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Monthly Archives: March, 2014

  • Controlling a Remote Control Car with the HackRF March 5, 2014
  • RTL-SDR with Frontend Bandpass Filter March 5, 2014
  • TVSharp Updated to Version 1.2 March 5, 2014
  • Receiving VDL Mode 2 with MultiPSK and the RTL-SDR March 4, 2014
  • Transmitting DVB-T with the BladeRF and Receiving it on a RTL-SDR March 4, 2014
  • RTL-SDR Wrapper for Max/MSP March 3, 2014
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The RTL-SDR is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on DVB-T TV tuners with RTL2832U chips. The RTL-SDR can be used as a wide band radio scanner. It may interest ham radio enthusiasts, hardware hackers, tinkerers and anyone interested in RF.
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