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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.

Please add any appropriate links for SDR here. The forum for this wiki can be found here

Manufacturer/Distributor Links

Reviews

Receivers

From Dave's Radio Page

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)

Other Receivers

eHam Reviews

Software Support

SDR Specific Applications

CuteSDR Open Source Application (supports RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios or the SDR-IQ/14)

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- CuteSDR Yahoo Group

HDSDR

KG-SDR (supports ALINCO DX-R8A and DJ-X11)

Linrad (Linux and Windows versions available}

Quisk (supports SDR-IQ or Softrock

Rocky (for the Softrock)

SDR# | A Software Defined Radio in C#

SDR-Radio

SpectraVue (supports RFSpace products)

Studio1

Wavebase3

Winrad (now http://www.hdsdr.de HDSDR)

Other Applications That Support SDR

Bonito Radiocom
- Supported radios are listed here
- Comments on EHam for this software can be found here

Commander
- DX Lab Yahoo group
- eHam comments on Commander

Ergo
- Supported radios can be found here
- The Yahoo mailing list for this software can be found here

Ham Radio Deluxe
- Comments on EHam about Ham Radio Deluxe can be found here

Shoc

Shortwave Log
- The Yahoo group for this software can be found here; however it has its own extensive forums
- EHam comments on this software can be found here

SysLabs RadioControl

Tutorials

The Weaksignals Home Page of Alberto, I2PHD has the Software Defined Radio Handbook (Eighth Edition) by Pentek.

Mailing Lists

Yahoo Groups

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 ==Software Support==
 ===SDR Specific Applications===
-* [http://cutesdr.sourceforge.net/ CuteSDR Open Source Application (supports RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios or the SDR-IQ/14)
+* [http://cutesdr.sourceforge.net/ CuteSDR Open Source Application (supports RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios or the SDR-IQ/14)]
 ]
 ** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CuteSDR/ CuteSDR Yahoo Group]
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 * [http://www.hdsdr.de/ HDSDR]
-* [http://www2.plala.or.jp/hikokibiyori/soft/kgsdr/index_e.html KG-SDR]
+* [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]
+* [http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm Linrad (Linux and Windows versions available}]
-* [http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ Quisk]
+* [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://softarchive.net/blogs/warezblog/sdr_console_v_build.937660.html SDR Console]
 * [http://sdrsharp.com/ SDR# | A Software Defined Radio in C#]
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 * [http://www.sdr-radio.com/ SDR-Radio]
-* [http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm SpectraVue]
+* [http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm SpectraVue (supports RFSpace products)]
 * [http://woodboxradio.com/studio1.html Studio1]
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 * [http://www.winradio.com/home/wavebase3.htm Wavebase3]
-* [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad]
+* [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad (now http://www.hdsdr.de HDSDR)]
 ===Other Applications That Support SDR===