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From a faint 434 MHz blob to a decoded TFA pool sensor

A full SDR workflow: visual discovery, shifted-center validation, antenna-disconnect control, pulse fingerprinting, and rtl_433 protocol decoding of a 434 MHz ASK/OOK pool temperature sensor.

#SDR#bladeRF#rtl_433#433MHz#OOK
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Unknown VHF Burst -> Real-Time APRS Monitoring Pipeline

Research notes on passively identifying APRS traffic near 144.800 MHz with BladeRF, SDR++ IQ WAV captures, Python signal extraction, AFSK1200 decoding, Dire Wolf validation, and log-only realtime protocol analysis.

#APRS#AX.25#AFSK1200#BladeRF#Dire Wolf
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TETRA Control-Channel Passive SDR Research Notes

Passive SDR notes on TETRA control-channel metadata exposure, encrypted resource-grant visibility and the absence of readable user-content recovery.

#SDR#TETRA#bladeRF#radio-security#metadata-analysis