When the RTL2832-based USB digital TV sticks were revealed to have hidden capabilities that made the an exceptionally cheap software-defined radio receiver, it was nothing short of a game-changing ...

[Carl] just found a yet another use for the RTL-SDR. He’s been decoding Inmarsat STD-C EGC messages with it. Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company. They provide communications all ...

Measuring antenna gain patterns is a critical part of evaluating the performance characteristics of an antenna under test. A software-defined radio (SDR) is an economical and flexible radio system ...