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In the HF and ham world, it has appeared in 2 distinct phases; in use in high end amateur transceivers and receivers, and utilizing a PC as a controller, letting external software define how the SDR is addressed and utilized.
 
In the HF and ham world, it has appeared in 2 distinct phases; in use in high end amateur transceivers and receivers, and utilizing a PC as a controller, letting external software define how the SDR is addressed and utilized.
  
Please add any appropriate links for SDR here. The forum for this wiki can be found [http://forums.radioreference.com/software-defined-radio/ here]
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The forum for this wiki can be found [http://forums.radioreference.com/software-defined-radio/ here]
  
See additional links on [[Software Defined Radios Page 2|Page 2]] of this article.
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Please see the following pages for further information;
  
==Manufacturer Links==
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* [[SDRs for Amateur Radio Use]]
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* [[SDRs with HF Coverage]]
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* [[SDRs that are Wide Banded]]
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* [[Professional SDRs]]
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* [[SDR Software Applications]]
  
* [http://www.3dbsdr.com/ 3DB SDR]
 
* [http://www.afedri-sdr.com/ AFEDRI SDR-Net]
 
* [http://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/airspy/ Airspy]
 
** [http://www.airspy.us Airspy US/Canada Distributor]
 
* [http://www.satrian.com/p/sdr-mk15-andrus.html Andrus SDR Mk1.5] 
 
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio BladeRF]
 
* [http://www.commradio.com/ CommRadio CR-1]
 
* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm Cross Country Wireless SDR-4 General Coverage Rx]
 
* [http://v2.sdr-radio.com/Radios/FDMDUOTransceiver.aspx Elad FDM-DUO]
 
* [http://shop.elad-usa.com/radio-communication/fdm-s1/ Elad FDM-S1]
 
* [http://www.ettus.com/ Ettus USRP]
 
* [http://www.dh1tw.de/fa-sdr-trx-funkamateur-allband-sdr FA-SDR]
 
* [http://o28.sischa.net/fifisdr/trac FiFi SDR]
 
** [http://www.box73.de/product_info.php?products_id=2425 Purchase site for FiFi (in German)]
 
* [http://www.flex-radio.com/ Flex Radio]
 
* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/ Funcube Dongle]
 
* [http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/ HackRF]
 
* [http://www.hoka.com/products/titansdr.html Hoka TitanSDR]
 
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/isdr/id480077371?mt=8 iSDR (for Apple iPhone and iPad)]
 
* [http://www.dj0abr.de/ Lima SDR (page is in German)]
 
* [http://ae9rb.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8&zenid=d56a6aa6f1730fd693f42c71cd26596e Peaberry SDR kit]
 
* [http://www.pervices.com/ Per Vices Noctar]
 
* [http://www.nooelec.com/store/software-defined-radio/sdr-receivers.html Nooelec TV301U/E4000, TV28T v2/R820T, and EzTV645 DVB-T(FC0013) USB]
 
* [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ PM-SDR]
 
** [http://www.rfsystem.it/shop PM-SDR vendor]
 
* [http://www.rfham.com/c101.html RFHamFox]
 
* [http://www.rfspace.com RFSpace]
 
* [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ RF-System PM-SDR]
 
* [http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad Soft66 Series]
 
* [http://fivedash.com/ SoftRock Radio (built and kits]
 
* [http://thinkrf.com/wsa5000/ ThinkRF's WSA5000 < $8K -- Freq: 100 kHz to 20 GHz, Scan Rate: 200 GHz/s @ 122 kHz RBW, etc.]
 
