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PixlezYou could use it for receiving and transmitting anything within the 1 MHz to 6 GHz range. That includes, but is not limited to:
* Reverse-engineering radio signals from consumer devices * Receiving ADS-B signals (airplanes broadcast their position in real-time, you can receive and display their positions in real-time) * Receiving other aviation / maritime signals * Receiving known radio beacons to test and verify ionospheric radio propagation conditions * Receiving radio time beacons from atomic clock stations around the globe * Ham radio, on all available bands. Very few ham radios in existence can cover this entire range. * Police scanner (including the newer trunked systems that older scanners will not read) * Usage as generic test equipment, e.g. spectrum analyzer, useful for determining whether interference is present. This device is 10x-100x cheaper than most commercial test equipment out there) * Capable of receiving and displaying (but not decoding) data from all modern cell phones * Receiving satellite signals (radiotelescope, etc) * Receiving pirate radio broadcasts * Listening to 'numbers stations' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station * Pretty much anything else in this frequency range.
Because this radio receives and transmits IQ data, it is capable of receiving and transmitting ALL known modulation types, unlike older non-software radios. While it's unable to decode anything that's encrypted, it's still possible to receive and display the encrypted data.
Note that the drop is just for the hardware; the software to do the things above is left as an exercise to the user. Some of these exist, others don't. Ham radio guys like myself tend to use these devices and write our own software as needed, using toolsets like GNUradio.
Lastly, here's a database of known radio signals that you can pick up (Anything HF and above, up to 6 GHz): http://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Signal_Identification_Guide
* Reverse-engineering radio signals from consumer devices * Receiving ADS-B signals (airplanes broadcast their position in real-time, you can receive and display their positions in real-time) * Receiving other aviation / maritime signals * Receiving known radio beacons to test and verify ionospheric radio propagation conditions * Receiving radio time beacons from atomic clock stations around the globe * Ham radio, on all available bands. Very few ham radios in existence can cover this entire range. * Police scanner (including the newer trunked systems that older scanners will not read) * Usage as generic test equipment, e.g. spectrum analyzer, useful for determining whether interference is present. This device is 10x-100x cheaper than most commercial test equipment out there) * Capable of receiving and displaying (but not decoding) data from all modern cell phones * Receiving satellite signals (radiotelescope, etc) * Receiving pirate radio broadcasts * Listening to 'numbers stations' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station * Pretty much anything else in this frequency range.
Because this radio receives and transmits IQ data, it is capable of receiving and transmitting ALL known modulation types, unlike older non-software radios. While it's unable to decode anything that's encrypted, it's still possible to receive and display the encrypted data.
Note that the drop is just for the hardware; the software to do the things above is left as an exercise to the user. Some of these exist, others don't. Ham radio guys like myself tend to use these devices and write our own software as needed, using toolsets like GNUradio.
Lastly, here's a database of known radio signals that you can pick up (Anything HF and above, up to 6 GHz): http://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Signal_Identification_Guide
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