SDR HACK Part II – The Mod – Receive up to 4.5GHz on your RTLSDR for $5.00
In Part 1 I showed that a cheap satellite upconverter can be used as a microwave downconverter with some mods. In this post I’ll show you…
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SDR HACK – Receive up to 4.5GHz on your RTLSDR for $5.00
Update: Click here for the mod tutorial – SDR HACK Part II – The Mod – Receive up to 4.5GHz on your RTLSDR for $5.00 Who needs…
SOLD – Icom IC R-7000 Receiver + IC-EX-310 Voice Synthesizer
This item has sold and shipped. (12-31-2015) For sale is an Icom IC R-7000 Receiver, IC-EX-310 Voice Synthesizer, HF Upconverter, and Pan Adapter. Coverage is …
RFI: CCTV Power Supply Causing 9dB Plus Noise
We recently added another set of surveillance cameras and DVR to expand the coverage around the property. After we set the system up we decided…
Wiring the Chinese ADF4351 35MHz – 4.4GHz Sig Gen and Cypress USB Dev Boards
A few months back I was looking at options to expand the range of the RTL-SDR upwards. I needed a somewhat stable and tunable UHF/SHF…
Possibly the best ham related commercial ever. MTN: Space
Expand Partition and Create Swap File on BeagleBone Black Ubuntu SDR Img
IMPORTANT UPDATE: It was pointed out to me that SD cards have a limited number of writes cycles to them. I researched it some and…
Packed Full BeagleBone Black img file RTL-SDR + GNURadio + GQRX + Lots More on Ubuntu 14.04
Update: June 2, 2015. I've removed the USRP version from the page. If I ever get a USRP to play/test with I will create a…
Tutorial: Install Debian Wheezy On The BeagleBone Black
A while back I entered a drawing with Electronic Design magazine to win a BeagleBone Black (BBB). I NEVER win anything. Imagine my surprise when…
RTLSDR Homebrew Upconverter
As you have probably heard by now, the RTLSDR is a cheap DVB TV usb stick that can be used as a Software Defined Receiver…