Demonstrating the MFJ-1708SDR Automatic Relay Switch with an SDRplay and Icom...
A few weeks ago we posted about the MFJ1708SDR automatic relay switch and how it can be used to combine an RX only SDR with a transmit capable radio. An automatic antenna relay switch is used to...
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Video Comparing the RSP-1A Against the Airspy HF+, and Testing out the Airspy...
Over on YouTube icholakov has uploaded two new comparison videos. The first compares the Airspy HF+ against an RSP-1A on HF signals with a W6LVP receive loop antenna in a noisy suburban backyard in...
View ArticleWarning: Stolen SDRplay RSP-1A’s on eBay will not Function Properly
SDRplay have recently released a PSA noting that a consignment of RSP-1A's was stolen from their manufacturing partner. This is important as SDRplay have decided to blacklist the serial numbers from...
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SDRplay Release a Dual Tuner SDR called RSPduo
The RSPduo SDRplay have released a new product at this years Hamvention called the "RSPduo". The product uses the same technology as their previous RSP models, but this time includes a phase-coherent...
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QuestaSDR Android App now with Remote Network Streaming: RTL-SDR, Airspy,...
Back in April we posted about QuestaSDR, which had just released the Android version of its SDR software. Recently QuestaSDR programmer 'hOne' wrote in and noted that a new update has enabled remote...
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SDRplay Spectrum Analyzer Alpha Version Released
Steve Andrew has just released an alpha version of a Windows Spectrum Analyzer app for SDRplay SDRs that he's been working on. The app is currently still in alpha, meaning that all the features are not...
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Using an SDRplay RSP2 to Measure IMD
Over on YouTube channel Rate My Radio has uploaded a set of three videos showing how to use an SDRplay RSP2 as a low cost spectrum analyzer to measure the inter modulation distortion (IMD) performance...
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Noise Cancellation using Linrad and the Phase Coherent Capabilities of an RSPduo
The RSPduo is the latest product from SDRplay, and it's main defining feature is it's dual RX channels. The two channels allow you to simultaneously listen to two stations that may be at opposite ends...
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Cloned SDRPlay and Airspy Units Now Appearing on Aliexpress/eBay
Recently we've found that there are now cloned units of SDRplay RSP1 and Airspy R2 units appearing on Aliexpress and eBay. (We won't link them here to avoid improving the Google ranking of the clone...
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New Store Products: SDRplay RSP1A Metal Case Upgrade + Portable Antenna Set
Over on our store we've just released two new products for sale. The first is a metal case upgrade kit for the SDRplay RSP1A. It is similar to the previous enclosure that we sold for the RSP1, but no...
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Detecting The Sound of Bats with a Piezo Speaker and SDRplay RSP1A
Over on YouTube user Jan de Jong has uploaded a few screenshots and sounds on a video which shows that he was able to receive the ultrasonic sound of bats by connecting a small piezo speaker to an...
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RadCom Review of the RSPduo Now Available Online
In the July 2018 edition of the UK based amateur radio magazine 'RadCom' Mike Richards wrote up a review of the RSPduo. This review is now available for free to download from SDRplay (pdf). The RSPduo...
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Receiving GOES Weather Satellite HRIT with an SDRplay and 2.4 GHz WiFi Grid...
Over on the SDRplay forums member RSP2user has posted a new tutorial, this time showing how to receive weather satellite images from GOES satellites with an RSP2 and cheap 2.4 GHz WiFi grid antenna....
View ArticleReviews and Assembly Videos of our SDRplay RSP1A Metal Enclosure Upgrade Set
Over on YouTube we've seen several reviews and installation videos of our SDRplay RSP1A metal enclosure + portable antenna set that we released for sale back in July of this year. The set comes with a...
View ArticleBlack Friday SDR Sales: Airspy 15% Off, SDrplay RSP2 $20 Off, HackRF 20% Off
Airspy Airspy is currently running a 15% Black Friday sale over on the manufacturers website iead.cc, and on their US distributor airspy.us. The coupon code is BF2018. This results in an Airspy Mini...
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World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) Reviews the SDRplay RSPDuo
A couple of days ago we ran a post noting that the Airspy HF+ WRTH review was now available for public viewing. Now thanks to Jon Hudson of SDRplay for letting us know that the SDRplay RSPDuo review...
View ArticleVideo Showing How to Decode Meteor M2 with an SDRPlay in Windows
Thanks to "Lolo sdr" for submitting his videos that show his process for receiving and decoding Meteor M2 weather satellite images in Windows with an SDRplay and SDR-Console V3. Since the SDRplay is...
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rsp_tcp: An rtl_tcp compatible IQ Server for SDRplay SDRs
The SDRplay team have released an updated version of a program called "rsp_tcp" (originally written by F4FHH Nicholas). This is a streaming IQ server for SDRplay devices, which is directly ported from...
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Photos of the MSi.SDR Dongle: A New SDRplay RSP1 Clone
Thank you to reader Mikael for writing in and letting us know that over on Aliexpress a new clone of the SDRplay RSP1 has been starting to show up. The sellers are terming it as the "MSi.SDR" in...
View ArticleSDRplay Release SDRUno V1.3 – Now with Frequency Scanning Feature
SDRplay have just released a major upgrade to SDRUno, the official software for SDRplay RSP software defined radios. Along with various bug fixes, the most interesting new feature in version 1.3 is the...
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