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London Shortwave’s innovative PocketCHIP-powered field portable SDR
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who recently shared his latest SDR project: a field-portable, ultra-compact, SDR spectrum recording system based on the PocketCHIP computer....
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London Shortwave refines his tablet-based portable SDR
One of the great things about the SWLing Post is that readers share their varied–and highly creative–methods of playing radio. A few weeks ago, SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared his...
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Using the Elad FDM-S2 on the $99 HP Stream 7 tablet
The HP Stream 7 Windows 8.1 tablet Regarding the Elad FDM-S2, Guy Atkins comments: “This week I bought an HP Stream 7 tablet from the local Microsoft Store for $99, and it runs my Elad FDM-S2 receiver...
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Video: Controlling the Elad FDM-S2 SDR with the HP Stream 7 tablet
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Guy Atkins, who shares the following video demonstrating how the Elad FDM-S2 can be controlled with the $99 HP Stream 7 Windows 8.1 tablet PC: You can read more...
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An inexpensive Windows tablet for portable SDRs?
I’ve never been a fan of tablet PCs. I have an old Android tablet that I occasionally use to watch Netflix and read eBooks, but when I want to interact with a computer, I typically want the...
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London Shortwave updates his portable SDR
SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, has updated his portable SDR setup to achieve a lower noise floor by implementing a Wellbrook UMB130 balun. Click here to read his post. Spread the radio love
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The Siru Innovatios SDR20 multi-touch portable SDR
A few weeks ago, at the Four Days In May conference (held alongside the Dayton Hamvention) I met Jarkko Mäkivaara from the Finnish company Siru. Jarkko was demonstrating the SDR20: a radio that...
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LondonShortwave: “Scanning the skies”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, LondonShortwave, who shared (via Twitter) this video with recordings made with his portable SDR in a London park: Brilliant recordings, LS, and amazingly...
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The Siru Innovatios SDR20 adds new features
Many thanks to Jarkko Mäkivaara with Siru Innovations who writes with the following update: We have added some new features to our SDR20 portable radio! Please see the video [below] for a...
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Video: SDR Touch demo on Android device using SDRplay RSP
(Source: SDRplay via YouTube) Click here to view on YouTube. This demonstrates turning an Android Tablet (or Android Phone) into a highly portable comms receiver or spectrum analyzer operating from...
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London Shortwave’s portable “spectrum capture lab”
SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, just posted a photo of his portable SDR setup on Twitter and noted: “Portable spectrum capture lab back in operation. Grabbing the grey line hour on the 49...
View ArticleThe new Malahit-DSP: A portable all-in-one wideband SDR receiver
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, H. Garcia (PU3HAG), who writes: Hey Thomas, Some very exciting news on the topic of portable all-band receivers comes from Russia! A group of engineers have just...
View ArticleCoastal DXing with the AirSpy HF+ Discovery and a homebrew passive loop antenna
Last week, we packed the car and headed to coast of South Carolina. The trip was a bit impromptu but through the creative use of hotel points, we scored a two bedroom ocean front unit with a fantastic...
View ArticleThe Malahit-DSP: A potential Holy Grail portable SDR?
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who provides this update to his article on the Belka DSP receiver. Dan writes: One of the other DSP radios shown being demonstrated on YouTube is...
View ArticleThe AirSpy HF+ Discovery and a new era of portable SDR DXing
The following article first appeared in the January 2020 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. The AirSpy HF+ Discovery and a new era of portable DXing I admit it: I used to be a bit of an...
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