SDRs that are Wide Banded

This page is reserved for SDRs which receive (but don't transmit with) very wide frequency coverage. Some of these offer partial HF coverage (starting at 10 or 20 Mhz) and go right up through the Gigahertz range

Please add any additional links, reviews and mailing lists for receive-only SDRs here. Links for SDR based transceivers should go to our SDRs for Amateur Radio Use or Professional SDRs articles as appropriate.

SDR Manufacturers and Distributors

Complete coverage LF to GHz

• Example: 1kHz - 2000MHz
• Kevin's ATS25 Video Series (via SWLing.com)
• Dragonfly RX-666 (pdf article)
  • New Dragonfly wide band SDR with 32 Mhz bandwidth via SWLing.com
  • Dragonfly RX-666 A new player? via Arctic DX
• Fauge Malachit SDR 50 khz-200 Mhz
  • N9EWO Malachite / Malahit DSP SDR
  • The New Malahit DSP: A portable all-in-one wideband SDR receiver via SWLing.com
  • Malahit SDRs - YouTube
• RX-888 ADC SDR Receiver (via eBay)
  • The new RX-888 16 bit ADC Direct Sampling SDR via SWLing.com
• RX-888 mk 2 (via Banggood)
  • RX-888 mk 2 search on YouTube
• SDRplay
  • SDRplay worldwide distributors
• Tuimiyisou Si4732 Fm Am SSB Radio Receiver
  • Si4732 YouTube Query

Malahit SDRs (Russian and Chinese)

• N9EWO - Malahit DSP1 Review
• via SWLing.com
• Dan adds updates to his Malahit SDR and variant reviews
• Mark’s Malahit DSP-2 notes
• Malahit DSP-2: Dan’s thoughts on external antennas, firmware, and purchase decisions
• Malahit DSP-2 versus Chinese Clone: Taking the Gloves Off
• HFDY vs. Fire Brothers: Dan compares two Chinese Malahit SDR clones
• A Review Of The Soon To Be Released Malahit-DDC Portable SDR

Partial HF coverage to GHz

• Example: 10 Mhz - 2036 Mhz
• AirSpy
  • Airspy US / Canada / North & South America Distributor
• Com-3011
• LimeSDR
• NooElec products
• RTL-SDR

VHF/UHF and Above

• ASRP SDR Note: Assembly Required
• BitShark
• Blade RF
  • Installing BladeRF under Windows 7
• easySDR
• HandHeld SDR
• Loctronix ASR-2300
• Matchstiq
• Myriad RF Note: Assembly Required
  • Myriadrf Wiki
• SDR Explorer
• SDR-Lab
• SDR Starter

Reviews

Airspy

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

Airspy Mini

• Review of Airspy Mini on RTL-SDR.com

Airspy HF Discovery Plus

• HF Plus Discovery First Impressions on MW vs.Elad FDM-DUOr
• HF vs. HF Plus Discovery Ivans Blind Daytime Propagation Comparison
• Fenu Radio Reviews Airspy HF Discovery Prototype

Funcube Dongle (original)

• Funcube (eHam)

SDRplay

• Latest SDRPlay reviews
• RSP1A reviews (eHam)
• RSP2 & RSP2pro reviews (eHam)

Mailing Lists

• Airspy and SDR Sharp Software Defined Radio
• NextGen SDRs
• RTL-SDR Reddit Community
• SDRplay forum
• SDRplay independent FaceBook group
• Malahit DSP Receiver (Facebook)

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