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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
Additional Links to manufacturers, reviews, applications and more can be found on Page 2 of this wiki
Contents
Manufacturer/Distributor Links
- AFEDRI SDR-Net
- BladeRF
- CommRadio CR-1
- Cross Country Wireless SDR-4 General Coverage Rx
- Elad FDM-77 (discontinued, replaced by FDM-S1)
- Elad FDM-S1
- Flex Radio home page
- Funcube Dongle
- SRK QuickSilver QS1R Receiver
- RFSpace Home page
- SoftRock Radio Kits
- TenTec RX340 DSP Receiver (wiki article)
- TenTec RX350D DSP Receiver (wiki article)
- RTL-SDR Software Dongle (via Amazon)
- TV28T and RTL-SDR Receiver (via Amazon)
- Universal Radio SW Communications Rx page includes several SDR radios
- WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur
- WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior
Reviews
Receivers
- From Dave's Radio Page (High End DSP Sets not SDR)
Computer Driven
- Perseus
- NASWA Review of the Perseus
- Dave 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)
- Other Receivers
- eHam Reviews
- AFEDRI SDR-NET
- Elad FDM-S1
- Eladit FDM-77
- Funcube
- Net-SDR
- Quicksilver QS1R
- RFSpace SDR-14
- RFSpace SDR-IQ
- Soft66AD SDR
- Soft66LC4 Software Defined Radio
- WinRadio G31DDC Excalibur
- WinRadio G39DDC Excelsior
Software Support
SDR Specific Applications
Other Applications That Support SDR
- Ham Radio Deluxe
- Comments on EHam about Ham Radio Deluxe can be found here
Online Radios
Tutorials
- The Weaksignals Home Page of Alberto, I2PHD has the Software Defined Radio Handbook (Eighth Edition) by Pentek.
Mailing Lists
- Yahoo Groups