HackRF SDR Projects Cookbook: Track Aircraft, Decode Satellites, Analyze GPS Spoofing, Automate RF Spectrum Monitoring, and Deploy PortaPack Field ... (The Complete SDR & RF Engineering Series)

Your HackRF can hear aircraft overhead, pull live weather photos from orbit, and detect GPS attacks before they happen. The signals are already in the air around you—this book shows you exactly how to catch them, decode them, and turn them into working systems.
HackRF SDR Projects Cookbook is the practical follow-up for makers and radio engineers who are done with theory and ready to build. Inside, you will construct a permanent ADS-B aircraft tracking station that feeds real-time data to global flight networks. You will build antennas, predict orbital passes, and capture stunning weather imagery from NOAA and Meteor-M2 satellites. You will analyze raw GPS signals, identify interference signatures, and assemble a spoofing detection monitor that guards signal integrity. You will script automated spectrum surveys in Python, deploy battery-powered PortaPack field kits for signal hunting, and stitch everything together into robust, 24/7 capture pipelines that run without a laptop.
Every project is designed to be repeatable, measurable, and genuinely useful. Whether you are hardening RF infrastructure, expanding a home lab, or simply fascinated by the invisible traffic above your roof, these builds transform your HackRF from a learning tool into serious equipment.
Stop scanning the spectrum and start using it. Open this cookbook, pick your first project, and build something that runs while you sleep.