Sn0ren Tests the HackRF Pro Portapack H4M Pro
Over on YouTube, RF enthusiast sn0ren has posted a video reviewing the new 'HackRF Pro Portapack H4M Pro'. The HackRF Pro is the latest official version of the popular HackRF software-defined radio. It...
View ArticleBuilding a Homemade Weather Radar with a HackRF or PlutoSDR and Salvaged...
After nearly being hit by a tornado that NEXRAD didn't see coming, Koakno decided to build his own DIY self-contained mobile weather radar built from a $5 salvaged RV satellite dome, a HackRF or...
View ArticleCellScope: LTE Sniffing on Windows
Over on YouTube, Sarah from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel has uploaded a new video showing a new open-source program she's developed called CellScope, which is used for LTE sniffing. She notes...
View ArticleWar Driving for DECT Devices with a HackRF and Android Device
Over on her YouTube channel SignalsEverywhere, Sarah has uploaded an interesting video showing her doing a wardrive for DECT devices, with an Android device connected to a HackRF, running her own...
View ArticleExploring the Art and Science of Spectral Painting with SDR
Thank you to Paul Maine, who wrote in and wanted to share some experiments he and Gary Schafer have been doing with spectral painting. Spectral painting is the art of drawing pictures directly on the...
View ArticleInmarScope: An Inmarsat AERO and STD-C Decoder with Multichannel Decoding and...
Over on the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel, Sarah Rose has released InmarScope, a multichannel L-band Inmarsat decoder that connects directly to an RTL-SDR, Airspy, or HackRF. The software can...
View ArticleOpenStint: An Open-Source RC Car Lap Timing System Using an RTL-SDR or HackRF
Thank you to Attila for submitting news about OpenStint, an open-source lap timing system for radio-controlled (RC) car racing that uses an RTL-SDR or HackRF One as its receiver. In RC racing, each car...
View Articlesdrrat: An SDR receiver Terminal User Interface for RTL-SDR & HackRF
Thank you to qewer33, who has written in to share the release of his new Terminal User Interface (TUI) program for RTL-SDR and HackRF SDRs. The program is called sdrrat, and it provides a complete TUI...
View ArticleP25-Survey: A Tool for Scanning and Logging P25 Control Channels with an SDR
Over on GitHub, programmer blantonl has released p25-survey, a Python tool that scans a frequency range with an RTL-SDR, Airspy or HackRF and identifies any P25 control channels present. For each one...
View ArticleDetecting Hidden GPS Trackers via Electromagnetic Unintentional Emissions...
Researchers from Hunan University, Boise State, and UT Arlington have published a paper called "GPSBuster" (PDF link), demonstrating how a HackRF One can sniff out covert GPS trackers by their...
View ArticleSaveitforparts: Receiving Artemis 2 Signals
Over on the saveitforparts YouTube channel, Gabe has recently posted two videos where he attempts to receive the Artemis 2 signal. His setup consists of a surplus satellite dish inside a geodesic radar...
View ArticleBrowSDR: Turn Your HackRF or RTL-SDR Into a Browser-Based Remote WebSDR
Joel (jLynx), known for his work on the HackRF Mayhem firmware, has released an open-source project called BrowSDR that turns a HackRF or RTL-SDR into a fully browser-based SDR receiver. The...
View ArticleDeDECTive: A DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone Scanner and Voice Decoder for the HackRF
Over on GitHub and YouTube, we've seen the release of Sarah Rose's new program called DeDECTive, a DECT 6.0 scanner and voice decoder for the HackRF running on Linux systems. DECT (Digital Enhanced...
View ArticleRDF-J / ECM-J System: TDoA Signal Location Finding and Electronic Jamming...
Thank you to Janble for writing in and sharing with us their new software called "RDF-J / ECM-J SYSTEM". These are two distinct programs in a package. The software is not open source, and it appears...
View ArticleKhanfar 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...
View ArticleIridium-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...
View ArticleSpectrum 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...
View ArticleMykola: A New Fast Multichannel Scanner Application for RTL-SDR, Airspy and...
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...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere Android Project Updates: Satellite Tracker, HackTV NTSC...
Recently, Sarah Rose Giddings (aka SignalsEverywhere) has been actively developing several radio and SDR based projects for Android, and she would like to provide an update on them. First, as mentioned...
View ArticleTEMPEST-LoRa: Emitting LoRa Packets from VGA or HDMI Cables
University researchers from China have recently shown in a research paper that it is possible to maliciously cause a VGA or HDMI cable to emit LoRa compatible packets by simply displaying a full-screen...
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