List of software-defined radios
This article provides a list of commercially available software-defined radio receivers.
| Name | Type | Frequency range | Sampling rate | Panadapters / Receivers | Host Interface | Windows? | Linux? | Mac? | Base price (US$) | Web site | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirSpy | Pre-build | 24-1750 MHz | 20 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS for custom applications | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | No | 199 | http://airspy.com/ | |
| Quadrus (DRU-244A and SRM-3000) | Pre-build | 0.1-440 MHz | 80 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-1.536M output samplrate | 0/16 | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1490 | http://spectrafold.com/quadrus/ | |
| SDR Minor | Pre-build | 0.1-55 MHz | 122.880 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-960k output samplrate | 1/1 | LAN 10/100 | Yes | Yes | No | 199 | http://www.sdr-deluxe.com/publ/kv_priemnik_sdr_minor/1-1-0-2 | |
| Crimson | Pre-built | DC-6000 MHz | 322.27 Msps | 4/4 | 2x 10Gbps SFP+, Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6000 | http://www.pervices.com/products/crimson/ | UHD compatible. Fully integrated radio chain. Supports stand-alone operation and embedded Linux environment. |
| SDRstick UDPSDR-HF2 | Pre-built | 0.1–55 MHz | 122.88 Msps | 0/1 | 1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 399 | http://www.sdrstick.com | |
| SDRstick UDPSDR-HF1 | Pre-built | 0.1–30 MHz | 80 Msps | 0/1 | 1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 169 | http://www.sdrstick.com | |
| ADAT ADT-200A | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 30 MHz (planned modules for 50–54 MHz, 70.0–70.5 MHz, and 144–148 MHz) | 0.5–100 kHz | 1/3 | Embedded system (no computer needed), USB, Internet remote | Yes, with option R-1 & ADAT Commander | ? | ? | 5,447 (Fr. 5,220; converted July 2012) | http://adat.ch/index_e.html | |
| Apache Labs ANAN-10 | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 60 MHz | 122.88 Msps | 7/7 | 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | ? | ? | 1649 | Apache Labs Website | |
| Apache Labs ANAN-100 | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 60 MHz | 122.88 Msps | 7/7 | 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | ? | ? | 2489 | Apache Labs Website | |
| Apache Labs ANAN-100D | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 60 MHz | 122.88 Msps | 7/14 | 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | ? | ? | 3489 | Apache Labs Website | |
| SunSDR2 | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 160 MHz | 160 MSPS | 3/4 | 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN(embedded) | Yes | Yes | ? | 1960 | http://sunsdr.com/en/products/9-transceiver/33-the-ducddc-hvvhfsunsdr2-transceiver.html | |
| SDRX01B | Pre-built and kit option | 50 kHz – 200 MHz | < 2 MHz External ADC required (I/Q output) | 0/1 - Scalable (multiple receiver can be connected to the same LO) | Ethernet or USB usually, but other interfaces are available in MLAB modular system | Yes | Yes | Yes | 90 | http://wiki.mlab.cz/doku.php?id=en:sdrx http://www.ust.cz/shop/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=76 | |
| Myriad-RF 1 | Pre-built | 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz | Programmable (16 selections); 0.75 – 14 MHz, Bypass mode | 1/1 | standard connector FX10A-80P | Yes | Yes | Yes | 299 | http://myriadrf.org/myria-rf-board-1/ | |
| ThinkRF WSA5000 | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 20 GHz | 125+ MSPS | ? | 10/100/1000 Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3,500+ | http://thinkrf.com/wsa5000/ | |
| AFEDRI SDR | Pre-built | 100 kHz – 30 MHz | 80 MSPS | 0/2 | USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 249 | http://www.afedri-sdr.com/index.php/afedri-sdr | |
| AOR AR-2300 | Pre-built | 40 kHz – 3.15 GHz | 65 MSPS | 1/1 | Embedded system (no computer needed), USB | Yes | ? | ? | 3,299 | http://www.aorusa.com/receivers/ar2300.html | |
| BladeRF | Pre-built | 300 MHz - 3.8 GHz | 40 MHz | ? | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed | Yes | Yes | Yes | 420 | http://www.nuand.com | |
| ASR-2300 | Pre-Built / Open Source Design | 300 MHz - 3.8 GHz, two general wideband RX and selectable GPS, ISM, PCS, UHF RX bands | <40 MHz (Programmable) | 0/2 | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1500 | http://www.loctronix.com/en/products_asr_2300.html | |
| ELAD FDM-S1 | Pre-built | 20 kHz – 30 MHz, up to 200 MHz in undersampling | 61.44 MHz | 1/4 | USB | Yes | No | No | €369 | http://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Products/%22ELAD%20FDM-S1%22 | |
