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  • SoftRock Lite II Build and Test Tutorial Video May 20, 2014
  • RTL-SDR Radio Receiver for Chrome May 20, 2014
  • New Ebook: The Hobbyists Guide to RTL-SDR May 16, 2014
  • Hak5: Improvements to the ADS-B Antenna Drone May 15, 2014
  • Instructables Post on Building a Discone Antenna May 15, 2014
  • New RTL-SDR Panoramic Spectrum Analyzer May 15, 2014
  • ADS-B Decoder dump1090 now Available on Windows May 12, 2014
  • SeeDeR: New SDR GUI Software Supporting RTL-SDR May 11, 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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