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Testing WSPR HF Propagation with a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and TAPR Shield Running...
Thank you to Simone Spadino (SWL ID I8926BA), who wrote in to share his low-cost WSPR setup. WSPR (Weak Signal Propagation Reporter) is an amateur radio mode designed to test propagation paths using...
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Rigflow: A Networked HF SDR Transceiver App in Rust with Real-Time DSP Over UDP
Thank you to David Bourgoyne (KK7TCY) for submitting news about his new software called Rigflow, an open source client/server SDR application for amateur radio written in Rust and released under the...
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RPITX-UI: A Modernized, Easier to Use Fork of the RPITX Raspberry Pi...
Thank you to Ihar Yatsevich for writing in about his release of rpitx-ui, a modernized fork of F5OEO's popular rpitx project. If you were unaware, rpitx is software that turns a Raspberry Pi (most Pi...
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A Review of the SunFounder Pironman 5 MAX Raspberry Pi 5 Enclosure
Recently, SunFounder sent us a free review unit of their latest "Pironman 5 MAX" enclosure for Raspberry Pi 5 devices. While not directly related to SDR, we thought we'd accept the unit and review this...
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PiCar – A DIY Car Radio Head Unit made from a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR
Thank you to Vinnie Moscaritolo for writing in and sharing with us PiCar, a project to develop a homebrew car radio head unit out of a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR. The advantage of PiCar over a standard...
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TechMinds: Building a Portable ADS-B Aircraft Tracker and VHF Airband Radio...
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video demonstrating a portable ADS-B aircraft tracker with VHF airband radio reception as well. The build consists of a 7-inch screen,...
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A Handheld Cyberdeck with RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel and Hackaday.io blog page, Nicholas LaBonte has shown his "Cyberdeck Handheld" which is a portable computer consisting of a Raspberry Pi 5, LCD screen, custom CNC'd...
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Turning an Elecrow Pi Terminal into a Standalone SDR Radio with an RTL-SDR...
Over on YouTube Mirko Pavleski has uploaded a video showing how he took a US$199 "Pi Terminal-7” 1024*600 All-In-One Module Raspberry Pi" from Elecrow, and combined it with an RTL-SDR Blog V4 to create...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 4 USB Bug Experienced with RTL-SDRs now Fixed with Kernel Update
Thank you to Michael B for letting us know about recent fixes to the Raspberry Pi kernel which affect RTL-SDR users. If you've been experiencing error "rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7" when running...
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SIGpi: A Signal Intelligence Focused Linux “Go-Kit”
Thank you to Joe NE2Z for sharing his Linux distribution called SIGpi. SIGpi is an installable Linux distribution for Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi 3/4 that focuses on providing multiple open source SDR...
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Raspberry NOAA V2 Edition 2023 Image Released
Thank you to Manuel Lausmann for submitting news about the release of the "Raspberry NOAA V2 Edition 2023" image for Raspberry Pi's. This image has been created by Jochen Köster (DC9DD), and contains a...
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SunFounder TS7-Pro Touch Screen Review: Building a Portable RTL-SDR Pi 4 System
The SunFounder TS7-Pro 7-Inch Touch Display is a portable high resolution 1024x600 7-inch touch screen with space on the back for a Raspberry Pi 4 to be mounted. It is also possible to mount an...
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RasPad 3.0 Review: Building a Portable Raspberry Pi 4 Tablet with Built in...
The Raspad 3.0 is a portable tablet enclosure for the Raspberry Pi 4B. It comes with a high resolution 1280 x 800 10.1 inch touch LCD screen, built in speakers, built in battery and a plastic enclosure...
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Installing Remote SDR V2 on a Raspberry Pi 4B
Remote SDR V2 is software that allows you to easily remotely access either a PlutoSDR, HackRF or RTL-SDR software defined radio. It was originally designed to be used with the amateur radio QO-100...
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CaribouLite: A 30-6000 MHz 13-bit 4MHz SDR HAT for the Raspberry Pi
Thank you to David for submitting news about his company Caribou Labs new product called "CaribouLite" which will be a software defined radio HAT for the Raspberry Pi 4. The product is currently in the...
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European GNU Radio Days: Presentation on gr-rpitx
J.-M Friedt has created a block for GNU Radio called gr-rpitx which allows a Raspberry Pi to be used directly as an output RF sink in GNU Radio. If you were unaware, RPiTX is software that allows you...
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An Expansion Board with SMA Output for the Raspberry Pi and RPiTX
Thank you to Ihar Yatsevich for writing in and sharing his open source project called "rpitx-coax-pcb" which is an expansion board for the Raspberry Pi that converts the GPIO pin used by RPiTX into a...
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Raspberry-NOAA V2: Raspberry Pi Automated NOAA and Meteor Weather Satellite...
Raspberry-NOAA is open source code and a set of scripts that allows you to set up a Raspberry Pi as an automated NOAA and Meteor weather satellite station with an SDR like an RTL-SDR. The software...
View ArticleRecent Podcasts on Software Defined Radio from Scanner School
Scanner School is an online resource that aims to teach subscribers all about radio scanning. They also run a weekly podcast discussing various topics in the scanning hobby. Recently they've had a bit...
View ArticleControlling a Wireless Ceiling Fan with an RTL-SDR and RPiTX on a Raspberry Pi
Over on YouTube River's Educational Channel has uploaded a new video showing how he uses a Raspberry Pi to control a ceiling fan via it's wireless control signal. Back in January we posted about...
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