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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.
 
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]
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The forum for this wiki can be found [https://forums.radioreference.com/forums/software-defined-radio.193/ here]
  
==Manufacturer Links==
 
  
* [http://www.afedri-sdr.com/ AFEDRI SDR-Net] 
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Here are some introductory articles on SDRs from SWLing.com. These originally appeared in the Spectrum Monitor magazine;
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio BladeRF]
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*[https://swling.com/blog/2018/09/software-defined-radio-primer-part-1-introduction-to-sdrs-and-sdr-applications/ Introduction to SDRs and SDR Applications]
* [http://www.commradio.com/ CommRadio CR-1]
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*[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]
* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm Cross Country Wireless SDR-4 General Coverage Rx]
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*[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://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.dh1tw.de/fa-sdr-trx-funkamateur-allband-sdr FA-SDR]
 
* [http://o28.sischa.net/fifisdr/trac FiFi SDR]
 
** [http://www.box73.de/product_info.php?products_id=2425 Purchase site for FiFi (in German)]
 
* [http://www.flex-radio.com/ Flex Radio home page]
 
* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/ Funcube Dongle]
 
* [http://openhpsdr.org/ HP-SDR]
 
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/isdr/id480077371?mt=8 iSDR (for Apple iPhone and iPad)]
 
* [http://www.dj0abr.de/ Lima SDR (page is in German)]
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LQT3G6/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B009LQT3G6&linkCode=as2&tag=hamradsci09-20 NooElec Ham-It-Up upconverter for SDRs]
 
* [http://www.pervices.com/ Pervices Noctar]
 
* [http://www.rfspace.com RFSpace Home page]
 
* [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Order.html Distributor list for SDR-IQ, NetSDR, and SDR-IP]
 
* [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ RF-System PM-SDR]
 
* [http://www.nooelec.com/store/software-defined-radio/sdr-receivers.html TV301U/E4000 and TV28T v2/R820T USB]
 
* [http://www.kb9yig.com/ SoftRock Radio Kits]
 
* [http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad Soft66 Series]
 
* [http://www.srl-llc.com/ Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver]
 
* [http://www.hoka.com/products/titansdr.html TitanSDR (Hoka Electronic)]
 
* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g31ddc.htm WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur]
 
* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g39ddc.htm WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior]
 
  
==Reviews==
 
===Receivers===
 
* From Dave's Radio Page
 
** [http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/rx340.html TenTec RX340]
 
** [http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/nrd545.html JRC NRD545]
 
** [http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/nrd630.html JRC NRD630]
 
  
===Computer Driven===
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And here's a course you can take on SDRs
; Perseus
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*[https://scannerschool.teachable.com/p/the-utlimate-beginners-guide-to-sdr The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Software Defined Radio]
* [http://www.naswa.net/journal/2008/05/equip052008#more-197 NASWA Review of the Perseus]
 
* [http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/perseus.html 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
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7227 Microtelecom Perseus (eHam review)]
 
* [http://www.kongsfjord.no/bm/Perseus%20SDR.pdf The Perseus SDR (PDF)]
 
  
  
; Other Receivers
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Please see the following pages for further information;
* [https://www.box.com/s/1cd9353fa35b1022925e The AFEDRI SDR-Net Some Impressions (PDF)]
 
* [http://arcticdx.blogspot.ca/2012/05/afedri-sdr-first-looks.html The Afedri SDR-NET - First Looks]
 
* [https://www.box.com/shared/p79zgeqyz0q623zgku7p The RFSpace NET SDR (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.kongsfjord.no/bm/sdr-iq%20rev%203.pdf RF Space SDR-IQ (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.uhf-satcom.com/sdr-iq/ UHF Satcom review of the SDR-IQ]
 
* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7379789/WinradioExcaliburtest.pdf The WinRadio G31 DDC Excalibur SDR (PDF)]
 
* [https://www.box.com/shared/mkbm3bztbmz8dhjl11yk The WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro (PDF)]
 
  
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* [[SDRs for Amateur Radio Use]]
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* [[SDRs with HF Coverage]]
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* [[SDRs that are Wide Banded]]
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* [[Professional SDRs]]
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* [[SDR Software Applications]]
  
