Software-Defined Radio
This is a stickied post. Scroll down for recent posts. This blog post is a simple guide to SDR, which is Software Defined Radio. There is a lot of material on the internet about SDR, so I am not going to go into a lot of detail, only how to do what is needed to … Read more
In this post, we’ll be setting up a cheap ADS-B 1090 PCB antenna to track aircraft using SDR. Of course, it’s not going to cost much and might do a good job pulling in ADS-B aircraft tracking transmissions. We’ll be using a fairly generic PCB antenna. These antennas can be purchased at various vendors. They … Read more
I’ve got a few antenna projects in the pipeline, but before construction starts, a few things about buying radios and radio parts online from AliExpress. Unless you live near an electronic parts store, you’ll probably be buying parts online, like I do. The cheapest place I found to buy most consumer-type radio parts is AliExpress. … Read more
Here we are building a cheap SDR antenna for aircraft tracking. I’m rounding up the parts to start building some basic antennas, but for now, we can start with the antenna that came with the RTL-SDR v4 kit and $10 worth of PVC pipe and a few fittings. This setup will be similar to one … Read more
We are going to be exploring SDR to check out live aircraft tracking. SDR++ is up and running on both my Windows 10 laptop and Asus Chromebook. SDR++ appears to be working well. Even with the minimal antenna purchased with the RTL-SDR receiver, I’ve been able to listen to a number of frequencies. Starting out … Read more