Category Archives: SDR Software Defined Radio

Tracking Planes with RTL-SDR and a Raspberry Pi running PiAware

Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf Raspberry Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPvIdR5BEqDgO7DsGAla_AZ Set up Headless boot (do this after writing the image to the microSD Card Create ssh or ssh.txt in boot directory. Create wpa_supplicant.conf in boot directory file to set up Wifi. Instructions on FlightAware’s site: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install Update Package List and Packages Change Hostname Network Options > …

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Raspberry PI Standalone Wireless SDR Server

In this video, I turn a Soapy Remote SDR (software defined radio) server on a Raspberry Pi 4 with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 USB dongle into a standalone wifi access point so you can access remote SDR without an internet connection. Raspberry PI Remote SDR Server with Soapy Remote: https://youtu.be/DJnRDu2_amU Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf …

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Raspberry PI Remote SDR Server with Soapy Remote

In this video, I install Soapy Remote SDR server on a Raspberry Pi 4 with an RTL-SDR Blog V3 USB dongle. I then connect to the server on a separate computer running CubicSDR. Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf Update Package List Install Soapy Remote SDR Server Check if SoapySDRServer is running Find IP Address

Installing dump1090 Aircraft Tracking on macOS Catalina (requires MacPorts)

In this video I go over the procedure to installing dump1090 on macOS Catalina. dump1090 is used to capture ADS-B (aircraft tracking) data and display it on a map. Installing MacPorts: https://youtu.be/fJveW3f5p0c Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf Note: I have included error messages at the bottom of this page to populate search engines so people …

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