RF, EMBEDDED & SECURITY
HACKRF ONE: RF AUDIT & NOAA
Software-defined radio work with a HackRF One: a hand-built QFH antenna for NOAA weather-satellite reception, and sub-GHz signal capture and analysis with Universal Radio Hacker.
operational
- Year
- 2023
- SDR
- HackRF One
Satellite radio reception · Concept illustration
SUB-GHZ REPLAY ATTACKS & ORBITAL SATELLITE GROUND STATION
01 / The build
Behind the project.
Used a HackRF One transceiver for satellite reception and RF security research. Built a quadrifilar helix (QFH) antenna for the NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellites' APT downlink and decoded the transmissions into weather imagery. On the security side, captured and analyzed sub-GHz ISM-band keyfob transmissions with Universal Radio Hacker (URH).
Technical details
Under the hood.
- SDR
- HackRF One
- Antenna
- Hand-Built Quadrifilar Helix (QFH)
- Satellites
- NOAA APT Downlink
- Analysis
- Universal Radio Hacker (URH), Sub-GHz ISM
Notes & outcomes
What came out of it.
- Received and decoded NOAA weather-satellite imagery.
- Analyzed sub-GHz keyfob transmissions.
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