$10 ADS-B Receiver – RTL2832U / R820T
I finally got my RTL2832U / R820T DVB-T stick from China for about $9.50 shipped. While I was working up a comparison between the well known RTL2832U / E4000 and…
RTL2832U ADS-B Performance Testing Part II
Stock vs Commercial ADS-B Antenna This is a follow up to RTL2832U ADS-B Performance Testing We have already determined that an RTL2832U DVB-T stick running gr-air-modes makes a fairly good…
Raspberry Pi as Remote Server for RTL2832u SDR
Introduction Note: Since this project was posted it has been brought to our attention that RTL2832U / R820T sticks may not be fully supported in the RTL drivers used here.…
RTL2832u ADS-B Performance Testing
In an earlier article, I mentioned that the RTL2832u / E4000 does a pretty reputable job receiving ADS-B signals. I thought it would be interesting to see just how well…
New ExtIO for Alinco DJ-X11 Allows For Third Party SDR Software Support
The Alinco DJ-X11 even with it’s shortcomings has been a neat little hybrid wideband receiver with SDR capabilities. The DJ-X11 is a decent little receiver on it’s own, but when…
Simple Instructions to Setup Your RTL2832U / E4000 Dongle for SDR Use
Even though the instructions below for installing a RTL2832U stick are valid. You might want to try the instructions provided in this article first. This method is simpler and seems to…
Softrock Ensemble RX TX VS Alinco DJ-X11
I thought it would be interesting to compare the $74 Softrock Ensemble RX TX kits’ receiver to the DJ-X11 wide-band portable SDR capable receiver. This is certainly an apples to oranges comparison and…
Controlling SDR-RADIO.com with an iPad and TouchOSC
Midi to the Rescue One of the big advantages and disadvantages of Software Defined Radio is the ability to control the software with virtual buttons and knobs via an computer…
Fixing Alincos’ DJ-X11 Cloning and Remote Control Software MSCOMM32.OCX Error
If you own an Alinco DJ-X11 and have downloaded the provided cloning software or remote software you may have noticed that you may get a “run time error 339, Component MSCOMM32.OCX…
Alinco DJ-X11 Review
Every once in awhile a product comes along that becomes a game changer for its category. Alinco has just done this with the DJ-X11 wideband receiver with IQ output. The DJ-X11 is…
FUNcube SDR Dongle Overview and First Impressions
I finally got to spend about six hours playing with the FUNcube SDR dongle and feel like I only scratched the tip of the iceberg. The FUCcube dongle is an…
QuickSilver QS1R Receiver user Photos and Video
Ken N9VV , graciously sent in some of his photos and a video of his SDR Radio setup. He is using the QS1R Receiver that covers 10Khz to 62.5 Mhz.…