KrakenSDR Tested as a GNSS Jammer and Spoofer Localizer
KrakenSDR is our 5-channel coherent software-defined radio designed for applications such as radio direction finding. It was successfully crowdfunded on Crowdsupply back in 2021. We've recently come...
View ArticleReceiving US Nuclear Detection Satellite Signals with RTL-SDR, Discovery Dish...
Over on the Saveitforparts YouTube channel, Gabe has documented how he accidentally discovered signals coming from the GPS-satellite-based US nuclear detection system. While scanning the GPS L3...
View ArticleDetecting Hidden GPS Trackers via Electromagnetic Unintentional Emissions...
Researchers from Hunan University, Boise State, and UT Arlington have published a paper called "GPSBuster" (PDF link), demonstrating how a HackRF One can sniff out covert GPS trackers by their...
View ArticleScott Manley Explains GPS Jamming & Spoofing and Why & Who is Causing It
In recent years GPS spoofing and jamming have become quite commonplace. Recently popular YouTuber Scott Manley uploaded a video explaining exactly what GPS spoofing and jamming is and explains a bit...
View ArticleGypsum: A Software-Defined GPS Receiver written in Python + A Writeup on How...
Thank you to RTL-SDR.COM reader Lee. who found a recently released program called "gypsum" which enables an RTL-SDR or HackRF to be used as a GPS Receiver when combined with a GPS antenna. Phillip...
View ArticleDragonOS: Running GNSS-SDR and Obtaining a GPS Position with an RTL-SDR and...
Over on his YouTube channel Aaron who created and maintains the DragonOS SDR Linux distribution, has uploaded a video demonstrating how to use the GNSS-SDR software together with an RTL-SDR and patch...
View ArticleReceiving Unintentional Voice Transmissions from GPS Satellites
Over on dereksgc's YouTube channel we've discovered a few more recent interesting videos from his satellite decoding series that people may be interested in. One from two weeks ago shows how it's...
View ArticleMapping GPS/GNSS Interference Through ADS-B Data
Websites like adsbexchange.com log ADS-B aircraft tracking data from contributors located all over the world and aggregate it all onto a single map. Typically an RTL-SDR is the receiver of choice for...
View ArticleNils Reviews our RTL-SDR Blog L-Band Active Patch Antenna
Over on his blog Nils Schiffhauer (DK8OK) has recently uploaded a review of our RTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band Patch Antenna. This is a satellite patch antenna designed for experimenters who want to...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere tests our RTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band Patch Antenna
Sarah from the SignalsEverywhere YouTube channel is back this week with a video review and demonstration of our RTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band patch antenna, which is designed for receiving Inmarsat and...
View ArticleRTL-SDR Blog Active L-Band Patch Antenna for Inmarsat, Iridium, GPS Back in...
Just a quite note to say that the second batch of our Active L-Band Patch Antenna for receiving Inmarsat, Iridium and other L-Band satellites is now in stock, available to be shipped from our warehouse...
View ArticleTechMinds: Decoding GPS with an RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel Tech Minds has uploaded a video showing how it's possible to receive and decode GPS signals with an RTL-SDR. To do this he uses one of our RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongles and a GPS...
View ArticleIncreasing L-Band Active Patch SNR by using it as a Feed for a Satellite Dish
Recently RTL-SDR.COM reader Bert has been experimenting with our active L-band patch antenna product. He's written in to share that he's found that using it as a feed for a satellite dish works well to...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF for GPS Spoofing on Windows
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel a new video titled "GPS Spoofing With The HackRF On Windows" has been uploaded. In the video TechMinds uses the GPS-SDR-SIM software with his HackRF to create a...
View ArticleUsing an RTL-SDR to Investigate GPS Interference Problems on Drones Caused By...
Over on YouTube Drone and Model Aircraft enthusiast channel Paweł Spychalski has uploaded a video showing how he determined that cheap HD cameras that are commonly used on hobbyist drones can cause...
View ArticleInvestigating the Galileo Satellite Navigation System Outage with a LimeSDR
Galileo is a European Union owned satellite navigation system. Galileo was created so that the EU does not need to rely on the US GPS or the Russian GLONASS satellites, as there is no guarantee that...
View ArticleRunning a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot off the Road with GPS Spoofing
Regulus is a company that deals with sensor security issues. In one of their latest experiments they've performed GPS spoofing with several SDRs to show how easy it is to divert a Tesla Model 3 driving...
View ArticleReceiving and Decoding the NAVIC (Indian GPS) Satellites
NAVigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) (previously known as IRNSS) is an Indian navigation system consisting of 7 satellites in geosynchronous and geostationary orbits above India. It is intended...
View ArticleExtensive Russian GPS Spoofing Exposed in Report
Recently a US non-profit known as the Center of Advanced Defense (C4ADS) released a report titled "Exposing GPS Spoofing in Russia and Syria". In the report C4ADS detail how GPS and Global Navigation...
View ArticleNUT2NT+ Crowdfunding: Open Source GNSS RF-to-bits Receiver
Back in May 2018 we first posted about Amungo Navigation's NUT4NT+ project, which is a four channel global navigation satellite system (GNSS) board based on the NT1065 chip. With the right antenna, it...
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