Currently supports softrock si570 radios, including the rxtx. For example, i purchased the softrock ensemble ii sdr from tony parks, kb9yig. I just got my softrock lite ii 30m reciever kit this past week and have been assembling it. Building the softrock ensemble rxtx sdr radio ham radio. 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. 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. The main category is software defined radio makers that is about software defined radios. Download the windows drivers from windows drivers as a zip file. 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.
Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware e. This video shows the build and test of a softrock lite ii software defined radio sdr kit. 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. The term softrock is used for the software defined radio sdr system that uses softrock ensemble. This site is the ultimate successor to my original sdr and other projects website.
Unboxing the softrock rxtx amateur radio sdr transceiver kit. 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. 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. 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. 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. It is a system in which hardware components are replaced with software. Amateur radio hobbyist ve3mkc has been working on a project involving running a softrock sdr on a teensy 3. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e.
Ieee at my college helped me fund this little project. Various sdr boards and complete solutions are shown below. 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. The softrock kits came into being in 2005 based on tony parks kb9yigs experience with an sdr software defined radio and the. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio. This entry was posted in articles, how to, kits, preparedness, radio modifications, radios, shortwave radio, software defined radio, swlers and tagged jeff fritz wb1aal, preparedness, softrock ensemble, softrock ensemble go kit on august 12, 20 by thomas. The sdr cube is a totally selfcontained, embedded software defined radio transceiver for cw and ssb operation. Softrock 40 receiver kit retired 4x xtal osc, qsd, rx only 1,000 kits produced 800 by amqrp, 200 by kb9yig q1q2 2006.
Building the softrock sdr posted by andrew back on thu, dec 20 2012 09. Softrock 5 receiver kit retired rc phase shifter, 2 board set qsd and bpfosc, rx only 1,000 kits produced q2q3 2006. Sdrkits is pleased to introduce a 600 mhz antenna analyzer kit, designed to meet the requirements of all radio amateurs. A new ham horizon software defined radio glen whitehouse, k1gw john wettroth, kf4euz.
This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and. Software defined radio kit tutorial build test softrock. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading software defined radio. For more information on softrock softwaredefined ham radio, visit and. 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.
While the concept of sdr is not new, the rapidly evolving capabilities of digital electronics. 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. Much of the software is available as a free download, and full details to be found in the products section of the site. 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. Start with a simple kit, like an accessory for your ham radio station. A short tutorial is given on each subcircuit as it is being. Completed softrock ensemble ii sdr receiver kit on air.
There is a lot of information available on this kit. Softrockrxtx48 software defined radio 4080m kit 4080m bands requires pc works in conjunction with soundcard on pc pcb size 88 x 63mm 3. Softrock40 kit michael, g3woe from the whitton club has a few sdrs including a softrock, he says theyre brilliant. You can read quite a lot about the project at robby, wb5rbzs web site, and extensive softrock sdr rxtx ensemble compendium. The main project for 2009 was the construction of a softrock rxtx v6. Software defined radio sdr software written in matlab. Wb5rvz software defined radio homepage and the yahoo group, softrock40, are good places to start. The tuning and demodulation and afc and other neat radio things happen in the software part of the software defined radio. Then, if you like the experience, dont be afraid to graduate to more complex projects why not plunge into the wonderful world of software defined radio sdr look into the softrock lite ii project and the latest info on the softrock rxtx v6. I love radios although i really dont understand how they actually. Excellent receiver, 1 watt qrp software defined radio in kit form, single and dual banders, outstanding radio. 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.
The wa vhf group purchased a heap of these as a kit based project for group members. About softrock40 the resource is currently listed in in a single category. 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 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. 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 an introduction with list of manufacturers. Very good, you say, but i thought this was software defined radio and thats a piece of. The kit is bascially a simple downconverter, but combined with the right software, can become a very powerful radio receiver with a good antenna. My first step in sdr software defined radio building a softrock rxtxv6. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. 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. I have built previous kits from tony park and elecraft and i would say this one is a real challenge. 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.
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