Titus II SDR
The PantronX Titus II is a yet-to-be-released portable Android tablet based SDR that we've been following since 2016. The device will feature a 100 kHz - 2 GHz tuning range, and software that focuses...
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Video on Hacking 433 MHz Devices with an RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi
Over on YouTube user Andreas Spiess has uploaded a video showing how to use an RTL-SDR to reverse engineer 433 MHz ISM band devices such as Internet of Things (IoT)/home automation sensors and...
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New TETRA Trunk Tracker for use with SDR# and the TETRA Demodulator Plugin
Over on our forums user thewraith2008 has just released news about his new software called TETRA Trunk Tracker. The software works in conjunction with the TETRA demodulator plugin for SDR#. It works by...
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RS41 RadioSonde Tracking Software
A radiosonde is a small weather sensor package that is typically attached to a weather balloon. As it rises into the atmosphere it measures parameters such as temperature, humidity, pressure, GPS...
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Video Tutorial About Decoding 433 MHz ISM Devices with rtl_433
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has recently uploaded a video that demonstrates and shows how to use the rtl_433 software with an RTL-SDR to decode 433 MHz ISM band low power devices. Typically...
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Tutorial on Setting up OP25 for P25 Phase 2 Digital Voice Decoding
Most police departments is the USA have now upgraded or are in the process of upgrading their radio systems to P25 Phase 2 digital radio. The frequencies can easily be received with an RTL-SDR, but a...
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Tutorial on using RS to Decode and Plot Radiosondes
A radiosonde is a small weather sensor package that is typically attached to a weather balloon. As it rises into the atmosphere it measures parameters such as temperature, humidity, pressure, GPS...
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