This summer I was looking for a cheap Android Tablet in order to replace a dead TomTom Go730 GPS navigator, that suddenly decided to dead and being close to go in holiday I decided to invest money into a more versatile device that could be used as a gps navigator but even in other ways….
Tag: SDR
Scanning Osnabrueck
I’m in Osnabrueck north germany and playing with my RtlSdr dongle scanning VHF
SDR on your Android Galaxy S3
IW5EIJ Leonardo, yesterday night showed me a nice App running on Android, named SDR Touch. Connecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to the RTLSDR dongle will turn your smartphone into a nice wide band receiver. Leonardo is however experiencing an unwanted and unexpected phone vibration during reception. Could not gave him any hint since, I don’t…
RTL SDR – First steps
An RTL-SDRÂ RTL2832U-based DVB-T dongle is my latest gift. I’ve been introduced to RTL SDR by IZ5XRC that talked to me about this interesting recycling capability of DVB-T Dongles. If you are curious to know, in few words, with a common dongle used to watch TV on your PC, you can easily use it as…
New FlexRadio FLEX-6500 and FLEX-6700
Rumors were tue about the Flex-6000 Series ! Flex-Radio just announced the new Flex-Radio systems FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 FLEX-6500 is an HF only SDR Radio while FLEX-6700 includes 6m band, there is also a FLEX-6700R that includes VHF. FLEX-6000 More info and brochure can be found at FlexRadio Systems…
Genesis 3020 SDR vs Yaesu FT-950
This evening at our local Club Station, ARI Firenze, we had a special event on SDR technology and in particular a Genesis SDR has been presented and tested with behind our club main radio the Yaesu FT-950. At the event there were aproximately 20 persons, everyone almost interested and curious. We were not able to…
First experience with an SDR
Tonight I’ve been invited by Franco I5XFD to setup one of his recent toys. A PMSDR Software Defined Radio transceiver. Franco asked my help to setup the Winrad software, having just finished to assemble the PMSDR Kit. This SDR comes in a disassembled kit, and is very small as you can see from the picture….