SDRs with HF Coverage

This page is reserved for SDRs that receive (but don't transmit on) 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 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

LW / MW Coverage to 30-35 Mhz

• AFEDRI SDR Net
• AirSpy
• DRB30 DiRaBox
• Elad FDM-S1
• 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
• Nooelec Ham It Up Converter (barebones)
• Perseus SDR
• SoftRock Note: Assembly Required
• WinRadio G313i
• WinRadio G313e

HF to 30 Mhz or Beyond

• ColibriNANO
• Cross Country Sentinel 4
• DX Patrol
• Elad FDM-S2
• Elektor SDR Note: Kit version available
• FunCube Dongle Pro V2.0 plus
  • Funcube Dongle Wiki
• HackRF
  • HackRF Wiki
• RFSpace Products
• See the RTL-SDR article for these SDRs modified or enhanced to cover HF
• SDR Minor (Russian page)
• SDRPlay website
• SDRStick products
• SDR(X)
• Soft66Q
• SpyVerter
• UHFSDR Note: Kit Version Available
• WEB-888 SDR
• WinRadio G31DDC
• WinRadio G33DDC
• WinRadio G35DDCI
  • Also see the 'General Coverage Receivers' category on the WinRadio page

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)
• Cross Country SDR-4 Review via SWLing.com

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
• Elad FDM-S2 Review via SWLing.Com #1
• Elad FDM-S2 Review via SWLing.com #2

Expert Electronics

• MB1 review by Mark NI0Z
• ColibriNANO review by Mile Kokotov Z33T
• ColibriNANO test report by Adam AB4OJ/VA7OJ

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)

LAN-SDR

• RadioUser (UK) Review of the LAN-SDR (PDF)

Perseus

• Microtelecom Perseus (eHam)
• NASWA Review of the Perseus
• 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)
• Microtelecom Perseus reviews via SWLing.com

RFSpace Products

eHam Reviews

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

Other Reviews

• Net-SDR (eHam)
• SDR-IQ (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)
• RFSpace Net-SDR Reviews via SWLing.com
• RFSpace SDR-14 Reviews via SWLing.com

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
• SDRPlay vs. Rtl-Sdr comparison
• SDRPlay RSP1 Reviews via SWLing.com
• SDRPlay reviews on SDRPlay website
• N9EWO SDRPlay RSP1A Review (includes RTL-SDR.COM Metal case review)

SDRPlay RSP2 Reviews

• SDRPlay RSP2 review (eHam)
• Ham Radio Science SDRPlay RSP2 review
• NN4F Review of the SDRPlay RSP2 / RSP2 Pro
• RTL-SDR.com review of the SDRPlay RSP2
• SWLing.com review of the SDRPlay RSP2
• WTFDA review of the SDRPlay RSP2 (PDF)
• SDRPlay RSP2 review via UDXF (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)
• WinRadio Excalibur G31DDC Reviews via SWLing.com
• WinRadio G303i Reviews via SWLing.com
• WinRadio G303e Reviews via SWLing.com
• WinRadio G303i Reviews via SWLing.com
• WinRadio G313e Reviews via SWLing.com

Mailing Lists

Facebook

• SDRplay
• Perseus

Groups IO

• Afedri SDR
• AirSpy / SDR#
• Cross Country Wireless
• Elad
• Next Generation SDRs
• Perseus
• SDRPlay Users
• SoftRadio
• SoftRock 40

Others

• WinRadio Newsletter Subscription Manager

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