Software Defined Radio: A Primer

Who

Technical savvy, low barrier to entry

What

Public Safety Frequencies National Weather Service Frequencies – use to determine correction factors. Satellite photos of earth (4-5 minutes of recording?)

Where

  1. Nationwide Radio Frequencies: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/
  2. Map of United States of America Radio Frequencies: http://www.kf7lze.net/files/chart.jpg
  3. http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR
  4. http://rtlsdr.org/

Why

To educate and understand our environment defined by radio frequencies.

When

24x7x365 – Recording satellite transmissions, requires determining path, identifying start/stop of transmission, and accounting for “phase shift”