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Jouni OH3CUF<p>I bought web888 and installed it with a MLA-30+ active loop antenna. </p><p>Now I have personal FT8 skimmer for max 12 different bands (using now 7). </p><p>I developed few scripts that plot the data and it all seems logical and stable. The web888 even provides SNR data by default.</p><p>web888 is awesome device, so many possibilities and I really liked the MLA-30+ antenna, nicely thught and the outdoor unit is potted in expoxy!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/web888" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web888</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ft8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ft8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/loopantenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loopantenna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Come On Giant Asteroid!<p><a href="https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/meet-the-hobbyists-behind-todays-smartest-radios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">radioworld.com/news-and-busine</span><span class="invisible">ss/news-makers/meet-the-hobbyists-behind-todays-smartest-radios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HobbyRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HobbyRadio</span></a></p>
The Wrew (WOTYE!)<p>Interested in <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/tags/Satcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satcom</span></a>? Aside from the requisite hardware (SDR, antenna, filters and amplifiers...), you also need software capable of doing it... and that is where <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/tags/SatDump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SatDump</span></a> comes in. </p><p>It's tailor made for using SDRs to track, receive, and decode satellite transmissions.... and it looks SUPER FUCKING COOL!</p><p><a href="https://wrewtopia.com/read/2025-07-22" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wrewtopia.com/read/2025-07-22</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PentHertz<p>🛰️ Control Lotus BUDC up/down converters on 🪟 Windows &amp; 🐧 Linux has been released!<br>Go beyond the 1.8 GHz with the HydraSDR RFOne even close to the 20 GHz in a second!<br>🔗 <a href="https://github.com/PentHertz/lotus_budc_controler" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/PentHertz/lotus_bud</span><span class="invisible">c_controler</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
ACARS Drama<p>Seeing some new feeders located in Bulgaria, Texas, Germany… thank you for your feeds, the glutenous drama engine welcomes additional sources of sustenance!</p><p>If you would like to feed the Drama engines by harvesting your sky drama with an SDR, check out acarsdrama.com to learn more.</p><p><a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
ACARS Drama<p>Lots of new feeds in many countries the last few days!</p><p>Thanks to the most wonderful people in the world, we now have coverage of mystery galley fluids, broken coffee makers and lavs that won't flush in:</p><p>Barvaria, Germany<br>Winterthur, Switzerland<br>Dornbirn, Austria<br>Bangkok, Thailand<br>Saint-Nazaire, France</p><p>Thanks to all these feeders - if you'd like to feed the drama machine, check out <a href="https://acarsdrama.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">acarsdrama.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for info!</p><p><a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
ACARS Drama<p>A step by step guide on how to feed the ACARS Drama Engine with the latest version of the adsb.im image!</p><p><a href="https://mike-sheward.medium.com/feed-acars-drama-with-adsb-im-a-step-by-step-guide-a78983f6ed18" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mike-sheward.medium.com/feed-a</span><span class="invisible">cars-drama-with-adsb-im-a-step-by-step-guide-a78983f6ed18</span></a></p><p><a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
PentHertz<p>🚀📡 New SoapySDR module for Harogic SA devices! Move beyond prototyping with robust SDR tools ready for production 💪⚡ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SoftwareRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareRadio</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Harogic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harogic</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpectrumAnalyzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpectrumAnalyzer</span></a> <br>🔗 <a href="https://github.com/PentHertz/SoapyHarogic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/PentHertz/SoapyHaro</span><span class="invisible">gic</span></a></p>
Steve Stroh N8GNJ<p>Zero Retries 0209 - <br><a href="https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0209" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries</span><span class="invisible">-0209</span></a></p><p>* VARA FM - 12.5 kHz Bandwidth Versus 25 kHz Bandwidth<br>* Jim Boddie NG2J - Silent Keyboard<br>* ADRCS Press Release re: IP400<br>* SARC Communicator, 7/8 2025<br>* Radio Module 2 and DreamHAT+<br>* HydraSDR RFOne<br>* My Portable Packet Radio Test Box (video)<br>* OpenWrt ampr-ripd package<br>* Seeed Studios reRouter</p><p>Zero Retries is an independent Amateur Radio newsletter.<br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HydraSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydraSDR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
Chris :mastozany:<p>Vorhin mal wieder einen Überflug von NOAA-19 mit dem SDR und satdump mitgenommen. Man kann recht gut aus den Daten erkennen, dass das Mittelmeer zu warm ist. Die nördlichen Meere sind wegen der geschlossenen Wolkendecke etwas zu kalt dargestellt.</p><p><a href="https://toot.execbase.net/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://toot.execbase.net/tags/satdump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satdump</span></a> <a href="https://toot.execbase.net/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a></p>
ACARS Drama<p>If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to get started feeding the ACARS Drama engine, and lots of other great ADSB, VDLM2 and more projects - check out <a href="https://adsb.im" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">adsb.im</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>The project is a single image with support for multiple aggregators, including, as of the new version that just dropped — ACARS Drama!!</p><p>Big thanks to the adsb.im crew for including us.</p><p><a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://live.acarsdrama.com/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
autochthon<p>Panoradio SDR | Advanced Software Defined Radio<br><a href="https://panoradio-sdr.de/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">panoradio-sdr.de/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"This blog presents new advanced topics on software defined radio to interested amateurs and professionals. It provides current research topics as well as tutorials and introductory material on selected SDR and signal processing topics."</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/signal_processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal_processing</span></a></p>
mau 🏳️‍🌈#EndFossilFuels<p>Just got my RTL-SDR and started messing around with it.</p><p>Of course, local radio in North Carolina is mostly religious fundamentalism and car sales.</p><p>Gotta search for the emergency service frequencies.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a></p>
