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AetherLink-SDR-MCP

MCP server for Software Defined Radio — control RTL-SDR & HackRF from Claude/LLM. ADS-B aircraft tracking, AIS ship tracking, POCSAG pager decoding, Meteor-M satellite imaging, ISM band scanning, spectrum analysis, and more.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: ADS-B aircraft tracking · POCSAG pager messages · AIS ship tracking · Meteor-M LRPT weather satellite imagery · ISM band device readings (433/315/868/915 MHz) · spectrum analysis and signal detection · demodulated FM/AM audio · raw IQ samples
Update frequency llm-inferred: Live while a tracker, decoder or scan is running; no fixed update schedule
Formats docs-verified: WAV · raw IQ (.iq)
Access llm-inferred: Open-source install via PyPI or GitHub; no credentials documented; licence not stated in docs; requires local RTL-SDR or HackRF hardware

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Survey wireless environmental sensors (weather stations, soil moisture sensors) on a site via ISM band scanning · Spectrum survey of a site for existing radio interference before installing telemetry · Track nearby vessel traffic via AIS at a coastal works site
Audience llm-inferred: environmental monitoring engineers · RF and telemetry engineers · technical researchers and hobbyists

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Not a UK water, civils or environmental data source; relevance to consultancy work is indirect · Geographic coverage not documented; reception depends on local antenna and location · Requires RTL-SDR system drivers installed at OS level, plus optional decoders (dump1090, rtl_433, SatDump, multimon-ng) · Only one program can use the SDR at a time; Python SDR control and subprocess decoders cannot run together · AIS decoding requires a coastal location and uses a simplified GMSK demodulator · Meteor-M decoding needs a satellite pass overhead and SatDump installed · HackRF transmit support is only marked as limited testing; transmit tools (signal_generator, hackrf_set_tx_gain) carry regulatory risk and docs give no licensing guidance · Windows needs a Zadig USB driver swap; E4000 dongles may not tune 1084-1239 MHz

Licence: Unknown — check provider terms
Authentication: No credentials documented in README
GitHub stars: 28
Last commit: 21/07/2026
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: healthy
Package: pypi:aetherlink
Verification: Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

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Metadata observed 15/10/2026 · research sweep: github-search