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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 Links and Other Pages

Amateur Radio Applications

HF Coverage (min 2-30 Mhz or higher)

Partial HF coverage to GHz

Example: 10 Mhz - 2036 Mhz
AirSpy
HackRF
NooElec products
RTL-SDR

VHF/UHF and Above

Reviews

eHam Reviews

Specific Models

AFEDRI

CommRadio CR-1 (all versions)

Elad FDM-S2

Funcube (all versions)

Net-SDR

Perseus

Microtelecom Perseus (eHam)
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
The Perseus SDR (PDF)
Perseus: einie Kurtzwellen-Revolution, die begiestert! (in German - PDF)

RF Space SDR-IQ

SDRplay RSP

Titan SDR (Hoka)

Monitoring with the Titan SDR: New Approach in 40 Channels

Winradio (all models)

Software Support

SDR Specific Applications

BobCAT (for the Perseus)

Bonito RadioJet Developer Page
- Bonito RadioJet Yahoo group

Cross County Wireless SDR AD9850

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

DSP Radio (Mac OSX, FA-SDR, FUNcube dongle, FiFi and Lima SDRs)

GNU Radio (Linux)

Gqrx (Linux, OSX)

HDSDR

iSDR for iPhone, IPod and IPad

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#
- SDRSharp Yahoo Group

SdrDX
- SdrDX Yahoo Group

SDR-Radio

SoDiRa (DRM)

SpectraVue (supports RFSpace products)

Studio1
- Studio1 Review on Ham Radio Science

Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) Useful for piping audio from a SDR back to your PC like a real soundcard

WebSDR (Linux server application for remote control and streaming of SDR receivers via Java client)

Winrad (now HDSDR)

Other Applications That Support SDR

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

SysLabs RadioControl

Digital Decoding and SDR Support

Hobby Level Software

Bonito Radiocom6
- Supported radios are listed here
- Comments on EHam for this software can be found here

Ham Radio Deluxe
- Ham Radio Deluxe support forum
- Ham Radio Deluxe Yahoo group for version 5.x versions only

MixW Reportedly works with the Funcube Dongles

Multimon-NG

MultiPSK

Sigmira

Sorcerer (digital decoding)

WinRadio Advanced Digital Suite
WinRadio Universal FSK Decoder
- See this page at the WinRadio site for receiver compatibility

Professional Software

Hoka Code 300-32p (Perseus Support)

Hoka Code 3-32P (Perseus Support)

Krypto 500

W-Code by Wavecom

Tutorials and Websites

Ham Radio Science Many SDR and software reviews
- Ham Radio Science Forums
SDR Topics on DX-Zone
The Weaksignals Home Page of Alberto, I2PHD has the Software Defined Radio Handbook (Eighth Edition) by Pentek.
SDR# / SDR Sharp Wiki
Installing BladeRF under Windows 7
List of SDRs (Wikipedia)

