{"id":37370,"date":"2019-05-18T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T20:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37370"},"modified":"2019-05-18T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T20:09:42","slug":"rsgb-2018-convention-lecture-dc-to-microwaves-on-your-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/rsgb-2018-convention-lecture-dc-to-microwaves-on-your-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB 2018 Convention Lecture: DC to Microwaves on your smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37371\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-12-at-7.11.27-AM-624x349.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2019\/may\/farnham-websdr-dc-to-microwaves-on-your-smartphone.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The presentation by\u00a0<strong>Noel Matthews G8GTZ<\/strong> on the Farnham WebSDR given to the 2018 RSGB Convention is now available on YouTube:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uwteQsmLVFs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uwteQsmLVFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This presentation gives an overview of the Farnham WebSDR, available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farnham-sdr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/farnham-sdr.com\/<\/a>\u00a0which currently covers the LF bands through to 10GHz.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation describes the system architecture and antennas currently used on each band and how the team has used RTL dongle receivers, available for under \u00a310, to give good RF performance on all bands from DC to 10GHz. There is a demonstration of the SDR in use on both PC and smartphone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Southgate ARC) The presentation by\u00a0Noel Matthews G8GTZ on the Farnham WebSDR given to the 2018 RSGB Convention is now available on YouTube: Click here to view on YouTube. This presentation gives an overview of the Farnham WebSDR, available at\u00a0http:\/\/farnham-sdr.com\/\u00a0which currently covers the LF bands through to 10GHz. The presentation describes the system architecture and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,158,304],"tags":[2858,157,4087,580,5392,4742],"class_list":["post-37370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","category-videos","tag-rtl-sdr","tag-sdr","tag-software-defined-radio","tag-southgate-arc","tag-web-sdrs","tag-websdr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9IK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31326,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/catsync-a-new-tool-to-control-websdrs-with-your-tabletop-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":37370,"position":0},"title":"CATSync: A new tool to control WebSDRs with your tabletop radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Introducing CATSync - The new CAT tool for WebSDRs Oscar, DJ0MY, has developed a new software tool for radio amateurs and SWLs. 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Mehdi notes some of the details about the receiver: [The WebSDR\u00a0is]\u00a0installed and operated by our amateur club: EP2C (www.ep2c.ir) [Perhaps]\u00a0the first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WebSDR-Iran-Waterfall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/WebSDR-Iran-Waterfall.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/WebSDR-Iran-Waterfall.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/WebSDR-Iran-Waterfall.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31357,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/rsgb-and-wwii-voluntary-interceptors\/","url_meta":{"origin":37370,"position":3},"title":"RSGB and WWII Voluntary Interceptors","author":"Thomas","date":"March 27, 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