The Forge Blog
Development logs, project updates, and technical deep dives from the workshop.
Thoughts on building software, running a solo dev shop, and pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development.
Sniffing Cable Networks
Decoding the Hidden Data on Your Cable Line A few years ago I made a video about visualizing the signals on my local cable network. However just staring at a bunch of QAM signals is boring. I wanted to do something more interesting. That's when I fo...
The LibreSDR aka B210 Mini
With the advent of InmarScope I finally had a nice UI for SDR play. So I decoded to finally try adding the LibreSDR again. This SDR doesn't have a bias-tee but it has a massive 56msps rate that I've been using to look around. It appears I can see mu...
InmarScope Linux Builds
InmarScope now officially compiles on linux! If you've been wanting to run InmarScope on linux, now's your chance! The only thing is we don't have our map anymore for ICAO calls.
Iridium - The Next Frontier?
Iridium is not like other satellite networks. It is low Earth orbit, close to the ground, moving fast, and talking constantly through a mesh of cross links. The signals are structured but not simple. There are bursts, frames, logical channels, and a ...
A Week of Inmarsat
I've been working on porting JAERO to Android and with PocketAERO I believe I did just that. Since then I've decided that JAERO is outdated and we really needed an SDR-First GUI application for decoding data from the Inmarsat Satellites. Welcome in, ...