Sdrlive formerly linuxsdr is a linux live cd based on ubuntu 18. Sdrshell is a graphical user interface for sdrcore dttsp, a software defined radio. I actively test quisk on the hermeslite2 and the hiqsdr. Thought the few readers of this blog might like to see some screen shots of the setup as used on the rpi3 and the omnia.
These kits are for working amateur radio hf receivers and transceivers. Calibrating the softrock si570 usb controller g4zfqradio. Posts about softrock rxtx written by grant mcduling. Dec 08, 2012 back in the summer i built a softrock ensemble rxtx from a kit, choosing 10, 12 and 15 metres for transmit. I wanted to change to linux software and decided that. This build can be used with raspberry pi, odroid and orange pi single. This build can be used with raspberry pi, odroid and orange pi single board computers. It may interest ham radio enthusiasts, hardware hackers, tinkerers and anyone interested in rf. Software options and tips the heart of a software defined radio sdr is the software that does the signal processing that in conventional radios was done with analog electronics. Other software there appears to be no shortage of software for amateur radio use, and the great thing about sdr which simply uses a pc sound interface is that if you dont like the feature set or look and feel of one application you can just swap it for another. The aging asus eeepc 701 running linux mint has stereo in and stereo out, but the quality is horrendous. I have been running rocky under winxp for several years. Im supposed to be getting a dummy load in the mail today so i can play with tx today after work. This is a modification of the excellent software defined radio sdr software by john melton g0orxn6lyt the original software by john is called ghpsdr3.
Softrock rx receiving equipment northern utah websdr. The application is compatible with the sdrip and netsdr and also sdriq and sdr14 using a usb to ethernet server. If softrock is not available, rocky can be used to play back iq data recordings. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. Rocky documentation in german, with translators comments, is available here tnx eike dm3ml.
With this operating system, a person may tune shortwave broadcasts, amateur radio, aeronautical, maritime, or other signals received at remote servers around the world. That means that quisk can be used with many more sdr radios. Boom as of yesterday there is a new version for linux and it does not expire in june. I can leave the sdr plugged into the media server and antenna and go anywhere around the house with my laptop while listening to the sdr. With the sdr plugged into the media server, i can now set up the software on the client to use the input from the media server. I was immediately impressed by the way whole chunks of the rf spectrum are visualised. Linux is free and the software is almost all open source, so it is free as well, and you can modify the programs. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtl sdr. This version is a small bug fix, after rebooting the pc with the usb connected there will be no usb connection. Sdr is a windows solution for software defined radio sdr receivers and transceivers. Installation of quisk on windows is described in a separate article. View the changelog on the wiki for a list of installed applications. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio.
I have been using my little softrock lite ii sdr receiver on 30 m now for a while together with the sdrwidget. Powersdr with pi sdr for softrock ensemble software setup software installation is performed with a provided unified installer containing both the powersdr v2. Welcome to the main soft rock software website, where you will find a variety of software mainly for computers running risc os, such as webchange, waituntil, quicksand, and more. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major building blocks. I have been using my little softrock lite ii sdr receiver on 30 m now for a while together with the sdr widget. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and design of electronic equipment. No need for device drivers and for applications to support a range of different. R390a softrock sdr combination the r390a softrock setup has generated quite a bit of interest and a number of questions on the setup since first appearing on the amfone website. Initially i tested it with windows software see previous post but i want be in the linux world. It has a terrible hum, and takes on all kinds of noise from the power supply, the fan and everything else. I really appreciate all the hard work ah6dl has put into getting the osmocom bit of software to meld with sdrplay, and i really would like to see a native linux program, but gqrx just really isnt it, yet. Jan 09, 20 the softrock lite ii, the sequel to the sr lite v6.
As a newbie to using linux, i wanted to experiment with running an sdr on linux. Links to other sdr software on my main page, link below. This page is a collection of information that has appeared in various threads on amfone plus additional measurements ive made on the r390a alone and with the. Weve also created a yahoo group for cutesdr discussions. Software defined radios, radio whose channel modulation waveforms are defined in software category is a curation of 71 web resources on, softrock sdr and six meters, cw skimmer softrockbased sdr array, oh2nlt experimental digital hf receiver. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. The rtlsdr can be used as a wide band radio scanner.
