SDRs with HF Coverage

This page is reserved for SDRs that cover the HF spectrum (min. 2-30 Mhz). They may also include coverage of other bands, such as FM broadcast, aircraft or other frequency ranges.

Please add any additional links, reviews and mailing lists here.

SDR Manufacturers and Distributors

LW / MW Coverage to 30-35 Mhz

• AFEDRI SDR Net
• AirSpy (with Spyverter extender)
  • Airspy US / Canada / North & South America Distributor
• Andrus
• DRB30 DiRaBox
• Elad FDM-S1
• FiFi SDR
  • Purchase site for FiFi (in German)
• Hunter Note: Some Assembly Required
• KiwiSDR 30 Mhz Bandwidth for HF (via RTL-SDR.Com)
  • KiwiSDR Wide-band SDR + GPS cape for the BeagleBone Black
• Medav LR2-D2
• Pappradio (in German)
• Perseus SDR
• SoftRock Note: Assembly Required
• WinRadio G313i
• WinRadio G313e

HF to 30 Mhz or Beyond

• CommRadio CR-1a
• Cross Country SDR-4 plus
• DX Patrol
• Elad FDM-S2
• Elektor SDR Note: Kit version available
• FunCube Dongle Pro V2.0 plus
  • Funcube Dongle Wiki
• HackRF
  • HackRF Wiki
• Mercury
• PM-SDR
  • PM-SDR vendor
• Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver
  • QS1R Wiki
• RFSpace Products
• See the RTL-SDR article for these SDRs modified or enhanced to cover HF
• SDR Minor (Russian page)
• SDRPlay RSP1
• SDRPlay RSP2 Data Sheet link
• SDR-RFHamFox (in French)
• SDRStick products
• SDR(X)
• Soft66AD
• SpyVerter
• UHFSDR Note: Kit Version Available
• WinRadio G31DDC
• WinRadio G33DDC
• WinRadio G35DDCI
  • Also see the 'General Coverage Receivers' category on the WinRadio page

Transceivers

• HiQSDR Note: Some Assembly Required

Reviews

AFEDRI

• AFEDRI SDR-NET (eHam)
• The AFEDRI SDR-Net Some Impressions (PDF)
• The Afedri SDR-NET - First Looks

Airspy

• Airspy review from Radio User (UK) magazine (PDF)
• Wyn compares the SDRPlay and Airspy
• AirSpy vs. SDRPlay vs. HackRF (via RTL-SDR.com)

CommRadio CR-1 (all versions)

• CommRadio CR-1 (eHam)
• Review of the CR1 Software Defined Radio

Cross Country

• Cross Country (eHam)

DX Patrol

• DX Patrol Video Review (YouTube)

Elad FDM-S2

eHam Reviews

• ELAD FDM-S2
• Elad FDM-S1
• Eladit FDM-77

Other Reviews

• FDM-S2 review and comments from SDR forum
• ELAD FDM S2 Unboxing, Installing and a First Recording

FiFi SDR

• Anil Reviews the FiFi-SDR Receiver Kit 2.0

Funcube (all versions)

• Funcube Dongle Pro Plus (eHam)
• The Funcube Dongle Pro V2.0 on Shortwave (PDF)

HackRF

• AirSpy vs. SDRPlay vs. HackRF (via RTL-SDR.com)

Perseus

• Microtelecom Perseus (eHam)
• NASWA Review of the Perseus
• N9EWO Perseus Review
• An additional review of the Perseus can be found in the September 2009 MT article by Larry Van Horn, 'Perseus Software Defined Radio - A Whole Universe of Listening Possibilities' pp.66-68
• The Perseus SDR (PDF)
• Perseus: einie Kurtzwellen-Revolution, die begiestert! (in German - PDF)

RFSpace Products

eHam Reviews

• RFSpace SDR-14
• RFSpace SDR-IQ
• Net-SDR

Other Reviews

• Net-SDR (eHam)
• Ragnar's review of the RFspace NetSDR
• The RFSpace NET SDR (PDF)
• UHF Satcom review of the SDR-IQ
• RF Space SDR-IQ (PDF)

RF System PM-SDR

• RF System PM-SDR

SDR Andrus

• SDR Andrus (eHam)

SDRPlay

• SDRplay RSP (eHam)
• SDRPlay review on Ham Radio Science
• AirSpy vs. SDRPlay vs. HackRF (via RTL-SDR.com)
• SDRPlay review on WTFDA website
• A comparison between the RTL-SDR and SDRPlay
• SDRPlan vs. Rtl-Sdr comparison

SDRPlay RSP2 Reviews

• SDRPlay RSP2 review (eHam)
• Ham Radio Science SDRPlay RSP2 review
• NN4F Review of the SDRPlay RSP2 / RSP2 Pro
• RTL-SDR.com of the SDRPlay RSP2
• SWLing.com review of the SDRPlay RSP2
• WTFDA review of the SDRPlay RSP2 (PDF)

Softrock Products

eHam Reviews

• Soft66AD SDR
• Softrock Ensemble II built
• Softrock Ensemble II kit
• Softrock Ensemble III
• Soft66LC4 Software Defined Radio

Software Radio Laboratory QS1R

• Software Radio Laboratory QS1R (via eHam)

WinRadio Products

eHam Reviews

• WinRadio G303e
• WinRadio G303i
• WinRadio G313e / G313i
• WinRadio G315i
• WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur
• WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior

Other Reviews

• The WinRadio G31 DDC Excalibur SDR (PDF)
• The WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro (PDF)
• A review of the WinRadio WR-G31DDC Software Defined Radio (SDR)

Mailing Lists

• AFEDRI-SDR
• Airspy discussion group
• Airspy.US discussion group
• Cross County Wireless
• Elad SDR
• Funcube Dongle Pro Plus
• PM-SDR
• Software Radio Laboratory QS1R
• Perseus
• RFSpace SDR14
• SDRplay Facebook discussion group
• SoftRadio
• SoftRock 40 Yahoo Group
• WinRadio Excalibur
• WinRadio G3 Series

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