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  • Receiving Weather RTTY and FAX with the RTL-SDR March 21, 2014
  • SDR# now with IF Stage Noise Reduction Algorithm March 18, 2014
  • Decoding HOT, EOT & DPU Train Data March 17, 2014
  • Ham it up Upconverter 3D Printed Case YouTube Giveaway March 17, 2014
  • Transmitting DAB with the HackRF March 17, 2014
  • Decoding 2x AIS Channels with SDR Console, AISMon and OpenCPN March 13, 2014
  • RTL-SDR Wide Spectrum Analyzer March 13, 2014
  • RTL-SDR DSD Call Log Recorder March 12, 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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