Flex radio sdr 1500, sdr, and flex 5000a rf space sdriq with spectra view software tony parks, kb9yigs soft rock series of kits an sdr is not. Software defined radios, radio whose channel modulation waveforms are defined in software category is a curation of 71 web resources on, softrock sdr and six meters, cw skimmer softrock based sdr array, oh2nlt experimental digital hf receiver. Apr 03, 2011 i have been using my little softrock lite ii sdr receiver on 30 m now for a while together with the sdr widget. Rf downconverter for rtl sdr receivers while there are rtl sdr dongles that contain builtin upconverters to allow reception across the entire hf spectrum, this may not be the best way to do it. Unfortunately, and i was not the only one thinking the same way, there was a definite lack of good instructions for installing sdr software on a linux system. Im going to redo my point linux install since i love using it as my main, everyday distro but i think ill dual boot with kali and use the preinstall. Id be really happy to have something like flexradios powersdr available for.
I cant get it to work as well as a simple am receiver that i kludged together in gnuradio. Jul 22, 2018 test of reception if the sdr softrock esemble ii receiver on the raspberry pi with the quisk program. All smt components are mounted on the bottom of the board. Back then the teensy sdr has no enclosure and the user interface hadnt been finished. Hi, which linux distro would you suggest as the best for compatibility and simplicity for sdr. Enter your email address below and we will notify you as soon as the product is available. 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 pc is now prior to connecting your softrock radio to your computer for the first time.
This kit is a transceiver with 1 watt output, definitely qrp. We are working towards merging the two projects ghpsdr3 and ghpsdr3alex source trees to a single source. I dont know much about linux, so i dont know if there are distro with most common sdr software preinstalled, anyway it wouldnt be mandatory, provided that they are easy to get installed in terms of needed dependencies. This package contains a set of command line utilities. Audio files to test software without a sdr and a few links to some of the many sdrs on the web. The softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that can be built for one of the following five band groups. A computercontrolled conventional radio a conventional radio with a. This is possible in gnuradio applications but in other sdr software it may not be possible. There are different software available to use with the. The rtlsdr is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on dvbt tv tuners with rtl2832u chips. Yesterday i loaded up a 32gb sd card and setup the rpi3 to operate with the omnia sdr. There are different software available to use with the softrock receiver and the sdr.
Avnets zynq sdr kits are both targeted at sdr, mimo, public safety networks and general purpose data acquisition applications, enabling wireless communications from baseband to rf, says the company. Most computing platforms are capable of interfacing to input sensors which cover the audio spectrum microphones and the visible light spectrum cameras and whatever someone else has thought to capture and made available via intranets and the internet. Home all ricezione radio drm radio digitale in hf con softrock ii e dream radio by iz5rzr. The rtl sdr is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on dvbt tv tuners with rtl2832u chips. I will be using instead, a usb i2c interface as both my surface pro 4 and my compaq laptop, which runs arch linux, dont have serial ports. 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. Ricezione radio drm radio digitale in hf con softrock ii e dream radio by iz5rzr.
Powersdr with pi sdr for softrockensemble software setup. This firmware is the official supplied firmware in the softrock kits of tony parks that are using a si570 chip from silicon laboratories silabs. Audio files to test software without a sdr and a few links to some of the many sdrs. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users.
Btw the software program is quisk which is linux based and required some noodling to get it. After i got mine built, i had trouble finding software applications to use it. I will recommend that new sdr software is going to use the set freq by value command despite this functionality. It features a usb interface which allows setting the frequency and keying the. When receiving frequencies at or above the nyquist frequencies on hf, one can downconvert to lower frequencies and get good results, all described. It is extremely useful in linux as it can be used to pipe decoded fm audio to decoder software. The software demodulates the standard amfmssb signals and has a frequency scanner that automatically tunes to the strongest signal. Are there any other examples of sdr ssbcapable transceivers besides softrock ensemble rxtx that are also affordable. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio.
