The following is excerpted from Chapter 18: Software Defined Radio from the Book, RF & Wireless Technologies by Bruce Fette. If you order a copy of this book before December 31, 2007 you can receive ...

Modern SDRs evolve from configurable platforms into intelligent wideband sensing systems combining high dynamic range, ...

The concept of software-defined radio (SDR) has been around for many years, but only recently, automotive manufacturers have identified the components that make the implementation of an SDR receiver ...

At first glance, the ColibriNANO SDR looks like another cheap SDR dongle. But after watching [Mile Kokotov’s] review (see video below), you can see that it was built specifically for software defined ...

The cheap software defined radio platforms that can be built out of a USB TV tuner aren’t getting much love on the Hackaday tip line of late. Thankfully, [Adam] sent in a great guide to cracking ...

THE RADIO. It’s been around for more than 100 years. Pioneering work by Guglielmo Marconi and others in the1890s and 1900s resulted in practical wireless telegraphy devices that permitted ...

Hobbyists who listen for distant signals often face a dilemma. The best places to hear distant “DX” signals are in remote and rural areas that are free of electrical interference. Unfortunately, many ...