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NanoFarfield: A Portable Far-Field Antenna Measurement Platform (Coming Soon to Crowdfunding) Thank you to Antenom Antenna Technologies for submitting news about the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for their "NanoFarfield" antenna far field measurement system. When building and measuring antennas, most people stop at measuring VSWR. However, VSWR is only a small part of the picture for antenna performance. The antenna's far-field pattern determines its gain in a […]

06.03.2026 02:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

JoesScanner: A Modern Frontend for Trunking Recorder to Listen, Browse, and Download Calls Thank you to Joe for submitting news about the release of his project called "JoesScanner". JoesScanner is an app for Windows, Android, and iOS that provides a modern frontend for Trunking Recorder, for listening to, browsing, and downloading trunked radio calls. A trunked radio call uses dynamically assigned frequencies from a shared pool, so tracking […]

06.03.2026 01:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

CoronaSDR for iOS – A Free Native RTL_TCP Client Thank you to Silviu YO6SAY for writing in and sharing with us news about the release of his iOS App called "CoronaSDR" which is a native client for receiving from rtl_tcp servers. rtl_tcp is a server program for RTL-SDRs that streams raw IQ data over a network connection. Unlike Android, iOS does not allow third-party […]

05.03.2026 01:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Exploring the Privacy Risks of Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems with RTL-SDR Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) privacy concerns are a topic that comes up every now and then. Most modern vehicles have wireless tire pressure sensors that communicate with the vehicle's computer to alert the driver when tire pressure falls below a safety threshold. The privacy issue is that these TPMS sensors each transmit a unique […]

04.03.2026 03:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Frugal Radio: Beginners Guide to P25 Decoding with the Latest DSD Plus Release Over on his YouTube channel 'Frugal Radio', Rob has uploaded a comprehensive video detailing how to set up the latest DSD Plus release for P25 Public Safety decoding. Back in December 2025, we posted about how the DSD Plus team released version 2.547. The release had already been available to DSD Fastlane customers, but it […]

04.03.2026 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Discovery Drive Campaign Launching Soon Our Discovery Drive campaign will be launching soon, so make sure to sign up for updates on the pre-launch page! Discovery Drive is an automatic antenna rotator that is designed to be used with our Discovery Dish product, as well as similarly sized antennas such as Wi-Fi grid and Yagi antennas. A motorized rotator, such […]

26.02.2026 08:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Echo iOS KiwiSDR & OpenWebRX App now in Beta Testing Back in January, we first posted about "Echo", an upcoming iOS app designed for browsing global web-based KiwiSDR and OpenWebRX software-defined radios. Mark now notes that Echo is now in beta, and has been released to testers via TestFlight. He notes that new users can access the beta by making a small donation on his Ko-fi page. Mark […]

19.02.2026 01:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Khanfar Software: Analog Radio Hunter Recently, M. Khanfar released a new free program, "Analog Radio Hunter," described as a "professional RF analysis and monitoring application built around GNU Radio and Fosphor." The software currently supports RTL-SDR, Airspy, and HackRF. Khanfar writes: Analog Radio Hunter is a professional RF analysis and monitoring application built around GNU Radio and Fosphor. It is designed to […]

17.02.2026 03:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Iridium-Sniffer: A Standalone Iridium Satellite Burst Detector and Demodulator Thank you to Aaron, who is most well known for creating the DragonOS distribution, for writing in and sharing with us a new open-source program he's recently released over on GitHub. The program is called 'Iridium-Sniffer', and it is a standalone Iridium satellite burst detector and demodulator written in C. Typically, gr-iridium has been used […]

17.02.2026 02:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

xSDR Crowdfunding Campaign Now Live Back in January, we posted about the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for Wavelet Lab's M.2 form factor xSDR software-defined radio product. The campaign went live a few days ago, with the xSDR priced at US$549 and a delivery date of July 15, 2026. xSDR is a compact, single-sided M.2 software-defined radio designed for seamless integration into […]

17.02.2026 02:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Multimon Pager Decoding on Android Sarah (aka SignalsEverywhere) has recently released another open-source Android app that enables the multi-signal decoder Multimon-ng to be used on Android. Multimon-ng is a commonly used decoding app, that supports various protocols such as POCSAG/FLEX pagers, as well as DTMF, ZVEI, EAS and more. The app requires the SDR++ Android app to be running in […]

