Building a DIY Carbon Fibre Yagi Antenna with 3D Printed Parts for 20€
Over on his blog author Manuel a.k.a ‘Tysonpower’ has written about a DIY Carbon Fibre Yagi antenna that he’s built for only 20€. The antenna is very lightweight thanks to a 12mm diameter carbon fibre...
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—–Hz: A New STD-C Inmarsat Decoder
UPDATE: Unfortunately we have been informed that the code base of this software was illegally decompiled and reused in an almost unchanged way from an already available closed source decoder. This...
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New Outernet Hardware “Dreamcatcher”: An RTL-SDR with Embedded Computing...
Over on the Outernet forums Outernet CEO Syed has just released pictures of the latest upcoming Outernet receiver called “Dreamcatcher”. The new receiver is an RTL-SDR, LNA, filter, and embedded Linux...
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A New Meteor M LRPT Image Decoder for Windows, Linux, MacOS and Raspberry Pi
Thanks to twitter user @LinuxSocist for submitting a link to this new Meteor M weather satellite LRPT decoder called ‘meteor_decoder’ which can be run on both Linux and Windows. Pre-built binary of the...
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Comparing Two LNA’s for HRIT/LRIT (GOES) Reception
Over on his blog Lucas Teske has been comparing the LNA4ALL and an SPF5189 LNA from eBay on HRIT/LRIT reception from GOES satellites. SPF5189 LNA’s can be found on eBay for less than $8 USD, with free...
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XRIT Decoder for GOES Satellites: Supports Airspy R2/Mini and SDRplay RSP2
Over on his blog USA-Satcom has released his XRIT (LRIT/HRIT) decoder for GOES satellites. The software requires a licence and costs $100 USD. GOES-13 (East), GOES-15 (West) and the new GOES-16 are...
View ArticleDecoding the LilacSat-1 FM to Digital Voice Transponder
LilacSat-1 is an educational CubeSat built by students from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. It was recently launched from the ISS on 25 May 2017 as part of the QB50 science...
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The Outernet Dreamcatcher: A Linux Based ARM PC with Built in RTL-SDR
Recently Outernet released their new ‘Dreamcatcher’ hardware which is an RTL-SDR + L-band LNA & filter + computing board all on the same PCB. The Dreamcatcher costs $99 USD and can be bought...
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Testing the Outernet Dreamcatcher: Linux Based ARM PC with Built in RTL-SDR
Last week we posted about Outernet’s new Dreamcatcher unit which is an RTL-SDR + L-band LNA + computing board all on the same PCB. The Dreamcatcher comes with a new active ceramic L-band patch antenna,...
View ArticleReceiving NOAA 19 HRPT with a HackRF, LNA4All and Cooking Pot Antenna
Over on his YouTube channel Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video that shows him receiving the NOAA 19 HRPT signal at 1698 MHz with his HackRF, LNA4ALL and the simple circularly polarized cooking pot antenna...
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SatNOGs No-Rotator Setup
Thank you to Silvia P. for writing in and letting up know about the SatNOGs “No-Rotator” project, which looks a lot easier to build compared to their motorized rotator. SatNOGs is an idea and...
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Skylark Image for Outernet’s Dreamcatcher RTL-SDR
About two weeks ago we posted our review of the Dreamcatcher, a new RTL-SDR and full ARM based computing platform built onto a single PCB. Back then the only OS available for it was a standard Armbian...
View ArticleUsing a TV Dipole Antenna for NOAA Satellite Reception
Over on YouTube icholakov has uploaded a video showing how effective a simple old TV bunny ears antenna can be at receiving NOAA satellite images. The old TV antenna is telescoping so it can be...
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Outernet: Patch antenna now sold seperately + other products
Back in June we tested Outernet’s new Dreamcatcher which is an ARM based computing board with RTL-SDR and L-band LNA built in. The $99 USD kit also included an external active L-band patch antenna. The...
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Demodulating the Outernet signal with leandvb and an RTL-SDR
Leandvb is command line based lightweight DVB-S decoder designed for receiving Digital Amateur TV, including signals like HamTV from the International Space Station. The RTL-SDR can be used together...
View ArticleListening to Astronauts on the ISS with an RTL-SDR and V-Dipole (ARISS...
Manuel a.k.a ‘Tysonpower’ has been using his RTL-SDR (and his Baofeng) to listen in on ARISS contacts from the International Space Station (ISS). ARISS stands for Amateur Radio on the ISS, and is a...
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Receiving the Bitcoin Blockchain from Satellites with an RTL-SDR
Bitcoin is the worlds first and most popular digital currency. It is steadily gaining in value and popularity and is already accepted in many online stores as a payment method. In order to use Bitcoin...
View ArticleReceiving NOAA 19 HRPT with a HackRF, LNA4All and Cooking Pot Antenna
Over on his YouTube channel Adam 9A4QV has uploaded a video that shows him receiving the NOAA 19 HRPT signal at 1698 MHz with his HackRF, LNA4ALL and the simple circularly polarized cooking pot antenna...
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SatNOGs No-Rotator Setup
Thank you to Silvia P. for writing in and letting up know about the SatNOGs “No-Rotator” project, which looks a lot easier to build compared to their motorized rotator. SatNOGs is an idea and...
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Skylark Image for Outernet’s Dreamcatcher RTL-SDR
About two weeks ago we posted our review of the Dreamcatcher, a new RTL-SDR and full ARM based computing platform built onto a single PCB. Back then the only OS available for it was a standard Armbian...
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