This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig. Sdr bridge provides advanced synchronization, integration, and control for software defined radios. Much of the software is available as a free download, and full details to be found in the products section of the site. The original softrock 40 was a small, lowcost, good performing 40meter software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers iq audio signals to the computers sound card.
Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major building blocks. Oct 30, 2014 this is a video describing the operation of a softrock rx ensemble ii sdr on 20 meter cw. A websdr is a software defined radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. Download jj8ntm sdrsoftware defined radio for free. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. Providing several software defined radios, a rfspace sdriq and a softrock ensemble rx ii. While the concept of sdr is not new, the rapidly evolving capabilities of digital electronics. Gqrx sdr open source software defined radio by alexandru. Building the softrock ensemble rxtx sdr radio ham radio. Sdr technology makes it possible that all listeners tune independently, and thus listen to differentsignals. I have built this site to allow me to provide to hams worldwide the resuts of my labor of love, the documentation in a heathkit style of the construction of the several softrock software defined radio sdr kits designed and distributed by my friend, tony parks. This site is devoted to the area of software defined radio sdr, more specifically, the softrock series of technology sampler kits and the genesisradio. Gqrx supports many of the sdr hardware available, including airspy, funcube dongles, rtlsdr, hackrf and usrp devices. Building the softrock ensemble rxtx sdr radio ham radio science.
The songs played here are the ones youll undoubtedly remember. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and. Signal io device select the same virtual audio cable selected in the console, optional audio io device select the device for audio playback. Mainly focuses on modification to existing popular application such as flexradio systems powersdr to conform the japan frequency allocations. Quisk rhymes with brisk, and is qsk plus a few letters to make it easier to pronounce. Sdr radio transceiver flex, elecraft, cube, softrock. May 08, 2020 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. Select hardware type softrock if, sample rate 48khz. Sdrbridge provides advanced synchronization, integration, and control for software defined radios. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. May 17, 2014 this video shows the build and test of a softrock lite ii software defined radio sdr kit.
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. Digital radio monodial radio is a type of digital shortwave radio signal that is used by international shortwave radio broadcasters. A previous post explored the steps involved in building a simple softrock receiver for the 40m amateur radio band 77. Then click on the start button third button from the bottom on the lefthand side in hdsdr. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high. A short tutorial is given on each subcircuit as it is being built and systematically tested. I am currently building the softrock ensemble rxtx sdr transceiver kits from tony parks kb9yig. Make sure your radio is connected to the computer via usb cable and a stereo audio cable from the line in connection on the softrock rx ensemble ii to the line in jack on the soundcard and that the radios power is on. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and design of electronic equipment. The softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that.
The softrock 40 is a small, lowcost, goodperforming software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers iq audio signals to the computers sound card. The softrock radios have been available as kits for several years and thousands have been built by amateurs and swl enthusiasts. Press configure to display the omnirig settings, select radio 1 ts2000, radio 2 none. The original softrock40 was a small, lowcost, good performing 40meter software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers iq audio signals to the computers sound card. All aspects of the softrock sdr a big page with lots of links but you. This is a video describing the operation of a softrock rx ensemble ii sdr on 20 meter cw. Bobmeters is a cat software collection specifically designed for perseus and powersdr to add classic feel to these sdr radios. I built mine for 40m, 30m, and 20m but it works very well on both 80 and 60 meters with a little less output. This software supports radios from many manufacturers, all shown on this page. Qsk is a q signal meaning full breakin cw, and quisk has been designed for low latency cw operation. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtl sdr.
Start cw skimmer, from the view menu select settings. It uses a softrock for the rf front end electronics rf mixer, amplifiers and filters and an embedded digital signal processor with software programmed to perform as an hf modem. Wb5rvz sdr pages dedicated to helping amateur radio hobbiests construct and understand the operation of software defined radios, specifically the. Rock ballads even the biggest rock stars have a tender side. This page covers the software side the software needed to interface the radio and pc, or to add additional functions, such as digital decoding. With a combination of surface mount and conventional discrete components, it offered high performance,small size, and low power consumption. You will see your recently played soft rock tracks here. 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. 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. This firmware is the official supplied firmware in the softrock sdr kits of tony parks that are using a si570 chip from silicon laboratories silabs. 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. X 2 board representing the culmination of a long line of softrock sdr receivers from tony parks, kb9yig. Click for details sdr cube quick kit virtually no soldering required, because we did it for you. Feb 03, 2015 the sdr software in the pc manipulates the digitized i and q signals to deliver, demodulate, condition, and filter signals within this 48 khz spectrum.
Using the flex powersdr software for the sdr along with the software by sv1eia for homemade rigs and by adjusting the sound card voltage, the rig puts out a solid 2 watts. Operate a software defined radio from anywhere in the world. A project that is dedicated to software defined radio. Have a listen to rock music dedicated to the heart. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware e. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. 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. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware e. Software defined radio resources ham radio science.
The line began with the softrock 40 rx and went through several iterations of receivers. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high definition. If softrock is not available, rocky can be used to play back iq data recordings. Rocky documentation in german, with translators comments, is available here tnx eike dm3ml. Before we continue, we wish to acknowledge the work of so many in the ham radio community, without whom the softrock project couldnt be. The solution was a softrock rx ensemble that covers 1. The sdr cube is a totally selfcontained, embedded software defined radio transceiver for cw and ssb operation.
The results were so good that they also brought their gold standard racal ra3791 to the game, and the results are surprising. It provides superior audio quality compared to am signals by using digital audio encoding. Providing several software defined radios, a rfspace sdr iq and a softrock ensemble rx ii. This video shows the build and test of a softrock lite ii software defined radio sdr kit. F sdrradio and server simon, hb9drvs progressing work. Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver sdr powered by the gnu radio and the qt graphical toolkit.
Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques. Sdr, software defined radios products category is a curation of 48 web resources on, sigmira, dream drm receiver, the pecker. Note the image frequency displayed on the left panel, and tune a second receiver at that frequency. If you are building for one of the other bands, click on the bands tab in the above navigation menu to select your band. Not required for the rtl select the output to the speakers. Software defined radio sdr hardware is becoming smaller and more capable. The softrock40 is a small, lowcost, goodperforming software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers iq audio signals to the computers sound card. These kits are for working amateur radio hf receivers and transceivers. With an upconverter, good antenna, and decoding software the rtl sdr software defined radio can receive and decode drm signals.
Quisk is extremely simple to use and on starting up it defaults to displaying a spectrum graph along with familiar receiver controls for band, modulation type and bandwidth etc. Dec 28, 2012 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. Sdr software applications from the radioreference wiki. Free for public use as long as im not using them please use simon browns sdr radio client to access my radios. A websdr is a softwaredefined radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. The goal is to satisfy the most demanding telecommunications professionals and radio enthusiasts while being a serious alternative to both cost sensitive and higher. I have built this site to allow me to provide to hams worldwide the resuts of my labor of love, the documentation in a heathkit style of the construction of the several softrock softwaredefined radio sdr kits designed and distributed by my friend, tony parks. For this demo an emu 0202 usb audio interface was used. I have built previous kits from tony park and elecraft and i would say this one is a real challenge. All the previous pages dealt with the hardware side of sdr. For many years, the king of small sdrs was the softrock radio. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio.
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