| ELAD FDM-S2 | Pre-built | HF:9 kHz – 52 MHz / FM:74 MHz - 108 MHz / VHF:135 MHz - 160 MHz | 122.88 MHz | 1/8 | USB | Yes | No | No | €525 | http://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Products/%22ELAD%20FDM-S2%22 | |
| ELAD FDM-DUO (Transceiver) | Pre-built | HF:10 kHz – 54 MHz | 122.88 MHz ADC: LTC2165 16bit | 1/8+1 | USB | Yes | No | No | €1.159 | http://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Products/%22ELAD%20FDM-DUO%22 | |
| Elecraft KX3 | Pre-built or kit | 0.5–54 MHz (144–148 MHz optional) | 30 kHz? | 0/1 | USB or embedded system (no computer needed) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 900 | http://www.elecraft.com/KX3/kx3.htm | |
| FLEX-6700 | Pre-built | 0.01–73, 135-165 MHz | 245.76 MSPS (transceiver) | 8/8 | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7,499 | http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-6000-signature-series/flex-6700/ | |
| FLEX-6700R | Pre-built | 0.01–73, 135-165 MHz | 245.76 MSPS (receiver) | 8/8 | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6,399 | http://www.flexradio.com/commercial-products/hf-vhf-wideband-receivers/flex-6700r/ | |
| FLEX-6500 | Pre-built | 0.01–73 MHz | 245.76 MSPS (transceiver) | 4/4 | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4,299 | http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-6000-signature-series/flex-6500/ | |
| FLEX-6300 | Pre-built | 0.01–54 MHz | 122.88 MSPS (transceiver) | 2/2 | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,499 | http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-6000-signature-series/flex-6300/ | |
| FLEX-5000A | Pre-built | 0.01–65 MHz | 48, 96, 192 kHz (transceiver) | 2/2 | 1394a Firewire | Yes | No | No | 2,800 | No longer available, details see http://www.flexradio.com/ | |
| FLEX-3000 | Pre-built | 0.01–65 MHz | 48, 96 kHz (transceiver) | 1/1 | 1394a Firewire | Yes | No | No | 1700 | No longer available, details see http://www.flexradio.com/ | |
| FLEX-1500 | Pre-built | 0.01–54 MHz | 48 kHz (transceiver) | 1/1 | USB | Yes | No | No | 650 | http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-series/flex-1500/ | |
| Bitshark Express RX | Kit | 300 MHz – 4 GHz | 105 MSPS (RX only) | 0/1 ? | PCIe | Yes | Yes | ? | 4,300 | http://www.epiqsolutions.com/express-rx/ | |
| Matchstiq | Pre-built | 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz | 40 MSPS (RX/TX) | ? | Embedded System or USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4,500 | http://www.epiqsolutions.com/matchstiq/ | |
| Perseus | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 40 MHz (87.5–108 MHz using FM down-converter) | 80 MSPS | ? | USB | Yes | Yes [1] | ? | 1199 | http://www.microtelecom.it/perseus/ | |
| Pappradio | Pre-built | 150 kHz – 30 MHz (210 MHz using harmonics) | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | ? | 85 | http://pappradio.de/ https://code.google.com/p/libpappradio/ | |
| SDRplay: Radio Spectrum Processor | Pre-built | 0.1–380 MHz, 430-2,000 MHz | 0.5-12 MS/s and up to 8 MHz bandwidth | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 149 | http://www.sdrplay.com/ | |
| Soft66AD / Soft66ADD / Soft66LC4 / Soft66RTL | Pre-built | 0.5–70 MHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Unofficially | ? | 20 | http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad/ | |
| easySDR USB Dongle | Pre-built | 64–1700 MHz | 48, 96 kHz | 0/1 | USB | Yes | No | No | 110 | http://microsat.com.pl/product_info.php?products_id=35 | |
| FUNcube Dongle | Pre-built | 64–1700 MHz | 96 kHz | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 160 | http://www.funcubedongle.com/ | |
| FUNcube Dongle Pro+ | Pre-built | 0.15–240 MHz, 420-1900 MHz | 192 kHz | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 200 | http://www.funcubedongle.com/ | |
| FiFi-SDR | Pre-built | 200 kHz – 30 MHz | 96 kHz (integrated soundcard) | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | ? | 150 (€120;[2] converted 2012-09-03) | http://o28.sischa.net/fifisdr/trac | |
| SDR-IQ | PnP | 0.1 kHz – 30 MHz | 66.666 MHz | 1/1 ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 525 | http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/SDR-IQ.html | |
| SDR-IP | PnP | 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz | 80.0 MHz | 1/1 ? | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2999 | http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/SDR-IP.html | |
| NetSDR | PnP | 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz | 80.0 MHz | 0/1 ? | Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1450 | http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/NetSDR.html | |
