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rx_tools: RTL-SDR Command Line Tools (rtl_power, rtl_fm, rtl_sdr) Now...
Developer R. X. Seger has recently released rx_tools which provides SDR independent ports for the popular command line RTL-SDR tools rtl_power, rtl_fm and rtl_sdr. This means that these tools can now...
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Building an S-Band Antenna for the HackRF
Mario Filippi, a regular contributor to our blog and to the SDR community recently wrote in with an article showing how he built an S-Band (2 – 4 GHz) antenna for use with the HackRF. Of course the...
View ArticleUsing a Yardstick One, HackRF and Inspectrum to Decode and Duplicate an OOK...
Over on his YouTube channel user Gareth has uploaded a video that shows a full tutorial on quickly decoding an On Off Keyed (OOK) signal with a HackRF (or RTL-SDR) and the Inspectrum software. Once...
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Unlocking Almost Any Vehicle with an SDR or Arduino
Earlier this week wired.com released a story indicating that researchers from the University of Birmingham have discovered two vulnerabilities that can be used to unlock almost any car. The first...
View ArticleGNURadio Conference 2016 Talks
Back in September the GNU Radio 2016 (GRCon16) conference was held. GRCon16 is an annual conference centered around the GNU Radio Project and community, and is one of the premier software defined radio...
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Combining the Bandwidth of two HackRF’s
RTL-SDR.com reader Syed Ghazanfar Ali Shah Bukhari from the Frequency Allocation Board in Pakistan recently emailed us to let us know a trick he’s found which lets you combine the bandwidths of two...
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Running a 1G Mobile Phone Network with a HackRF
First generation (1G) mobile phone technology was brought out in the 80’s and was an unsecured analogue system. These days 1G technology is completely phased out in favor of digital standards like 2G...
View ArticleHak5 at Shmoocon 2017: Shock Collar Radio Roulette, GNU Radio, Sniffing IR...
Over on YouTube the popular Hak5 channel has uploaded a video with several SDR related topics mentioned during Shmoocon 2017 conference. One fun event talked about in the video was the Shmoocon...
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Removing that Center Frequency DC Spike in Gnuradio the Easy Way
Recently RTL-SDR.com reader ghostop14 wrote in to us and wanted to share his GNU Radio block and tutorial that shows how to get rid of the DC spike in GNU Radio. The DC spike is the annoying spike in...
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Scanning the Spectrum at 8GHz per Second with the new HackRF Update
Recently Mike Ossmann, creator of the HackRF released version 2017.02.1 of the libhackrf, hackrf-tools and firmware on the HackRF Git. The update was developed together with the help of Dominic Spill....
View ArticleReverse Engineering Signals with the Universal Radio Hacker Software
Thanks to RTL-SDR.com reader M Kizan who notified us about a Python based digital signal reverse engineering software program called ‘Universal Radio Hacker’ which is developed by Johannes Pohl. The...
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Reverse Engineering Linear DX Wireless Door Locks
Employees at the network data security company Duo recently had their interest piqued when they discovered that their office’s keycard based door system had a wireless remote which was used by...
View ArticleHackRF Sweep Spectrum Analyzer for Windows
A few weeks ago the HackRF drivers and firmware were updated and one new feature added was hackrf_sweep. This new feature allows us to scan across the spectrum at up to 8 GHz per second, which means...
View ArticleYouTube Talk: Hunting Rogue WiFi Devices using the HackRF SDR
Over on YouTube a video titled “Hunting Rogue WiFi Devices using the HackRF SDR” has been uploaded. The talk is given by Mike Davis at the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Cape Town. The...
View ArticleSome HackRF Portapack Demos
The PortaPack is an addon created by Jared Boone for the HackRF software defined radio. It costs $200 USD at the sharebrained store and together with a USB battery pack it allows you to go completely...
View ArticleTesting SSTV Transmission with the HackRF and Portapack
Last week we made a post about the HackRF Portapack, and gave some examples of it in action. Recently the furtek Havoc firmware for the portapack was updated, and it now supports SSTV transmission....
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Using a HackRF as a Beacon Transmitter on a Drone for Antenna Calibration
Over on his Twitter feed Sylvain Azarian (@sylvain_azarian / F4GKR) has been tweeting about his new antenna calibration method which involves the use of a HackRF SDR and Raspberry Pi mounted on a...
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Reverse Engineering and Controlling an RC Toy Tank with a HackRF and GNU Radio
Last year during a Russian wireless ‘capture the flag’ (CTF) competition one of the goals was to reverse engineer a remote controlled toy tank, and then to control it with a HackRF. One of the Russian...
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Transmitting Analog TV Broadcasts with a HackRF
Over on the user submitted hackaday.io community, user marble has shared his work about using a HackRF to transmit PAL analog colored TV images with his rad1o (the rad1o is a slight variation of the...
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HackRF Receives Negative Press in the UK’s ‘DailyMail’ Newspaper
The HackRF is a $300 USD RX/TX capable software defined radio which has a wide tuning range from almost DC – 6 GHz, and wide bandwidths of up to 20 MHz. It uses an 8-bit ADC so reception quality is not...
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