04.02.2026 04:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Setting RF Based Atomic Clocks via Computer Speakers Over on YouTube, Jeff Geerling has uploaded an interesting video showing how RF-based atomic clocks can be set via signals generated from a computer speaker. In the USA, RF-based atomic clocks typically receive their atomic time signal from the WWVB 60 kHz longwave radio station, operated near Fort Collins, Colorado. In other countries, different time […]

04.02.2026 04:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pocket 25: An Android P25 Phase 1 Digital Voice Radio Decoder Thank you to reader "EN53" for submitting news about a newly released open source Android app called Pocket 25. Pocket 25 is an Android-based APCO Project 25 (P25) phase 1 digital voice decoder based on the DSD-Neo decoder engine. It was developed by Sarah Rose (aka SignalsEverywhere), whose other software we have posted about in […]

04.02.2026 03:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Telive osmo-tetra-sq5bpf: An Experimental TETRA Decoder that Enables Voice Decryption (If You Have the Key) Thank you to Jacek / SQ5BPF for letting us know that he's recently released a modified version of the Telive TETRA decoder for Linux. The modification allows the user to listen to TEAx-encrypted voice signals if they have the decryption key. Typically, if a TETRA signal is encrypted, there is no way to listen to it, unless […]

27.01.2026 04:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SLZB-Ultima: A Quad-Radio Smart Home Radio Controller Supporting Various Protocols While not based on SDR technology, we think that some readers may be interested in this product. We'd like to thank Serhii, who writes on behalf of SMLIGHT in Ukraine. SMLIGHT recently released its "SLZB-Ultima" device, a compact radio platform supporting multiple wireless technologies commonly used in smart homes. These technologies include Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, […]

27.01.2026 04:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spectrum Slit: A Wall Art Display That Visualizes Wi-Fi Activity via a HackRF Over on YouTube, RootKid, who specializes in creating engineering-based art projects, has developed an interesting wall-mounted art display panel that visualizes Wi-Fi activity by using a HackRF as the monitoring software-defined radio. The display uses a Raspberry Pi, a HackRF, and a custom-made LED light bar. The HackRF receives a 5 GHz Wi-Fi channel, and […]

27.01.2026 04:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reviving Old 1G Analog Cellphones and Demonstrating Their Security Flaws Over on the YouTube channel "Nostalgia For Simplicity," the creator has uploaded a video where he revisits the original 1G analog cellular system, AMPS, to finally understand a mysterious phenomenon he experienced over 20 years ago as a kid, where he was able to unintentionally intercept other people's calls with his 1G phone. Using vintage […]

22.01.2026 02:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Web-Spectrum: Web-Based Spectrum Analyzer and GPS Signal Analyzer with RTL-SDR Support Over on GitHub we've recently seen a new open source program release called "web-spectrum". Web-spectrum is a multi-purpose browser-based tool. One interesting feature is that it allows you to view the GNSS spectrum (via a connected RTL-SDR or SDRplay with an appropriate antenna), decode it to a position, and also analyze the signal for jamming. […]

16.01.2026 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Open.Space: An Open Source SDR Based Phased Array for Bouncing Signals off the Moon Open.space is an upcoming open-source project aiming to unlock affordable earth-moon-earth (EME) bounce communications for the amateur radio public. To achieve this, they have designed a software-defined radio-based tiling system that allows people to easily create phased arrays. EME (Earth–Moon–Earth) bouncing is a part of the amateur radio hobby that typically involves using (~1m - […]

16.01.2026 01:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ADSBee: ADS-B and UAT Reception and Decoding On an RP2040 Microcontroller ADSBee is an open-source project that has implemented a 1090 MHz ADS-B decoder on a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller using a programmable I/O (PIO) pin. PIO pins cannot handle RF signals, so the ADSBee front end is a critical analog circuit that enables this to work. It consists of a 1090 MHz SAW filter to […]