| SDR-1 | Kit and pre-built | 530 kHz – 30 MHz | up to 192 kHz depending on soundcard | 0/1 | USB | Yes | No | No | 200 | http://www.electronicsisfun.com/sdr-1/[] | |
| Elektor SDR | Bare PCB and pre-built | 150 kHz – 30 MHz | Soundcard ADC: 48, 96, and 192 kHz | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 41-46 for PCB | http://www.elektor-magazine.com/en/magazine-contents/previous-issues.html?tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Barticle%5D=18510&tx_elektorarticle_listissues%5Baction%5D=show | Requires external ADC (soundcard) |
| Elektor AVR SDR | Kit and pre-built | up to 1 MHz in undersampling | up to 15 kS/s | 0/1 | UART via RS2-232 converter or USB bridge | Yes | Yes | Yes | 145-160 | http://www.elektor.com/avr-software-defined-radio-100182-72 http://www.elektor-labs.com/project/avr-software-defined-radio-2-sampling-signals-100181.12045.html | Uses ATmega88 internal 10-bit ADC |
| DRB 30 | Pre-built | 30 kHz – 30 MHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | LPT parallel port | Up to XP | ? | ? | 390 | http://www.nti-online.de/edirabox.htm | |
| LD-1B | Pre-built | 100 kHz – 30 MHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | USB | Yes | ? | ? | 285 | http://www.lazydogengineering.com/LD-1B_SDR.html[] | |
| Noctar | Pre-built PCIe card | 100 kHz – 4 GHz | Up to 200 MHz | ? | PCI Express ×4 | No | Yes | No | 750 | http://www.pervices.com/products/noctar/ | |
| PM-SDR | Pre-built | 100 kHz – 50 MHz (up to 165 MHz using harmonics) | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | ? | 220 | http://www.iw3aut.altervista.org/ | |
| QS1R | Pre-built | 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz (up to 500 MHz using images/alias) | 130 MHz | 1/2-4 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 900 | http://www.srl-llc.com/ | |
| Kanga Finningley | Kit | 3.750 MHz ± 48 kHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | 25 | http://www.kanga-products.co.uk/index.php/products/finningley-80m-sdr | |
| WinRadio WR-G31DCC | Pre-built | 9 kHz – 50 MHz | 100 MSPS | 3/3 | USB | Yes | No | No | 950 | http://www.winradio.com/home/g31ddc.htm | |
| UHFSDR | Kit | 1.75–700 MHz Tx/Rx | External soundcard required (I/Q input/output) | ? | LPT parallel port or USB/W QRP2000/UBW/UBW32 | N\A | N\A | N\A | 40 | http://wb6dhw.com/For_Sale.html#UHFSDR | |
| USRP B200 | Pre-built | 70 MHz to 6 GHz | 56 Msps | ? | USB 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 675 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/UB200-KIT | |
| USRP B210 | Pre-built | 70 MHz to 6 GHz | 56 Msps | ? | USB 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1100 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/UB210-KIT | The B210 uses a larger FPGA than the B200 |
| USRP N200 | Pre-built | DC to 6 GHz | 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples | ? | Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1515 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/UN200-KIT | The frequency range and bandwidth depends on which daughterboard is used. |
| USRP N210 | Pre-built | DC to 6 GHz | 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples | ? | Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1717 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/UN210-KIT | The frequency range and bandwidth depends on which daughterboard is used. The N210 uses a larger FPGA than the N200. |
| USRP X300 | Pre-built | DC to 6 GHz | 200 Msps | ? | Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3900 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/X300-KIT | The frequency range and bandwidth depends on which daughterboard is used. |
| USRP X310 | Pre-built | DC to 6 GHz | 200 Msps | ? | Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4800 | http://www.ettus.com/product/details/X310-KIT | The frequency range and bandwidth depends on which daughterboard is used. The X310 uses a larger FPGA than the X300. |
| UmTRX | Pre-built | 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz | 13 MSPS x2 | ? | Gigabit Ethernet | Yes | Yes | ? | 1500 | https://code.google.com/p/umtrx | |
| SDR MK1.5 'Andrus' | Pre-built, Open Source Design | 5 kHz – 31 MHz (1.7 GHz downconverter opt.) | 64 MSPS | ? | USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | 480 | http://uvb-76.net/p/sdr-mk15-andrus.html | |
| Hunter SDR | Kit | 2.5–30 MHz (1–30 MHz typ.) | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | USB | Yes | No | No | 135 (£85; converted 2012-09-03) | http://www.radio-kits.co.uk | |