Mailing Lists

Yahoo Groups

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-; Amateur Radio and Professional Transceiver Applications
+; Amateur Radio Applications
-* [http://www.analog.com/en/evaluation/EVAL-AD-FMCOMMS2/eb.html# AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ]
-* [http://www.analog.com/en/evaluation/eval-ad-fmcomms3-ebz/eb.html AD-FMCOMMS3-EBZ]
-* [http://www.analog.com/en/evaluation/EVAL-AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ/eb.html AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ]
-* [http://www.analog.com/en/evaluation/eval-ad-fmcomms5-ebz/eb.html AD-FMCOMMS5-EBZ]
 * [http://adat.ch/index_e.html ADT-200A]
 * [https://apache-labs.com/ Apache Labs products]
-* [http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_products_page.htm Elecraft (see the KX-3)]  '''Note: Some Assembly Required'''
+* [http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_products_page.htm Elecraft (see the KX-3)]
 * [http://www.dh1tw.de/fa-sdr-trx-funkamateur-allband-sdr FA SDR TRX]
 * [http://fivedash.com/ FiveDash Inc. (sells Softrock products)]
 * [http://www.flex-radio.com/ Flex Radio]
-* [http://hiqsdr.com/hiqsdr-wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page HiQSDR]  '''Note: Some Assembly Required'''
 * [http://www.dj0abr.de/ LimaSDR (in German)]
-* [https://myriadrf.org/projects/rdk/ Myriad RF]  '''Note: Assembly Required'''
+* [http://ae9rb.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8&zenid=d56a6aa6f1730fd693f42c71cd26596e Peabody SDR]
-* [http://ae9rb.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8&zenid=d56a6aa6f1730fd693f42c71cd26596e Peabody SDR]  '''Note: Some Assembly Required'''
-* [http://hackaday.io/project/1538-portablesdr Portable SDR]
-* [http://www.solenet.net/products/43.html RDP-100]
 * [http://sunsdr.com/en/products/9-transceiver/33-the-ducddc-hvvhfsunsdr2-transceiver.html SunSDR2 Transceiver]
-* [http://www.tentec.com/products/transceivers-receivers/506-rebel-open-source-qrp-transceiver/ TenTec Rebel 506 Open Source QRP Transceiver]
-* [http://www.tentec.com/products/transceivers-receivers/507-patriot-open-source-arduino-based-ssbcw-qrp-transceiver/ TenTec Patriot 507 SSB/CW QRP Transceiver]
-* [http://umtrx.osmocom.org/trac/ UmTRX Project]
-* [http://www.solenet.net/products/xrad-info.html X-Rad]
-* [http://www.ssb.de/product_info.php?info=p3407_Zeus-ZS-1-Transceiver.html Zeus ZS-1]
-; LW / MW Coverage to 30-35 Mhz
+; HF Coverage (min 2-30 Mhz or higher)
 * [http://www.3dbsdr.com/ 3DB SDR]
 * [http://www.afedri-sdr.com/ AFEDRI SDR Net]
 * [http://www.satrian.com/p/sdr-mk15-andrus.html Andrus]
+* [http://www.aorusa.com/receivers/ar2300.html AOR AR2300]
 * [http://www.commradio.com/ CommRadio CR-1a]
+* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm Cross Country SDR-4 plus]
+* [http://www.pervices.com/products-crimson/ Crimson]
 * [http://www.nti-online.de/edirabox.htm DRB30 DiRaBox]
+* [http://www.ct1ffu.com/site/ DX Patrol]
 * [http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s1/ Elad FDM-S1]
+* [http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/ Elad FDM-S2]
+* [http://www.elektor-magazine.com/en/magazine-contents/previous-issues.html?tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Barticle%5D=18510&tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Baction%5D=show Elektor SDR]
 * [http://o28.sischa.net/fifisdr/trac FiFi SDR]
+* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/ FunCube Dongle Pro plus]
 * [http://www.lucabarbi.it/eng/product/titansdr.html Hoka Titan SDR]
-* [http://www.radio-kits.co.uk/hunter/index.htm Hunter]  '''Note: Some Assembly Required'''
-* [http://www.jrc.co.jp/jp/company/html/review65/pdf/JRCreview65_15.pdf Japan Radio Company NRD-383] (PDF file in Japanese)
 * [http://www.lanreceiver.de/?L=2 Medav LR2-D2]
 * [http://www.pappradio.de/typo3/ Pappradio (in German)]
 * [http://microtelecom.it/perseus/ Perseus SDR]
-* [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html RFSpace Products]
-* [http://www.sdrstick.com/ SDRStick products]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g313i.htm WinRadio G313i]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g313e.htm WinRadio G313e]
-; Wideband Coverage that includes HF to 30 Mhz or Beyond
-* [http://www.aorusa.com/receivers/ar2300.html AOR AR2300]
-* [http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm Cross Country SDR-4 plus]
-* [http://www.pervices.com/products-crimson/ Crimson]
-* [http://www.ct1ffu.com/site/ DX Patrol]
-* [http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/ Elad FDM-S2]
-* [http://www.elektor-magazine.com/en/magazine-contents/previous-issues.html?tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Barticle%5D=18510&tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Baction%5D=show Elektor SDR]  '''Note: Kit version available'''
-* [http://www.funcubedongle.com/ FunCube Dongle Pro V2.0 plus]
-* [http://tapr.org/kits_merc.html Mercury]
 * [http://www.pervices.com/ Per Vices Noctar]
 * [http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ PM-SDR]
 * [http://www.srl-llc.com/ Software Radio Laboratory QS1R Receiver]
 * [http://spectrafold.com/quadrus/ Quadrus]
-* [http://rfspace.com/RFSPACE/CloudSDR.html RFSpace CloudSDR]
+* [http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html RFSpace Products]
 * [http://www.ust.cz/shop/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=76 SDRX01B]
 * [http://www.sdr-deluxe.com/publ/kv_priemnik_sdr_minor/1-1-0-2 SDR Minor (Russian page)]
 * [http://www.rfham.com/index.html?c101.html SDR-RFHamFox (in French)]
 * [http://www.sdrplay.com/ SDRPlay]
-* [http://www.6v6.co.uk/ SDR(X)]
+* [http://www.sdrstick.com/ SDRStick products]
 * [http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad/ Soft66AD]
-* [http://wb6dhw.com/For_Sale.html#UHFSDR UHFSDR]  '''Note: Kit Version Available'''
+* [http://wb6dhw.com/For_Sale.html#UHFSDR UHFSDR]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g31ddc.htm WinRadio G31DDC]
+* [http://www.winradio.com/home/receivers.htm WiNRADIO SDR Receivers]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g33ddc.htm WinRadio G33DDC]
-* [http://www.winradio.com/home/g35ddci.htm WinRadio G35DDCI]
-** Also see the 'General Coverage Receivers' category on the WinRadio page
 * [http://thinkrf.com/wsa5000-rtsa/ ThinkRF WSA5000]
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 * Example: 10 Mhz - 2036 Mhz
 * [http://airspy.com/ AirSpy]
-* [http://www.comblock.com/com3011.html Com-3011]
 * [http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/ HackRF]
 * [http://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers.html NooElec products]
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 ; VHF/UHF and Above
-* [http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/330808 ASRP SDR] '''Note: Assembly Required'''
 * [http://www.epiqsolutions.com/express-rx/ BitShark]
 * [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio Blade RF]
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 * [http://www.loctronix.com/en/products_asr_2300.html Loctronix ASR-2300]
 * [http://www.epiqsolutions.com/matchstiq/ Matchstiq]
+* [https://myriadrf.org/projects/rdk/ Myriad RF]
 * [http://sdr-lab.com/ SDR-Lab]
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 * [http://v2.sdr-radio.com/ SDR-Radio]
-* [http://sdrtouch.com/ SDR Touch]
 * [http://www.dsp4swls.de/sodira/sodiraeng.html SoDiRa (DRM)]
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 * [http://www.winrad.org/ Winrad (now HDSDR)]
 ===Other Applications That Support SDR===