; eHam Reviews
 
* [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 Software Radio Laboratory 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/8677 RF System PM-SDR]
 
* [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==
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You can find additional reviews and resources here;
===SDR Specific Applications===
 
* [http://www.bonito.net/manuals/radiojet/sites/en_Downloads.htm Bonito RadioJet Developer Page]
 
  
* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr_ad9850.htm Cross County Wireless SDR AD9850]
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* [http://www.hamradioscience.com/ Ham Radio Science] many SDR and software reviews
 
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* [http://rtlsdr4everyone.blogspot.com/ RTL-SDR For Everyone]
* [http://cutesdr.sourceforge.net/ CuteSDR Open Source Application (supports RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios or the SDR-IQ/14)]
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* [http://www.rtl-sdr.com RTL-SDR.com]
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CuteSDR/ CuteSDR Yahoo Group]
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* [http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Software_Defined_Radio/ SDR Topics on DX-Zone]
 
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* [http://swling.com/blog/category/software-defined-radio/ SWLPost - Software Defined Radio Reviews]
* [http://dl2sdr.homepage.t-online.de DSP Radio (Mac OSX, FA-SDR, FUNcube dongle, FiFi and Lima SDRs)]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software-defined_radios Wikipedia's list of Software Defined Radios]
 
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* [https://signalseverywhere.com Video Tutorials, Podcasts and Blogs about Software Defined Radios]
* [http://www.gnuradio.org GNU Radio (Linux)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.hdsdr.de/ HDSDR]
 
 
 
* [http://www2.plala.or.jp/hikokibiyori/soft/kgsdr/index_e.html KG-SDR (supports ALINCO DX-R8A and DJ-X11)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm Linrad (Linux and Windows versions available}]
 
 
 
* [http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ Quisk (supports SDR-IQ or Softrock)]
 
 
 
* [http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=11525 Rocky (for the Softrock)]
 
 
 
* [http://sdrsharp.com/ SDR# | A Software Defined Radio in C#]
 
  
* [http://www.sdr-radio.com/ SDR-Radio]
 
 
* [http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm SpectraVue (supports RFSpace products)]
 
 
* [http://woodboxradio.com/studio1.html Studio1]
 
 
* [http://www.websdr.org WebSDR (Linux server application for remote control and streaming of SDR receivers via Java client)]
 
 
* [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad (now HDSDR)]
 
 
 
===Other Applications That Support SDR===
 
* [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.radioctl.com/ SysLabs RadioControl]
 
 
 
===Digital Decoding and SDR Support===
 
* [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.saharlow.com/technology/sigmira/ Sigmira]
 
 
* [http://www.radioaficion.com/HamNews/archivo/vagabundos-del-dial/5814-sorcerer-decoder.html Sorcerer (digital decoding)]
 
 
* [http://www.computer-int.com/WA-WCode.htm W-Code by Wavecom]
 
 
==Tutorials and Websites==
 
* [http://www.hamradioscience.com/ Ham Radio Science] Many SDR and software reviews
 
* [http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Software_Defined_Radio/ SDR Topics on DX-Zone]
 
* [http://www.weaksignals.com 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].
 
  
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SDRs that you can tune online can be found on our [[Live Tunable Receivers]] article
  
==Mailing Lists==
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; Yahoo Groups
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*Return to [[Decoding the SW Radiogram Broadcasts]]
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/afedrisdr/ AFEDRI-SDR]
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*Return to [[Shortwave Radiogram Gateway]]
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/cross_country_wireless/ Cross County Wireless]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DDUtil/ DDUtil]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elad_sdr_en/ Elad SDR]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlexRadio/ Flex Radio]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/funcube/ Funcube Dongle Pro]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fcdproplus/ Funcube Dongle Pro Plus]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qs1r/ Software Radio Laboratory QS1R]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perseus_SDR/ Perseus]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDR14/ RFSpace SDR14]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmsdr/ PM-SDR]
 
* [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]
 
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDRSharp SDR#]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 11 August 2021

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.

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;


And here's a course you can take on SDRs


Please see the following pages for further information;


You can find additional reviews and resources here;


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

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