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Revision as of 20:22, 17 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.
Please add any appropriate links for SDR here. The forum for this wiki can be found here
Contents
Manufacturer Links
- 3DB SDR
- AFEDRI SDR-Net
- Airspy
- Andrus SDR Mk1.5
- BladeRF
- CommRadio CR-1
- Cross Country Wireless SDR-4 General Coverage Rx
- Elad FDM-DUO
- Elad FDM-S1
- Ettus USRP
- FA-SDR
- FiFi SDR
- Flex Radio
- Funcube Dongle
- HackRF
- Hoka TitanSDR
- iSDR (for Apple iPhone and iPad)
- Lima SDR (page is in German)
- Peaberry SDR kit
- Per Vices Noctar
- Nooelec TV301U/E4000, TV28T v2/R820T, and EzTV645 DVB-T(FC0013) USB
- PM-SDR
- RFHamFox
- RFSpace
- RF-System PM-SDR
- Soft66 Series
- SoftRock Radio (built and kits
- ThinkRF's WSA5000 < $8K -- Freq: 100 kHz to 20 GHz, Scan Rate: 200 GHz/s @ 122 kHz RBW, etc.
- Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver
- WiNRADIO SDR Receivers
Reviews
Receivers
- RF Space SDR-IQ (PDF)
- SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews
- The AFEDRI SDR-Net Some Impressions (PDF)
- The Afedri SDR-NET - First Looks
- Airspy US / Airspy reviews
- The Funcube Dongle Pro V2.0 on Shortwave (PDF)
- The RFSpace NET SDR (PDF)
- The WinRadio G31 DDC Excalibur SDR (PDF)
- The WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro (PDF)
- UHF Satcom review of the SDR-IQ
- eHam Reviews
- AFEDRI SDR-NET
- CommRadio CR-1
- Elad FDM-S1
- Eladit FDM-77
- Funcube
- Net-SDR
- Software Radio Laboratory QS1R
- RFSpace SDR-14
- RFSpace SDR-IQ
- RF System PM-SDR
- Soft66AD SDR
- Soft66LC4 Software Defined Radio
- WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur
- WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior
Computer Driven
- Perseus
- 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
- Microtelecom Perseus (eHam review)
- The Perseus SDR (PDF)
Software Support
SDR Specific Applications
Other Applications That Support SDR
- Ham Radio Deluxe
- Comments on EHam about Ham Radio Deluxe can be found here
Digital Decoding and SDR Support
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.
Mailing Lists
- Yahoo Groups