Category Archives: Software Defined Radio

SDR or Software Defined Radio is the new Scanner of Today. Unlike old scanners that used to be more hardware than software the reverse is true today.

Setting up a RTL-SDR Dongle and SDR# for the First Time

The first thing that is needed to get started with software defined radio (SDR) is a RTL-SDR dongle. There are different models and types of SDR dongles but the most common (and the cheapest) is ones based on the RTL2832U chipset. The RTL2832U chipset was originally used for TV dongles. There are new chipsets coming… Read More »

My Journey Into SDR Software Defined Radio

Software Defined Radio is one of those projects I have been wanting to play with since first hearing about it a few years ago. For those that don’t know software defined radio (SDR) is a way to pick up signals broadcast though the air and display them on a personal computer. The signal can be… Read More »