Thank you to qewer33, who has written in to share the release of his new Terminal User Interface (TUI) program for RTL-SDR and HackRF SDRs. The program is called sdrrat, and it provides a complete TUI with FFT graph, waterfall spectrogram, VFO, and basic WBFM/NBFM/AM demodulation. qewer33 notes that the software is built with Rust, […]

Over on GitHub, programmer blantonl has released p25-survey, a Python tool that scans a frequency range with an RTL-SDR, Airspy or HackRF and identifies any P25 control channels present. For each one found, it logs the WACN, System ID, NAC, RFSS ID and Site ID, the full IDEN_UP band plan, neighbor sites with resolved frequencies, […]

Researchers from Hunan University, Boise State, and UT Arlington have published a paper called "GPSBuster" (PDF link), demonstrating how a HackRF One can sniff out covert GPS trackers by their unintended electromagnetic radiation. Hidden trackers are hard to find since they only receive satellite signals and may store coordinates locally rather than transmit. Instead of […]

Joel (jLynx), known for his work on the HackRF Mayhem firmware, has released an open-source project called BrowSDR that turns a HackRF or RTL-SDR into a fully browser-based SDR receiver. The application connects to your SDR directly via WebUSB and uses a high-performance Rust/WebAssembly DSP pipeline running in Web Workers for smooth, real-time spectrum and […]

Over on GitHub and YouTube, we've seen the release of Sarah Rose's new program called DeDECTive, a DECT 6.0 scanner and voice decoder for the HackRF running on Linux systems. DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) is a digital wireless protocol typically used by modern cordless phones. Back in 2019, Sarah (previously known as Corrosive) demonstrated […]

Thank you to Janble for writing in and sharing with us their new software called "RDF-J / ECM-J SYSTEM". These are two distinct programs in a package. The software is not open source, and it appears that Janble wishes to sell the software to interested parties. Currently, they do not have a website, and they […]

Recently, M. Khanfar released a new free program, "Analog Radio Hunter," described as a "professional RF analysis and monitoring application built around GNU Radio and Fosphor." The software currently supports RTL-SDR, Airspy, and HackRF. Khanfar writes: Analog Radio Hunter is a professional RF analysis and monitoring application built around GNU Radio and Fosphor. It is designed to […]

Thank you to Aaron, who is most well known for creating the DragonOS distribution, for writing in and sharing with us a new open-source program he's recently released over on GitHub. The program is called 'Iridium-Sniffer', and it is a standalone Iridium satellite burst detector and demodulator written in C. Typically, gr-iridium has been used […]