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Radio Direction Finding came up the other day, and that's one of the uses for something like this. Along the same lines, there is a project out there to provide

Radio Direction Finding came up the other day, and that's one of the uses for something like this. Along the same lines, there is a project out there to provide an "off the shelf" coherent RTL-SDR receiver array: https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/krakensdr https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/krakensdr That being the successor to KerberosSDR: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/ksdr/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/ksdr/ Looking forward to getting my hands on a KrakenSDR later this year, hopefully.

syedkarim 5y ago
Later this year is a possibility. The (hopefully) final prototype is currently being built. We already have stock of the long-lead time components (TCXO, R820,RTL2832U), and the updated software is already working. The only downside is that the initial production run will be for only 1000 units.
- mindcrime 5y ago
  Nice. I imagine it's early to be asking this, but any (approximate) idea how much the KrakenSDR units will sell for?
  - syedkarim 5y ago
    We are trying really hard to keep it at $299.
    - KirillPanov 5y ago
      I would totally buy one. Does your project have an RSS feed anywhere? All I can find is CrowdSupply's "email me" form, which is basically an invitation for them to spam me about ten jillion other crowdfunds that I am not interested in. Your project would get lost in the noise.
      - syedkarim 5y ago
        I didn't realize they were generally spammy and not limiting updates to just the single, subscribed projects. These are the other places related to KerberosSDR/KrakenSDR: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=90f27fc05d6086e3528d5d3b8f04e1b2 https://www.rtl-sdr.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=90f27fc0... https://www.facebook.com/groups/235979877597815/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/235979877597815/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/krakensdr/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/krakensdr/
- op00to 5y ago
  Very excited to hear things are moving!

syedkarim 5y ago

Later this year is a possibility. The (hopefully) final prototype is currently being built. We already have stock of the long-lead time components (TCXO, R820,RTL2832U), and the updated software is already working. The only downside is that the initial production run will be for only 1000 units.

mindcrime 5y ago
Nice. I imagine it's early to be asking this, but any (approximate) idea how much the KrakenSDR units will sell for?
- syedkarim 5y ago
  We are trying really hard to keep it at $299.
  - KirillPanov 5y ago
    I would totally buy one. Does your project have an RSS feed anywhere? All I can find is CrowdSupply's "email me" form, which is basically an invitation for them to spam me about ten jillion other crowdfunds that I am not interested in. Your project would get lost in the noise.
    - syedkarim 5y ago
      I didn't realize they were generally spammy and not limiting updates to just the single, subscribed projects. These are the other places related to KerberosSDR/KrakenSDR: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=90f27fc05d6086e3528d5d3b8f04e1b2 https://www.rtl-sdr.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=90f27fc0... https://www.facebook.com/groups/235979877597815/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/235979877597815/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/krakensdr/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/krakensdr/
op00to 5y ago
Very excited to hear things are moving!