If I offered you the secret to the $11 spectrum analyzer & software-defined radio, what would you promise me? Your firstborn? Treasures of gold and diamonds. Well, I'll consider the latter. Here it is ...

Two years ago, I wrote about using an inexpensive RTL2832-based DVB/DAB USB dongle as a spectrum analyzer and receiver. (See “Software-Defined Radios Help Explore RF Spectrum,” July 11, 2012). It is ...

Every machine has its own way of communicating with its operator. Some send status emails, some illuminate, but most of them vibrate and make noise. If it hums happily, that’s usually a good sign, but ...

When the first USB DTV receivers came out with tuners covering 54–806 MHz, I wondered if any of them could be modified into an inexpensive spectrum analyzer. Thanks to RealTek and some Linux kernel ...

Software-defined radio (SDR) is a very powerful concept. Its technologies provide software implementation of modulation, interference management, and capacity enhancement techniques over a broad ...

In advance of IMS2014 in Tampa, FL, Signal Hound released its model BB60C real-time spectrum analyzer and RF recorder. The BB60C Signal Hound is the fifth in this product line, and it follows the ...

Signal Hound, a pioneer in USB-powered spectrum analyzers, announced a software upgrade—called Spike—that will integrate all of its SA-Series spectrum analyzers and TG-Series tracking generator models ...