SDR Software GQRX: GQRX is a software defined radio receiver for Funcube Dongle (FCD), RTL2832U-based DVB-T devices (RTL-SDR), Universal Software Radio Peripherals (USRP) and Osmo SDR devices. It is powered by GNU Radio and the Qt GUI toolkit. HDSDR: HDSDR … Continue reading
SDR (Software-Defined Radio) A software-defined radio system, or SDR, is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware (e.g. mixers, filters, amplifiers, modulators/demodulators, detectors, etc.) are instead implemented by means of software on a personal … Continue reading
Fitsat-1 (Niwaka) Led Experiment over Europe On December 13 at 22:10 UTC (23:10 CEST) The Fitsat-1 LED experiment will be active over Europe. Let’s hope it’s a clear night, so we all can see the 200W LED display sending Morse code … Continue reading
The Dwingeloo Radio-telescope dish will be placed back on the Tower next week. Peter Bennema (ASTRON – restoration project leader Dwingeloo Radio-telescope) posted the following message on twitter: “Exciting: Monday, November 19 11:00 the dish of the Dwingeloo radio-telescope will … Continue reading
FITSAT-1 led experiment on Christmas Eve. The led experiment comprising a bank of high power LEDs that will be driven with 200W pulses to produce extremely bright flashes that may be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. … Continue reading
AmsatZL KiwiSAT This looks promising, linear transponder, FM, 2 meter, 70 centimetre and 23 centimetre all in one small satellite made by AmsatZL. Accepted launch, may 2013. Read more ….