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

Wikipedia:What is Software Defined Radio?

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

Here are some introductory articles on SDRs from SWLing.com. These originally appeared in the Spectrum Monitor magazine;

Please see the following pages for further information;

You can find additional reviews and resources here;

Ham Radio Science many SDR and software reviews
RTL-SDR For Everyone
RTL-SDR.com
SDR Topics on DX-Zone
SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews
Wikipedia's list of Software Defined Radios

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

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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.
-Please add any appropriate links for SDR here. The forum for this wiki can be found [http://forums.radioreference.com/software-defined-radio/ here]
+The forum for this wiki can be found [https://forums.radioreference.com/forums/software-defined-radio.193/ here]
-Additional Links to manufacturers, reviews, applications and more can be found on [[Software Defined Radios Page 2|Page 2]] of this wiki
-==Manufacturer/Distributor Links==
+Here are some introductory articles on SDRs from SWLing.com. These originally appeared in the Spectrum Monitor magazine;
+*[https://swling.com/blog/2018/09/software-defined-radio-primer-part-1-introduction-to-sdrs-and-sdr-applications/ Introduction to SDRs and SDR Applications]
+*[https://swling.com/blog/2018/10/sdr-primer-part-2-exploring-the-world-of-sdrs-for-200-or-less/ Exploring the World of SDRs for USD200 or less]
+*[https://swling.com/blog/2018/11/sdr-primer-part-3-from-high-end-sdr-receivers-to-sdr-transceivers/ From High End SDR Receivers to SDR Transceivers]
-* [http://www.afedri-sdr.com/ AFEDRI SDR-Net]
-* [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://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Products/%22ELAD%20FDM-77%22 Elad FDM-77 (discontinued, replaced by FDM-S1)]
-* [http://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Products/%22ELAD%20FDM-S1%22 Elad FDM-S1]
-* [http://www.flex-radio.com/ Flex Radio home page]
-* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/ Funcube Dongle]
-* [http://www.srl-llc.com/ SRK QuickSilver QS1R Receiver]
-* [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html RFSpace Home page]
-* [http://www.kb9yig.com/ SoftRock Radio Kits]
-* [http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=rx-340 TenTec RX340 DSP Receiver (wiki article)]
-* [http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=rx-350d TenTec RX350D DSP Receiver (wiki article)]
-* [http://www.amazon.com/NooElec-RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-Software-Packages/dp/B008S7AVTC/?tag=vglnk-c818-20 RTL-SDR Software Dongle (via Amazon)]
-* [http://www.amazon.com/Receiver-RTL2832U-Compatible-Packages-Guaranteed/dp/B009U7WZCA/?tag=vglnk-c818-20 TV28T and RTL-SDR Receiver (via Amazon)]
-* [http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr.html Universal Radio SW Communications Rx page] includes several SDR radios
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g31ddc.htm WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g39ddc.htm WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior]
-==Reviews==
+Please see the following pages for further information;
-===Receivers===
-* From Dave's Radio Page (High End DSP Sets not SDR)
-** [http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/wj8711.html Watkins Johnson WJ-8711 / HF-1000]
-** [http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/rx340.html TenTec RX340]
-** [http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/nrd545.html JRC NRD545]
-** [http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/nrd630.html JRC NRD630]
-===Computer Driven===
+* [[SDRs for Amateur Radio Use]]
-; Perseus
+* [[SDRs with HF Coverage]]
-* [http://www.naswa.net/journal/2008/05/equip052008#more-197 NASWA Review of the Perseus]
+* [[SDRs that are Wide Banded]]
-* [http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/perseus.html Dave N9EWO Perseus Review]
+* [[Professional SDRs]]
-* 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
+* [[SDR Software Applications]]
-* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7227 Microtelecom Perseus (eHam review)]
-; Other Receivers
-* [http://www.uhf-satcom.com/sdr-iq/ UHF Satcom review of the SDR-IQ]
-* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=286 FunCube Dongle]
-; eHam Reviews
+You can find additional reviews and resources here;
-* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10427 AFEDRI SDR-NET]
-* [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 Quicksilver 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/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]
-==Software Support==
+* [http://www.hamradioscience.com/ Ham Radio Science] many SDR and software reviews
-===SDR Specific Applications===
+* [http://rtlsdr4everyone.blogspot.com/ RTL-SDR For Everyone]
-* [http://cutesdr.sourceforge.net/ CuteSDR Open Source Application]
+* [http://www.rtl-sdr.com RTL-SDR.com]
-** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CuteSDR/ CuteSDR Yahoo Group]
+* [http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Software_Defined_Radio/ SDR Topics on DX-Zone]
+* [http://swling.com/blog/category/software-defined-radio/ SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews]
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software-defined_radios Wikipedia's list of Software Defined Radios]
-* [http://www.hdsdr.de/ HDSDR]
-* [http://www2.plala.or.jp/hikokibiyori/soft/kgsdr/index_e.html KG-SDR]
+SDRs that you can tune online can be found on our [[Live Tunable Receivers]] article
-* [http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm Linrad]
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+*Return to [[Decoding the SW Radiogram Broadcasts]]
+*Return to [[Shortwave Radiogram Gateway]]
-* [http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ Quisk]
+[[Category:RR Glossary]]
+[[Category:Amateur Radio Glossary]]
-* [http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=11525 Rocky (for the Softrock)]
+[[Category:HF Glossary]]
+[[Category:Receivers Glossary]]
-* [http://softarchive.net/blogs/warezblog/sdr_console_v_build.937660.html SDR Console]
+[[Category:HF Receivers]]
+[[Category:PC Receivers]]
-* [http://sdrsharp.com/ SDR# | A Software Defined Radio in C#]
-* [http://www.sdr-radio.com/ SDR-Radio]
-* [http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm SpectraVue]
-* [http://woodboxradio.com/studio1.html Studio1]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/wavebase3.htm Wavebase3]
-* [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad]
-===Other Applications That Support SDR===
-* [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.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.shortwavelog.com/ Shortwave Log]
-** The Yahoo group for this software can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swlog_users/ here]; however it has its own extensive forums
-** EHam comments on this software can be found [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6406 here]
-* [http://www.radioctl.com/ SysLabs RadioControl]
-==Online Radios==
-* [http://www.sdr-radio.com/OnAirServersFree/tabid/186/language/en-US/Default.aspx SDR Radio.com]
-* [http://www.microtelecom.it/map/PerseusServers.html Perseus Servers]
-* [http://n3ujj.com/Online_Software_Defined_Radio.html N3UJJ On-Line Software Defined Radios for public use]
-==Tutorials==
-* [http://www.sdradio.eu/ 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==
-; Yahoo Groups
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DDUtil/ DDUtil]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlexRadio/ Flex Radio]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qs1r/ Quicksilver QS1R]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perseus_SDR/ Perseus]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDR14/ RFSpace SDR14]
-* [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]
-[[Category:HF Topics]]

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