Full text of software defined radio receiver see other formats final report of senior design project spring 2003 the university of california at riverside department of electrical engineering software. It was designed by tony parks, kb9yig and bill tracey, kd5tfd as an sdr sampler project for hams everywhere to easily try out software defined radio. The combination of the relatively simple soft rock 40 hardware with the powersdr software results in a low cost. A softwaredefined radio sdr is a wireless device that typically consists of a configurable rf front end with an fpga or programmable systemonchip soc to perform digital functions. This article discusses the design and operation of an hf. These kits are for working amateur radio hf receivers and transceivers. Quisk is a software defined radio sdr and is the software that controls my receiver and transmitter. Which way depends on if you have cfgsr set up to auto connect on program start or not. This receiver has a builtin local oscillator based on the silicon labs si570 the same chip used as the local oscillator in the elecraft kx3 and can be tuned anywhere from about 1. Softrock ensemble rx tx vs alinco djx11 ham radio science. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio.
This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig. A previous post explored the steps involved in building a simple softrock receiver for the 40m amateur radio band 77. Transmitting needs a receiver to check you are on the correct frequency and to adjust transmit image rejection. This article provides a list of commercially available softwaredefined radio receivers. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high definition software defined radio revised 27september2015 the ideal time to install the softrock drivers and software on your windows 7, 8 or 10. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware e.
There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. Excellent receiver, 1 watt qrp software defined radio in kit form, single and dual banders, outstanding radio. Flex6400 flex6600 flex6700 maestro powergenius xl smart sdr. Softrock rx receiving equipment northern utah websdr. Software defined radio receiver usb stick rtl2832 w. With tony parks kb9yig on softrock softwaredefined ham radio. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major. It is the magic of software that makes for the extraordinarily high selectivity in the direct. There are two softrock receiver types in use on this websdr system. Rocky is the simplest application, sd radio is good as well. The softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high. Flexradio systems engineering the softrock40 is a small, lowcost, goodperforming 40meter software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers.
Listed under the manufacturerssoftware defined radio category that. This site is devoted to the area of software defined radio sdr, more specifically, the softrock series of technology sampler kits and the genesisradio. Quisk rhymes with brisk, and is qsk plus a few letters to make it easier to pronounce. Completed softrock ensemble ii sdr receiver kit on air. An r390a provides the rf amplifiers, tracking filters, mixers, hfo, vfo, wide if filter.
The teensy is a tiny microcontroller board that uses a 32bit arm processor and the softrock sdr is a hf only software defined radio kit that. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Unboxing the softrock rxtx amateur radio sdr transceiver kit. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and design of electronic equipment. This site is now the officially maintained site for the softrock lite ii kit.
Ive modified flexradios powersdr software to work with the soft rock 40. Sdr software defined radio dongle in the following post and tutorial is a clone of the sdrplay rsp1 sdr. Just a short video to show the completed softrock ensemble ii software defined receiver kit in operation in the ham shack. Rocky documentation in german, with translators comments, is available here tnx eike dm3ml. Software defined radios, radio whose channel modulation waveforms are defined in software category is a curation of 72 web resources on, softrock sdr interest group, softrock sdr and six. Software for the softrock sdr this post takes a look at some of the software that can be used with the softrock sdr hardware that is designed for amateur radio use. The sdr approach to ham radio parts info this is a living. These kits have provided an economical, relatively riskfree, and exciting.