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Software Defined Radio

Software Defined Radio. Sterling Coffey, NØSSC. What is SDR? . Any radio design that uses software to “define” the radio’s operation Most of today’s rigs incorporate SDR Fully Expected to dominate radio technology. Why SDR?. Allows Flexibility in an ever changing RF environment

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Software Defined Radio

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  1. Software Defined Radio Sterling Coffey, NØSSC

  2. What is SDR? • Any radio design that uses software to “define” the radio’s operation • Most of today’s rigs incorporate SDR • Fully Expected to dominate radio technology

  3. Why SDR? • Allows Flexibility in an ever changing RF environment • Opens opportunity for futuristic means of communication • Cognitive Radio • Allows use of real-time advanced signal processing • Small Size, Ease of Design and Manufacture • Fewer Components, less current consumption, low computational requirements

  4. Mind Your I’s and Q’s: How it Works

  5. RTLSDR: Plug and Play $20 USB Receivers • “Realtek Logic SDR” • Runs using the RT2832U Chip • Originally DVB-T TV Broadcast dongles • Hardware can be “coaxed” into sending IQ Data to host application • Common Tuners cover 64 – 1700 MHz • Some with gaps, some with extended SHF • 100MHz Upconverters makes HF possible • Software • SDR# • HDSDR • SDR-Radio • GQRX (OSX Port) • Gnu Radio (Linux)

  6. WebSDR • Java-enabled SDR connected to the internet • Allows several users to tune AM/FM/SSB/CW signals independently

  7. Other SDRs • FlexRadio • Fully Featured HF Transceivers • USRP • WiNRADiO Excalibur • Perseus • SoftRock • Small, inexpensive, kit type single band receivers and transmitters

  8. Links • http://www.websdr.org/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio • http://www.reddit.com/r/rtlsdr • http://www.fourier-series.com/IQMod/flashprograms/IQMod.html • Best Source of RTLSDRs: eBay

  9. Demonstration!

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