Completed softrock ensemble ii sdr receiver kit on air. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system in which the hardware components, such as mixer, amplifiers, and filters are implemented using a computer. Softrockrxtx48 software defined radio 4080m kit 4080m bands requires pc works in conjunction with soundcard on pc pcb size 88 x 63mm 3. 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. The tuning and demodulation and afc and other neat radio things happen in the software part of the software defined radio. Building the softrock sdr posted by andrew back on thu, dec 20 2012 09. Start with a simple kit, like an accessory for your ham radio station. You can read quite a lot about the project at robby, wb5rbzs web site, and extensive softrock sdr rxtx ensemble compendium. This video shows the build and test of a softrock lite ii software defined radio sdr kit.
Wb5rvz software defined radio homepage and the yahoo group, softrock40, are good places to start. I have built previous kits from tony park and elecraft and i would say this one is a real challenge. Softrock 5 receiver kit retired rc phase shifter, 2 board set qsd and bpfosc, rx only 1,000 kits produced q2q3 2006. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio. Currently supports softrock si570 radios, including the rxtx. This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading software defined radio. A sound card with stereo linein connector for receive and stereo lineout connector for transmit and a computer running sdr software are required to operate this radio. 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.
Very good, you say, but i thought this was software defined radio and thats a piece of. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and. A short tutorial is given on each subcircuit as it is being. 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 ve3mkc wrote code to first digitize then multiply the signal with a digital vfo before finally applying a low pass filter. There is a lot of information available on this kit. Excellent receiver, 1 watt qrp software defined radio in kit form, single and dual banders, outstanding radio. A sound card with stereo linein connector for receive and stereo lineout connector for transmit and a computer running sdr software are required to operate this. Ham radio kits an introduction with list of manufacturers. I just got my softrock lite ii 30m reciever kit this past week and have been assembling it.
This is the quick start information for installation of the windows drivers, the driver must be installed before you can use sdr console. Building the softrock ensemble rxtx sdr radio ham radio. 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. This site is the ultimate successor to my original sdr and other projects website. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. 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. For this discussion a software defined radio sdr is a radio where most of the signal processing is done in software in a general purpose. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The kit came supplied with a single page schematic and a link to.
Sound card requirements if you do not have a delta 44 or fa66 soundcard, this kit requires. The term softrock is used for the software defined radio sdr system that uses softrock ensemble. About softrock40 the resource is currently listed in in a single category. It is the magic of software that makes for the extraordinarily high selectivity in the direct conversion hardware which is notorious for great sensitivity but terrible selectivity. The kit is bascially a simple downconverter, but combined with the right software, can become a very powerful radio receiver with a good antenna. The goal of kc6f sdr is to provide a software defined radio package, intended for radio amateurs hams, that is crossplatform, easy to use, readily customizable and supports a wide range of modulationdemodulation modes. Ieee at my college helped me fund this little project. I will hopefully soon have a 40 meter receiver plugged into my computer from these tiny bags of parts. Software defined radio ive been playing round with some basic software defined radios since about 2010 when i purchased the softrock 9 and softrock txrx kits. Discussion in ham radio discussions started by ad7n, nov 24, 2009. The sdr cube is a totally selfcontained, embedded software defined radio transceiver for cw and ssb operation. Unboxing the softrock rxtx amateur radio sdr transceiver kit. Various sdr boards and complete solutions are shown below.
The main category is software defined radio makers that is about software defined radios. For example, i purchased the softrock ensemble ii sdr from tony parks, kb9yig. That site had several limitations, chief among which was the fact that the pages on the site were static. For more information on softrock softwaredefined ham radio, visit and.
Links are included to go directly to their respective websites. Software defined radio sdr software written in matlab. The softrock lite ii, the sequel to the sr lite v6. This link is listed in our web site directory since saturday jan 7 2006, and till today softrock40 has been followed for a total of 8356 times. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware e. The wa vhf group purchased a heap of these as a kit based project for group members. The main project for 2009 was the construction of a softrock rxtx v6. The fava5 is a portable instrument, offering precise one port vector measurements up 600 mhz, with up to 40 hours battery life from 2 aa batteries at a very competitive price. Allow ham radio operators the ability to experience the capabilities and fun of operating a software defined radio without breaking the budget. My first step in sdr software defined radio building a softrock rxtxv6. Softrock40 kit michael, g3woe from the whitton club has a few sdrs including a softrock, he says theyre brilliant. Softrock 40 receiver kit retired 4x xtal osc, qsd, rx only 1,000 kits produced 800 by amqrp, 200 by kb9yig q1q2 2006.
Sdr is a particularly exciting technology and in previous posts ive focused on complex software like gnu radio and mainstream applications such as gsm. The softrock kits came into being in 2005 based on tony parks kb9yigs experience with an sdr software defined radio and the. While the concept of sdr is not new, the rapidly evolving capabilities of digital electronics. I love radios although i really dont understand how they actually.
Amateur radio hobbyist ve3mkc has been working on a project involving running a softrock sdr on a teensy 3. It is a system in which hardware components are replaced with software. Softrock v6 8040m sdr kit in progress oct 20, 2006 3 comments ive been getting interested in software defined radios a lot the last couple of months and ive spent lots of time reading up on the subject and its really starting to make me tick. With tony parks kb9yig on softrock softwaredefined ham radio. 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. All smt components are mounted on the bottom of the board. 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. A new ham horizon software defined radio glen whitehouse, k1gw john wettroth, kf4euz. Much of the software is available as a free download, and full details to be found in the products section of the site. This is the first of two posts which take a look at the relatively simple and easy to construct softrock softwaredefined radio sdr that is designed for hf amateur radio use. Sdrkits is pleased to introduce a 600 mhz antenna analyzer kit, designed to meet the requirements of all radio amateurs.
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