The idea discone antenna looks exactly like its namesake; a metal disk attached to a metal cone. Of course with the frequencies the RTL software-defined radio deals with, it’s rarely necessary ...

[Rich, VE3MKC] has been wanting to get into Software Defined Radio for a while now ... [Rich] is using a SoftRock SDR to take RF from an antenna and downconvert it into the audio range.

The parabolic antenna comes as three metal petals ... In addition to KrakenRF’s dish and feed, you’ll also need a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver and a computer with software to decode ...

Join Elektor and Baltic Lab’s Sebastian Westerhold for a deep dive into cutting-edge RF experiments, SDR projects, and a ...