15.01.2026 23:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New Upcoming Crowdfunded SDRs from Wavelet Lab: xSDR and sSDR Thank you to Andrew from Wavelet Lab, the original creators of uSDR and xMASS SDR, for writing in and sharing news about two of their soon-to-be-released SDR hardware products, xSDR and sSDR. If you are unfamiliar with Wavelet Labs' previous products, uSDR is a small M.2 SDR board based on the Lime LMS6002D chip. It has […]

14.01.2026 04:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Tech Minds: Testing Out A New Signals Intelligence Tool Called Intercept Over on the Tech Minds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video where he tests out 'Intercept', a new tool for RF signals intelligence with RTL-SDRs and other wireless devices. It is open source with code available on GitHub and can be installed on Linux and OSX devices. Intercept is a tool that combines multiple […]

14.01.2026 01:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

GhostHunter (Anti-LIF): Using Spiking Neural Networks to Rescue Satellite Signals Drowned in Noise Thank you to Edwin Temporal for writing in and showing how his proprietary neuromorphic engine, GhostHunter (Anti-LIF), is being used to recover satellite data buried in the noise floor, which typical DSP methods would fail to do. To recover the signals, Edwin uses trained Spiking Neural Networks (SNN). SNNs are artificial neural networks that draw […]

13.01.2026 04:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Echo – A Native iOS Client for KiwiSDR & OpenWebRX Thank you to Mark Garrison Jr. for writing in and sharing with us a new iOS app he's developing called "Echo". Echo is an app designed to provide a streamlined mobile companion for the KiwiSDR and OpenWebRX ecosystems. Note that the app is currently not yet released, but Mark is planning a TestFlight beta in […]

13.01.2026 03:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Guglielmo FM and DAB Receiver Software Updated to Version 0.7 Thank you to Marco for letting us know that his Guglielmo software has recently been updated to Version 0.7. Guglielmo is an FM and DAB receiver for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It supports all major SDRs, including RTL-SDR, Airspy, SDRplay, HackRF, and LimeSDR. It is designed to be easy to use for media users rather than hobbyist […]

13.01.2026 03:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Touchstone Networks in Terminals (TNT): Visualize Touchstone S-Parameter Files in Terminal ASCII Thank you to Alexander Arsenovic, the original author of the OpenSource RF engineering Python library www.scikit-rf.org, for writing in and sharing with us a new program he has created called "tnt: [t]ouchstone [n]etworks in [t]erminals". The program is written in Python, and allows a user to visualize Touchstone S-parameter graphs in a terminal, using simple ASCII character-based plotting […]

07.01.2026 03:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mykola: A New Fast Multichannel Scanner Application for RTL-SDR, Airspy and HackRF A new multichannel SDR scanner application called 'Mykola' has recently been released by a Ukrainian programmer with the same name as the application. A scanner application allows users to scan a much wider bandwidth than the SDR's instantaneous bandwidth, while automatically searching for active signals. Mykola advertises extreme scanning speed abilities, adaptive noise floor, and […]

07.01.2026 03:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SDRSharp Frequency Manager Python Application Thank you to Argilli Marco (IU4HMY) for writing in and sharing with us his Python application called "SDR# Frequency Manager 1.0.1" for managing frequency lists in SDR#. SDR# is a popular free SDR program commonly used with RTL-SDR and Airspy dongles. Argilli writes: SDR# Frequency Manager is a Python application designed to simplify the management […]

07.01.2026 02:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Thought Emporium Explores IMSI Cell Phone Tracking and Other Advanced Cell Phone Attacks with Software Defined Radios Over on YouTube, The Thought Emporium channel has uploaded a video outlining how mobile phones constantly leak unique IMSI identifiers over the air, making passive location tracking much easier than most people expect. While LTE and 5G improve security, older 2G and 3G protocols still expose permanent subscriber IDs that can be collected and linked […]

31.12.2025 01:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Building a P25 Police Scanner with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 and ZimaBoard 2 Over on YouTube, creator "MostlyBuilds" builds a networked digital police scanner using an RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle and a compact x86 single-board computer called the ZimaBoard 2. The system receives over-the-air police radio signals, decodes digital P25 voice traffic, and turns it into an audio stream that can be listened to from any device on […]

29.12.2025 03:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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