Ukrainian startup CODE380 has built a pocket-sized receiver called the D·Vision SDR that intercepts unencrypted live video feeds from many Russian reconnaissance and attack drones, letting Ukrainian operators see what the drone's camera sees. At about 10 ounces, it is reported to be less than half the weight of competing Ukrainian detection devices, and it can also pick up the newer radio frequencies used by Russia's Molniya drones since June.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-03
A hardware project has repurposed the Gemtek W1700K Wi-Fi 7 router's MediaTek MT7996 radio chip as a wideband software-defined radio receiver, capturing raw 14-bit IQ data at up to 320 megasamples per second. Custom firmware, built without any MediaTek code, drives the radio from cold boot and streams captured data over 10 GbE to a Linux host, which renders a live spectrum and waterfall display in a browser.
github.com
· 2026-10-12
The ESPARGOS project, known for a WiFi direction-finding antenna array built on ESP32 microcontrollers, discovered an undocumented feature letting firmware bypass fixed WiFi/Bluetooth hardware to capture raw IQ baseband samples. This turns several ESP32 models into software-defined radios covering 2.2–2.7 GHz (plus 4.8–6.0 GHz on the ESP32-C5), with sample rates up to 80 MS/s. The newer ESP32-S31 can stream continuously at 16 MS/s over Gigabit Ethernet, and a browser-based tool called ESP-WebSDR lets users flash the firmware and view a live spectrum waterfall.
rtl-sdr.com
· 2026-10-01
DJI has introduced SDR Transmission II, a wireless video system for professional productions that transmits 4K 60 fps HDR footage at 50Mbps over distances up to 2.5 miles, doubling the bitrate and extending range compared to its predecessor. The system allows one transmitter to link with up to eight receivers, and larger setups can scale to five transmitters and 40 receivers for complex multi-camera shoots.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-17
A new open-source software-defined radio project called sdr-- lets users build signal chains visually, linking devices, decoders, displays and recorders on a canvas. It runs a Rust-based server for radio and signal processing paired with a React-based interface that works in a browser or desktop app, and can operate locally or split across a network.
github.com
· 2026-09-14
A new project compiles the GNU Radio DSP engine and its Qt GUI sinks to WebAssembly, letting users build and run software-defined radio flowgraphs directly in a browser tab without installing Python or GNU Radio. It supports the same .grc flowgraph files as the desktop app, includes sample flowgraphs and IQ recordings, and can connect to RTL-SDR, PlutoSDR or HackRF hardware through WebUSB.
gnuradioworld.com
· 2026-09-09
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