How to Detect Government Drones and other neat things

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Last Edited by T4 Nanobot on 03/26/2016 04:02 AM

Wouldn't a UWB device do the same? As they are actually able to scan 3D and be used to create spatial images even of underground.

I am more confused after watching the video then before.

This is some seriously useful and not well-known knowledge. Amazing stuff! As for forecasting the weather anyone with a good knowledge of clouds, wind direction and local weather patterns should be able to forecast the weather. Spend enough time outdoors and you will learn how, or buy the weather wizard's cloud book.

Good to see you back LT, thank you again,

As soon as a drone flew out er my home in the UK I built a device that can make them lose control. Next is to hack it -yawn-

I've been playing with these for a few years now. For general scanning look into a DIY 'conical broadband antenna' and stick in your attic. Look for a good quality coax cable and choose it by it's attenuation (mutes signals) that's not in the range your interested in (lower DBs is good). Satellite cable works pretty well also.

Have fun :)

Awesome information as usual.

Got mine a few days ago. Now can anyone recommend any Linux software, so far most of it has to be compiled.

This type of thing could be a lifesaver.

What a lovely thrad! Right up my alley with the weather reception and all. You should try out making a simple Quadrafilar Helix antenna with a right-hand twist (I think) and listen to Meteor. There's a whole page dedicated to it here. [link to 185.26.115.106]

You can participate in a network of reception and have your images give valuable feedback to the sat operators! Only in Russia do professional Wx-Sat ops debug their hardware with the help of the amateur community :)

I wish I could receive myself, but it takes a lot of equipment and funds to build a good antenna, as I don't get anything of worth with the one that came with RTLSDR :(

This is extremely cool! I am going to purchase one. Thank you for posting this!

That is awesome. I cannot wait to get mine. Sold.

Oh an keep in mind that the standard Chinese, plastic SDR sticks aren't built with quality components. If you can't afford a HackRF, I'd look towards AirSpy. Higher quality electronic components make for a better reception? Can't say I'm affiliated with either of those companies, but I'm not very satisfied how noisy my simple RTL stick is.

Plus that HackRF can transmit as well as having a broader band for reception. If I even win the lotto I'd be buying one of those <3

This is great, i've saved your website for future browsing purposes :)

As with any radio application, the antenna is the key to success. There are some good quality dicone antennas out there that will give you decent performance across a wide range of frequencies.

I've been back for four months, I just don't always get threads pinned where people notice them...but thanks for the nice words.

Try GQRX. It's in the software repository for Mint and probably most other distros.

With your preliminary endorsement, I'll look seriously into getting one.

bump for coolness

Thanks!