RF & SDR Vault
Offline reference for Software Defined Radio, hardware hacking tools, common frequencies, and RF security operations. Works 100% offline — no CDN, no calls.
Great Scott Gadgets SDR transceiver — one of the most popular open-source RF hacking platforms. Can both receive and transmit.
Nuand BladeRF — high-performance full-duplex SDR with FPGA. More expensive but better performance than HackRF.
Cheap DVB-T dongle repurposed as receive-only SDR. Best starting point — $20–30, massive community, receive only.
High-power 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi adapter. Industry standard for Wi-Fi pentesting — supports monitor mode and packet injection.
Portable multi-tool for RF, NFC, RFID, infrared, and GPIO — the Swiss Army knife of hardware hacking. Runs marauder firmware for Wi-Fi attacks.
Professional RFID research tool — the gold standard for card cloning, emulation, and sniffing. Supports LF and HF RFID.
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Open-source signal processing framework — build RF signal processing pipelines using Python or graphical flowgraph editor (gnuradio-companion). Industry standard.
Open-source SDR receiver based on GNU Radio — excellent spectrum analyzer and audio demodulator with a clean GUI. Great for initial spectrum survey.
Windows SDR application — feature-rich, plugin-based receiver. Most popular on Windows. Supports RTL-SDR, AirSpy, HackRF via plugins.
URH — open-source tool for investigating unknown wireless protocols. Records, analyzes, decodes, and generates RF signals. Key for reversing proprietary protocols.
Wireless network sniffer and IDS — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, 802.15.4. Passive detection of wireless networks and devices.
Decode ADS-B aircraft transponder signals with RTL-SDR. Shows live flight data — position, altitude, speed, ICAO ID.
Decode 433/868/315/915 MHz devices — door sensors, weather stations, tire pressure monitors, smart meters, keyfobs.
Complete Wi-Fi security auditing suite — monitor mode, capture handshakes, deauth, WEP/WPA cracking.