Matt Layman<p>🐍 How can you use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> with Software Defined Radios (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a>)? In this presentation, Patrick shows us his neat project of applying Python to recording radio signals. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MonR5zZL-Es" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=MonR5zZL-Es</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Benjamin Vernoux<p>🚀 HydraSDR RFOne Host Tools are now fully open source!<br>✅ Cross-platform support (Windows/Linux/MacOS)<br>✅ Shared libraries + DLL included<br>✅ Complete documentation &amp; build instructions<br>📖 Docs: <a href="https://github.com/hydrasdr/rfone_host/tree/main/hydrasdr-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/hydrasdr/rfone_host</span><span class="invisible">/tree/main/hydrasdr-tools</span></a><br>💻 Code: <a href="https://github.com/hydrasdr/rfone_host" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/hydrasdr/rfone_host</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>More to come on 02 July 2025 17:00 (UTC/GMT+2 France) with open source firmware ... <br>For more details follow the countdown on <a href="https://hydrasdr.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hydrasdr.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HydraSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydraSDR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RFEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFEngineering</span></a></p>
𝑮7𝑰𝙕𝑼 𝑹𝙍𝑫<p>Radio Software</p><p>I use Zello to link audio received on multiple SDR radios at home to my phone when I'm out and about. </p><p>Channels on the SDRs are fed via virtual audio cables to the Voicemeeter audio mixer, which has a remote macro addon which I use to prioritise some channels over others by having one channel mute others if they're active together. The mixer output is fed to Zello and Zello uses "vox" mode to key the "transmitter". </p><p>On 25th June Zello pulled support for the older free Zello PC app I used, and the service stopped working. Thank fully there's a workaround, as Zello are continuing free use for Friends and Family using the mobile app. </p><p>By running Zello mobile on the Bluestacks Android emulator in Windows, I can continue to use the facility. Happy days!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zello</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
Venya (he/him/dude) 🇺🇦<p>If I don't plan to actually listen to anything (rare), I just leave the speakers powered off. But it's annoying.</p><p>If I use <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/SparkSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SparkSDR</span></a>, it handles both the radio and the decoding and spot reporting so it's a non-issue, but the waterfall and spectrum display don't work properly in FT8 so it's hard to tell what's happening.</p><p>Longer term, I need to just move the radio to the server and access it remotely. But there are antenna considerations for the <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a>.</p>
m0veax<p>Heute habe ich versucht mit einer L-Band Antenne Daten von Inmarsat GX5 zu empfangen. Leider hat das ganze nicht so wirklich geklappt. Gearbeitet habe ich mit satdump-ui und habe auch „etwas“ gesehen, aber konnte nichts decoden. </p><p>Kann ich irgendwo passende Neigungswinkel und Frequenzen für Satelliten nachschlagen? Ich glaube ich mache da noch etwas falsch. Die Sicht auf den Satelliten war aus meiner Sicht frei.</p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/amateurfunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amateurfunk</span></a></p>
tjhowse<p>More fun with my <a href="https://howse.social/tags/nanoVNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nanoVNA</span></a>! </p><p>Two almost identical 915MHz antennae sold for use with <a href="https://howse.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> radios. Roughly the same delivered price. One from ebay, one from aliexpress.</p><p>They're both great antennae at the target frequency. However one of them completely shits the bed when you bend the hinge 90°. Antennae are weird.</p><p><a href="https://howse.social/tags/lorawan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorawan</span></a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xz64nPeKJR8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/xz64nPeKJR8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mike Sheward<p>My previous intro post was a few years old, so behold, new intro post:</p><p>Mike. Live in the Seattle area having grown up in the UK as a full blown British. Have a wife (incredible), child (boy), and three dogs (golden retriver/cream retriver/fuck knows).</p><p>I work in information security, something I have done for about 20 years. By day I run corporate security, enterprise IT and various other bits and pieces for an EV charging startup. I am big into EV's and currently drive one that is not a Tesla. I want an electric motorbike, so if anyone has a spare one please send it.</p><p>I also have a company of my own, Secure Being (<a href="https://securebeing.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">securebeing.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), which does pen testing and digital forensic work - it's my way of staying super hands on while still doing the management bits on the career path.</p><p>I have written books about information security things. Five of them. Two are non-fiction textbooks, and three are fiction based on real world <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> things. Check out <a href="https://infosecdiaries.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">infosecdiaries.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and your local bookstore to find them, just search for my name. I have been trying to write more stuff, but always seem to find myself distracted by other things, such as work. linktr.ee/secureowl has some mini stories I've written.</p><p>I love radio and everything RF. I have lots of antennas and various scanners and radios on my desk. I love intercepting and decoding things, like digital radio protocols.</p><p>I am a big aviation nerd. I always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I gained my private pilots license in the UK at 17, all self funded by my employment at the local Safeway/Morrisons store. I did the sim test and commercial assessments, but for some reason, at 18, I was unable to find the £100k needed to complete the commercial training, so I did computers. But do not worry, because those computers and love of aviation and radio/RF combined, and I run a project called ACARS Drama. <a href="https://acarsdrama.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">acarsdrama.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> has all the details.</p><p>I play guitar and am a big guitar/audio nerd as well. I record music under the moniker Operation: Anxiety, <a href="https://operationanxiety.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">operationanxiety.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - the music is on all the normal places. </p><p>Finally, I am a massive fan of motorsport. I believe I have watched every F1 race for the last 30 years, maybe 25. I also follow F2, FE, Indycar and MotoGP closely. I average around 18 hours of Le Mans 24 hour racing watching per year.</p><p>So there you have it. If you are looking for a thought leader on the topics mentioned above, you've come to the wrong place - because this is where I shitpost, and shitposting is cheap therapy.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dfir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dfir</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pentesting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/f1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>f1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>
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