* [http://www.srl-llc.com/ Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver]
 
* [http://www.winradio.com/home/receivers.htm WiNRADIO SDR Receivers]
 
  
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You can find additional reviews and resources here;
  
==Reviews==
 
===Receivers===
 
 
* [http://www.kongsfjord.no/bm/sdr-iq%20rev%203.pdf RF Space SDR-IQ (PDF)]
 
 
* [http://swling.com/blog/category/software-defined-radio/ SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews]
 
* [http://swling.com/blog/category/software-defined-radio/ SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews]
* [https://www.box.com/s/1cd9353fa35b1022925e The AFEDRI SDR-Net Some Impressions (PDF)]
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* [http://www.hamradioscience.com/ Ham Radio Science] many SDR and software reviews
* [http://arcticdx.blogspot.ca/2012/05/afedri-sdr-first-looks.html The Afedri SDR-NET - First Looks]
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* [http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Software_Defined_Radio/ SDR Topics on DX-Zone]
* [http://www.airspy.us/Reviews Airspy US / Airspy reviews]
 
* [http://ratzer.at/pdf/Funcube2_DK8OK.pdf The Funcube Dongle Pro V2.0 on Shortwave (PDF)]
 
* [https://www.box.com/shared/p79zgeqyz0q623zgku7p The RFSpace NET SDR (PDF)]
 
* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7379789/WinradioExcaliburtest.pdf The WinRadio G31 DDC Excalibur SDR (PDF)]
 
* [https://www.box.com/shared/mkbm3bztbmz8dhjl11yk The WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.uhf-satcom.com/sdr-iq/ UHF Satcom review of the SDR-IQ]
 
 
 
 
 
; eHam Reviews
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10427 AFEDRI SDR-NET]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11091 CommRadio CR-1]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10549 Elad FDM-S1]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5035 Eladit FDM-77]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10056 Funcube]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/9603 Net-SDR]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7308 Software Radio Laboratory QS1R]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5203 RFSpace SDR-14]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6466 RFSpace SDR-IQ]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8677 RF System PM-SDR]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/9044 Soft66AD SDR]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10908 Soft66LC4 Software Defined Radio]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/9333 WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur]
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10398 WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior]
 
 
 
 
 
===Computer Driven===
 
; Perseus
 
* [http://www.naswa.net/journal/2008/05/equip052008#more-197 NASWA Review of the Perseus]
 
* [http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/perseus.html 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
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7227 Microtelecom Perseus (eHam review)]
 
* [http://www.kongsfjord.no/bm/Perseus%20SDR.pdf The Perseus SDR (PDF)]
 
 
 
 
 
==Software Support==
 
===SDR Specific Applications===
 
 
 
* [http://www.sdr1.info/indexP.html Airspy plugins page]
 
 
 
* [http://www.bonito.net/manuals/radiojet/sites/en_Downloads.htm Bonito RadioJet Developer Page]
 
 
 
* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr_ad9850.htm Cross County Wireless SDR AD9850]
 
 
 
* [http://cutesdr.sourceforge.net/ CuteSDR Open Source Application (supports RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios or the SDR-IQ/14)]
 
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CuteSDR/ CuteSDR Yahoo Group]
 
 
 
* [http://dl2sdr.homepage.t-online.de DSP Radio (Mac OSX, FA-SDR, FUNcube dongle, FiFi and Lima SDRs)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.gnuradio.org GNU Radio (Linux)]
 
 
 
* [http://gqrx.dk/ Gqrx (Linux, OSX)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.hdsdr.de/ HDSDR]
 
 
 
* [http://www2.plala.or.jp/hikokibiyori/soft/kgsdr/index_e.html KG-SDR (supports ALINCO DX-R8A and DJ-X11)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm Linrad (Linux and Windows versions available}]
 
 
 
* [http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ Quisk (supports SDR-IQ or Softrock)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=11525 Rocky (for the Softrock)]
 
 
 
* [http://sdrsharp.com/ SDR# | A Software Defined Radio in C#]
 
 
 
* [http://fyngyrz.com/?p=915 SdrDX]
 
 
 
* [http://v2.sdr-radio.com/ SDR-Radio]
 
 
 
* [http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm SpectraVue (supports RFSpace products)]
 
 
 
* [http://woodboxradio.com/studio1.html Studio1]
 
  
* [http://www.websdr.org WebSDR (Linux server application for remote control and streaming of SDR receivers via Java client)]
 
 
* [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad (now HDSDR)]
 
 
===Other Applications That Support SDR===
 
* [http://www.dxlabsuite.com/commander/ Commander]
 
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlab/ DX Lab Yahoo group]
 