| SDR-4+ | Pre-built | 0.85–70.5 MHz | 48 kHz (integrated soundcard) | 1/1 | USB × 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 260 | http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm | |
| Cross Country Wireless SDR receiver v. 3 | Pre-built | 472–479 kHz, 7.0–7.3 MHz/10.10–10.15 MHz, and 14.00–14.35 MHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | 1/1 | Crystal controlled two channels | Yes | Yes | Yes | 80 | http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr_receiver.htm | |
| Realtek RTL2832U DVB-T tuner | Pre-built with custom driver | 24–1766 MHz (R820T tuner) (sensitivity drops off considerably outside this range, but can go 0–2,200 MHz (E4000 tuner with direct sampling mod)) | 2.4 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples) | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8-10 | http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr http://www.rtlsdr.com/ http://www.rtl-sdr.com | |
| SDR(X) HF, VHF & UHF | Pre-built | 100 KHz–1850 MHz (R820T tuner) | Optimized for HF amateur bands with 4 user selectable pre-select HF filters | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | £89 | http://www.6v6.co.uk | |
| SoftRock-40 | Kit | 7.5 MHz | 48 kHz | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 21 | http://kb9yig.com/, http://www.amqrp.org/kits/softrock40/ | |
| SoftRock RX Ensemble II | Kit | 180 kHz – 3.0 MHz, and 1.8–30 MHz operation | External ADC required (I/Q output) | 0/1 | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | 67 | http://kb9yig.com/, http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/ensemblerx/ | |
| Mercury | Pre-built | 0.1–55 MHz | 122.88 MSPS | 0/7 | USB (via Ozy) or Ethernet (via Metis) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 469 | http://tapr.org/kits_merc.html | |
| RDP-100 | Pre-built | RX, 0–125 MHz; TX, 0–200 MHz | RX - 250 MSPS; TX - 800 MSPS | ? | Embedded System | No | No | No | Unknown | http://www.solenet.net/products/software-defined-radio-platform.html | |
| X-RAD | Pre-built | RX - 950–1450 MHz; TX - 875–1525 MHz | RX - 1.6 GSPS; TX - 3.2 GSPS | ? | PCIe | Yes | No | No | Unknown | http://www.solenet.net/products/xrad-info.html | |
| ZS-1 | Pre-built | 300 kHz – 30 MHz | 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 40 kHz, 100 kHz | 1/3 | USB 2.0 | Yes | No | No | €1399 | http://zs-1.ru, http://www.ssb.de/product_info.php?info=p3407_Zeus-ZS-1-Transceiver.html, www.ssbusa.com/ZEUSWEB.html | |
| HackRF One | Pre-built | 10 MHz – 6 GHz | 8 Msps - 20 Msps | ? | USB 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 299 | http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mossmann/hackrf-an-open-source-sdr-platform | |
| ARSP / Wideband MIMO | early kit / pre-built | 400 MHz – 4.4 GHz | 8mhz streaming / 50mhz | ? | USB 2.0 | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.agile-sdr-solutions.com/ASRP4.html, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/330808 | ||
| HiQSDR | prebuilt modules & kits, pcbs | 30 kHz – 62 MHz | 48 - 960 kHz | ? | 10/100 Ethernet | Yes | Yes | No | 650..1400 depending on Options | http://hiqsdr.com | |
| COM-3011 | Pre-built | 20 MHz – 3 GHz | External ADC required (I/Q output) | ? | USB | Yes | ? | ? | 345 | http://www.comblock.com/com3011.html | |
| AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ | Pre-built | 2400- 2500 MHz | 61.44 MSPS | 2/2 | FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. | Yes | Yes | Yes | 750 | http://www.analog.com/ad-fmcomms2-ebz http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms2-ebz http://www.analog.com/ad9361 | |
| AD-FMCOMMS3-EBZ | Pre-built | 70 MHz to 6 GHz | 61.44 MSPS | 2/2 | FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. | Yes | Yes | Yes | 750 | http://www.analog.com/ad-fmcomms3-ebz http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms3-ebz http://www.analog.com/ad9361 | |
| AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ | Pre-built | 70 MHz to 6 GHz | 61.44 MSPS | 1/1 | FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. | Yes | Yes | Yes | 399 | http://www.analog.com/ad-fmcomms4-ebz http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms4-ebz http://www.analog.com/ad9361 | |
| AD-FMCOMMS5-EBZ | Pre-built | 70 MHz to 6 GHz | 61.44 MSPS | 4/4 | FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1125 | http://www.analog.com/ad-fmcomms5-ebz http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms5-ebz http://www.analog.com/ad9361 | |
| SDR-LAB SDR04 | Pre-built | 400 MHz - 4 GHz | 40 MHz | ? | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA | http://www.sdr-lab.com http://amitec.co | RF ASIC Front End, Full Duplex TX & Rx, upto 40KHz using Downconverter |