5 Cool Things You Can Do With An RTL SDR Receiver

I'm 11 seconds in and I see you've made a complete list of the topics you'll be covering in this video. That's the moment I clicked like. I already do all the things listed and I very much appreciate your video getting to the point so I can move on to the next thing. Outstanding job.

You can even use this USB Stick to pick up weather satellite images. You just need a slightly different antenna connected to it (like an old umbrella for example) and a software that decodes the raw data into an image.

My dad once had a special base receiver that he called a "CB" but it wasn't a "CB", it was way bigger. He used it as a CB, but when he turned whatever dials he could pick up the signals from Wright Patterson Air Force. Of course, the antenna was pretty high up. One time while he was talking, he was interrupted by Wright Patterson who told him to immediately remove himself from that band.

I liked your manner when warned about loud noise for headphones, for this I'll support your Chan always, where and when ever and as much as I go.

Thank you for the tip about virtual radar. I have it going now and I love it.

I subbed, fantastic video! looking forward to seeing more (and thanks for the ample warning about the loud noise)

This is cool. I remember having to use old moto bravo pagers for POSAG data. This seems so much easier. Thank you

Excellent video! To the point and very informative. Thank you!

That's a nice and concise tutorial about SDR. Pity they didn't have these things when I was young and had all that free time. I got my first scanner more than 40 years ago, when the average SWL had no interest in what lay above 30 MHz, and buying crystals to get individual VHF channels was the norm. I remember getting my first synthesized radio, the Bearcat 100XL, and thinking how liberating it was! Looks like the "killer app" for SDR should be one that can record a whole band at a time. I heard once that ADSL carriers used a similar scheme to sample the entire RF band at each tower, and send the digital samples over a T1 backhaul to be demodulated in the digital domain. That was borderline magical at the time! It would be nice to have a running recording of the local public safety services, or to record every local broadcast radio station at once.

Hi Matt. I primarily frequent retro computer channels but this video showed up in my suggestions and I enjoyed the video very much -- very interesting content and production quality is excellent. I'm in the same small YouTuber position as you, with about the same number of subscribers. For what it's worth, count me in as another sub to your channel.

Hey Matt great video. I would just like to note that air traffic control is on frequencies 118.000 - 136.975 108.000 - 117.975 is aviation navigational radio. I believe all other information is correct. Thanks!

I just bought one specifically to join ADS-B Exchange but after learning what else you can do, definitely going to have to play around with it a bit first!

One thing an analog scanner cannot pick up is data. Ham radio is in a new era when computers are being used. I remember picking up hidden signals off the large satellite dish, and a long, medium and shortwave receiver. Subcarrier signals ruled the satellite dish. Now with computers signals are endless. Thanks for video.

I have a dongle made by RTL-SDR, and it is indeed buckets of fun to listen to signals! I can pick up police, fire, ems, Ham radio, aviation radio, and of course pagers in Southern Idaho. I may or may not have decoded hospital pager data, which of course is Very Illegal in the U.S. from what I understand.

another brilliant video :-) I can see whos videos I am going to be catching up on over the weekend.

Just got an RTL-SDR and this was very helpful.

I'm interested in everything. I don't know why. I've always just loved learning stuff. I subscribed. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the vid man, learned new stuff!

Very cool, thank you for your video, amazing what u can do with these things!

Nice job of explaining, thank you.