** [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2211 eHam comments on Commander]
 
 
* [http://swldx.com/ Ergo]
 
** Supported radios can be found [http://swldx.com/details.htm here]
 
** The Yahoo mailing list for this software can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ergoradio here]
 
 
* [http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Home.aspx Ham Radio Deluxe]
 
** Comments on EHam about Ham Radio Deluxe can be found [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3498 here]
 
 
* [http://www.shoc.ch/ Shoc]
 
 
* [http://www.radioctl.com/ SysLabs RadioControl]
 
 
 
===Digital Decoding and SDR Support===
 
* [http://www.bonito.net/radiocom/  Bonito Radiocom]
 
**Supported radios are listed [http://www.bonito.net/service/make_radio_list.php3?language=en&R1=LB#HAM here]
 
**Comments on EHam for this software can be found [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4610 here]
 
 
* [http://www.hrdsoftwarellc.com/ Ham Radio Deluxe]
 
** [http://forums.hrdsoftwarellc.com/ Ham Radio Deluxe support forum]
 
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ham-radio-deluxe/ Ham Radio Deluxe Yahoo group for version 5.x versions only]
 
 
* [https://github.com/EliasOenal/multimon-ng/ Multimon-NG]
 
 
*MultiPSK
 
** [http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm Main English site]
 
** [http://www.eqth.info/multipsk/index.html US Mirror site]
 
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multipsk/ MultiPSK Yahoo group]
 
 
* [http://www.saharlow.com/technology/sigmira/ Sigmira]
 
 
* [http://www.radioaficion.com/HamNews/archivo/vagabundos-del-dial/5814-sorcerer-decoder.html Sorcerer (digital decoding)]
 
 
* [http://www.computer-int.com/WA-WCode.htm W-Code by Wavecom]
 
 
 
==Tutorials and Websites==
 
* [http://www.hamradioscience.com/ Ham Radio Science] Many SDR and software reviews
 
** [http://www.hamradioscience.com/forum/ Ham Radio Science Forums]
 
* [http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Software_Defined_Radio/ SDR Topics on DX-Zone]
 
* [http://www.weaksignals.com The Weaksignals Home Page] of Alberto, I2PHD has the [http://www.sdradio.eu/doc/DgtlRcvrHbk43.pdf Software Defined Radio Handbook (Eighth Edition)] by [http://www.pentek.com Pentek].
 
  
==Mailing Lists==
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SDRs that you can tune online can be found on our [[Live Tunable Receivers]] article
; Yahoo Groups
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/afedrisdr/ AFEDRI-SDR]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Airspy/info Airspy discussion group]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Airspy-us/info Airspy.US discussion group]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/cross_country_wireless/ Cross County Wireless]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DDUtil/ DDUtil]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elad_sdr_en/ Elad SDR]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlexRadio/ Flex Radio]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/funcube/ Funcube Dongle Pro]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fcdproplus/ Funcube Dongle Pro Plus]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qs1r/ Software Radio Laboratory QS1R]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perseus_SDR/ Perseus]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDR14/ RFSpace SDR14]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmsdr/ PM-SDR]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soft_radio/ SoftRadio]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/ SoftRock 40 Yahoo Group]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sdr-radio-com/ SDR Radio.com]
 
* [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newwinrad/ WinRad]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDRSharp SDR#]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 13:18, 19 April 2015

What is Software Defined Radio (or SDR)? Wikipedia gives a definition...

In short: an SDR is a radio with no IF, Modulator, or Demodulator stages as we generally understand those terms: a receiving RF preamp feeds directly into a (very fast) A-to-D converter, which is connected to a computer DSP/CPU to tune a signal and extract the modulated audio or data; on the transmit side, the CPU and DSP generate the modulation directly, and feed it to an RF power amp.

In the HF and ham world, it has appeared in 2 distinct phases; in use in high end amateur transceivers and receivers, and utilizing a PC as a controller, letting external software define how the SDR is addressed and utilized.

The forum for this wiki can be found here

Please see the following pages for further information;


You can find additional reviews and resources here;


SDRs that you can tune online can be found on our Live Tunable Receivers article