Difference between revisions of "Software Defined Radios"
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* [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ PM-SDR] | * [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ PM-SDR] | ||
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* [http://spectrafold.com/quadrus/ Quadrus] | * [http://spectrafold.com/quadrus/ Quadrus] | ||
* [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html RFSpace Products] | * [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html RFSpace Products] | ||
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* [http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad/ Soft66AD] | * [http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad/ Soft66AD] | ||
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* [http://thinkrf.com/wsa5000-rtsa/ ThinkRF WSA5000] | * [http://thinkrf.com/wsa5000-rtsa/ ThinkRF WSA5000] | ||
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==Reviews== | ==Reviews== | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 2 January 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.
Please add any appropriate links for SDR here. The forum for this wiki can be found here
Contents
Manufacturer Links and Other Pages
- Amateur Radio Applications
- ADT-200A
- Apache Labs products
- Elecraft (see the KX-3)
- FA SDR TRX
- FiveDash Inc. (sells Softrock products)
- Flex Radio
- LimaSDR (in German)
- Peabody SDR
- SunSDR2 Transceiver
- HF Coverage (min 2-30 Mhz or higher)
- 3DB SDR
- AFEDRI SDR Net
- Andrus
- AOR AR2300
- CommRadio CR-1a
- Cross Country SDR-4 plus
- Crimson
- DX Patrol
- Elad FDM-S1
- Elad FDM-S2
- FiFi SDR
- FunCube Dongle Pro plus
- Hoka Titan SDR
- iSDR for iPhone, IPod and IPad
- Medav LR2-D2
- Perseus SDR
- Per Vices Noctar
- PM-SDR
- Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver
- Quadrus
- RFSpace Products
- SDRX01B
- SDR Minor (Russian page)
- SDR-RFHamFox (in French)
- SDRPlay
- SDRStick products
- Soft66AD
- WiNRADIO SDR Receivers
- ThinkRF WSA5000
- Partial HF coverage to GHz
- Example: 10 Mhz - 2036 Mhz
- AirSpy
- HackRF
- NooElec products
- RTL-SDR
- VHF/UHF and Above
Reviews
eHam Reviews
- Cross Country SDR-4
- Elad FDM-S1
- Eladit FDM-77
- Software Radio Laboratory QS1R
- Realtek RTL2832u DVB-T Tuner
- RFSpace SDR-14
- RFSpace SDR-IP
- RF System PM-SDR
- SDR Andrus MK 1.5
- Softrock Ensemble II Built Radio
- Softrock Ensemble II SDR Receiver Kit
- Soft66AD SDR
- Soft66LC4 Software Defined Radio
Specific Models
AFEDRI
CommRadio CR-1 (all versions)
Elad FDM-S2
- ELAD FDM-S2 (eHam)
- FDM-S2 review and comments from SDR forum
- ELAD FDM S2 Unboxing, Installing and a First Recording
Funcube (all versions)
Net-SDR
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)
RF Space SDR-IQ
SDRplay RSP
Titan SDR (Hoka)
Winradio (all models)
- WinRadio G303e (eHam)
- WinRadio G303i (eHam)
- WinRadio G313e / G313i (eHam)
- WinRadio G315i (eHam)
- WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur (eHam)
- WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior (eHam)
- The WinRadio G31 DDC Excalibur SDR (PDF)
- The WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro (PDF)
- A review of the WinRadio WR-G31DDC Software Defined Radio (SDR)
Software Support
SDR Specific Applications
- Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) Useful for piping audio from a SDR back to your PC like a real soundcard
Other Applications That Support SDR
- Ham Radio Deluxe
- Comments on EHam about Ham Radio Deluxe can be found here
Digital Decoding and SDR Support
- Hobby Level Software
- MixW Reportedly works with the Funcube Dongles
- WinRadio Advanced Digital Suite
- WinRadio Universal FSK Decoder
- See this page at the WinRadio site for receiver compatibility
- Professional Software
Tutorials and Websites
- Ham Radio Science Many SDR and software reviews
- SDR Topics on DX-Zone
- The Weaksignals Home Page of Alberto, I2PHD has the Software Defined Radio Handbook (Eighth Edition) by Pentek.
- SDR# / SDR Sharp Wiki
- Installing BladeRF under Windows 7
- List of SDRs (Wikipedia)
Mailing Lists
- Yahoo Groups