Last year in april we posted about the teensy sdr, which is a sdr project that involves running a softrock sdr on a teensy 3. Soapysdr is an interface package used to connect many different kinds of sdr hardware to software clients such as quisk. Test of reception if the sdr softrock esemble ii receiver on the raspberry pi with the quisk program. Applications are out there, its just that i couldnt find them. The advantage of sdr is that the processing algorithms can be easily modified, compared to the old days, where modifications required rebuilding the whole circuit. Tx on my softrock ensemble with hdsdr the linux ham. It is possible to use linux but i cannot help much with the software side. The following example shows how to install and configure quisk on an ubuntu linux system. I noticed that kali linux has a lot of sdr stuff straight out of the box for sdr. I wonder if itd be a good distro to run to play around with sdr. Ive recently completed my 302017 softrock rxtx build and am trying to get the software side of things going. Btw the software program is quisk which is linux based and required some noodling to get it to work on the pi2. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high.
As the soft rock sdr radios were being developed there was a separate usb to i2c adapter kit being sold by tony parks. The rtl sdr can be used as a wide band radio scanner. I suppose i could use windows but id like to get this working in linux if possible. We encourage programmers to share any additions to improve the software. Feb 14, 2016 mating a raspberry pi2 and a softrock v. Spike is signal hounds spectrum analyzer software, compatible with the entire line of signal hound spectrum analyzers and tracking generators.
Sofrock sales description, construction and setting up, note the link to for older softrocks g4zfqs pages covering most aspects of using softrocks. It was only about 5 miles, scheduled with another local ham, but it was a contact nonetheless. You might be able to run a pared down linux distro on it with terminal based streaming software running, but wouldnt hold my breath on any kind of hardwareperiodappropriate gui software handling modern sdr suites. Linradio is an initiative of radixon group, to provide information about software defined radio on linux platform, especially as related to radixon products. I have a bunch of customwrote software written by someone else that currently just connects to an audio device. A large selection of software has been preinstalled, such as gnuradio, dump1090, gqrx, cubicsdr, etc. Provide information regarding radio propagation, construction and usage, especially related to software defined radio. The samson gtrack can be used with the softrock provided the delay can be compensated. Back in the summer i built a softrock ensemble rxtx from a kit, choosing 10, 12 and 15 metres for transmit. Providing full device control, a configurable spectrogram display and user interface, and a variety of analysis modes, spike is the perfect application for powerful and affordable rf analysis. In my last post, i described how i ended up finally starting with sdr. Quisk is a softwaredefined radio application program with versions for windows and linux.
Any advice is appreciated even if it is suck it up and use windows, haha 73, dana kd0uth. Here is a list of options and commands for the usbsoftrock. This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig. July 2002, a software defined radio for the masses, part 1 pdf, qex, american. This branch v4 can operate a softrock sdr for transmit and receive. A previous post explored the steps involved in building a simple softrock receiver for the 40m amateur radio band 77. The ptt circuit is all about connecting the ptt and keyer inputs up to the sdr software via a serial interface. High performance sdr radio receiver addon for raspberry pi 3. Support is currently very incomplete, so this is not for the faint of heart. Apples mac os x also has some sdr software options, though less than the other os choices, and it is generally more difficult getting everything working under os x. The powersdr for pi sdr unified installer is installing powersdr v2. Your source for softrock radio kits softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit the softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that can be built for one of the following five band groups.
Dec 28, 2012 other software there appears to be no shortage of software for amateur radio use, and the great thing about sdr which simply uses a pc sound interface is that if you dont like the feature set or look and feel of one application you can just swap it for another. My previous two posts are about the softrock rxtx ensemble board, and getting it built. If you are building for one of the other bands, click on the bands tab in the above navigation menu to select your band. If you ask for help on the news group, please specify windows or linux or mac and the software and hardware you use. However, the db9 connector will be installed in a later part of the build. 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. As the name implies, this functions as a sort of programmable crystal e. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. In addition, they provide xilinx vivado software and linux development software on an 8gb sd card. It is developed under ubuntu linux, but should work on other flavors of linux and unix operating systems.
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