---
id: 4070
title: "Ham Hacks: Breaking Into Software-defined Radio"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/breaking-into-software-defined-radio"
published_at: "2021-04-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "hardware-hacking", "sdr", "guide", "rf", "radio"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4070"
lang: en
---

# Ham Hacks: Breaking Into Software-defined Radio

## Summary

A beginner's guide to software-defined radio: cheap RTL-SDR dongles removed the cost barrier, covering RF fundamentals, assembling an SDR setup on a budget, and reverse engineering radio signals.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2021-04-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/breaking-into-software-defined-radio
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4070