The neat thing is that because it is an sdr receiver, the majority of the signal processing is done in the software. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. Frequency control of the si570 programmable crystal oscillator, including smoothtune for seamless tuning. Powersdr with pi sdr for softrockensemble software setup. And for those who dont want to be stuck on a single frequency there are the softrock ensemble receivers that use the silicon laboratories. Quite a bit here, connecting keyskeyers to rockypsdr and settings. 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 following are software packages known to work with the current soft rock kits. Please note the socket marked line in on a softrock refers to where it is connected on the computer. A sdr for the hf band rx only, that works with classical iq softwares rocky. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major. Rocky software vary filter width display waterfall. The term softrock is used for the software defined radio sdr system that uses softrock ensemble.
As to hdsdr being a general purpose sdr, that may be so but to me it offered most of the desired features while at the same time very low cpu usage compared to many of the more polished sdr apps. 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. At first it seems features in rocky are pretty slim but read the rocky documentation a couple of times to find how to use the ab vfo and filter bandwidth. It is highly recommended that you start with rocky. Bob also maintains a softrock sdr wiki that provides additional info on the. Powersdr with pi sdr for softrockensemble software setup software installation is performed with a provided unified installer containing both the powersdr v2. All the previous pages dealt with the hardware side of sdr.
R390a softrock sdr combination the r390a softrock setup has generated quite a bit of interest and a number of questions on the setup since first appearing on the amfone website. Ive modified flexradios powersdr software to work with the soft rock 40. This link is listed in our web site directory since saturday jan 7 2006, and till today rocky software for softrock40 has been followed for a total of 10574 times. But it is nice to see good old soft rock is not dead and basic sdr is still being exploited for the exceptional value for money ham radio it is. Sdr,software defined radio,radio logicielle,radio cognitive,cognitive. Trying to get hdsdr to work with softrock ensemble rxtx. Home sdr software troubleshooting instructions for various components setting up rocky. Using 2 sound cards and cwget we can decode morse from the software defined radio.
Soft rock software has a number of products available, most of which is software, but there is currently also one piece of hardware. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio. The bs we are getting from the commercial outfits and high prices is washing away a whole generation of sdr experimenters sadly. The crystal controlled softrock receivers developed by tony parks kb9yig are responsible for introducing a significant number of people to software defined radio sdr. Links to other sdr software on my main page, link below. Much of the software is available as a free download, and full details to be found in the products section of the site. Almost all of the software products are for risc os computers. The smeter in rocky is an attempt to see if sdr software can do better than just simulate the behavior of a hardware device. Check out this screenshot from the m0kgk sdr decoder.
Rockysoft microsoft software vendors discuss erp and. Sdr software download airspy sdr high quality software. Rocky documentation in german, with translators comments, is available here tnx eike dm3ml. Added sdrradio iq wav files for your testing also works with hdsdr but without time and freq markers. A previous post explored the steps involved in building a simple softrock receiver for the 40m amateur radio band 77. 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. About rocky software for softrock40 the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Quisk supports sdriq or softrock rocky for the softrock sdrmax v for. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. This page is a collection of information that has appeared in various threads on amfone plus additional measurements ive made on the r390a alone and with the. The combination of the relatively simple soft rock 40 hardware with the powersdr software results in a low cost receiver with some very nice features. So far i have used both rocky, and the m0kgk sdr decoder software. Wire your softrock so this is correct then switch iq in other softwares if necessary. As i said above, you do not have to use rocky with the sr ensemble, although it is a fine piece of software.
Hardware is mostly constructed from recycled componentry. It is a system in which hardware components are replaced with software. Wondering how many others out there using softrock or other sdrs for reporting. The sdr program takes care of the display of all parameters. Hello all, ive had my single band soft rock on 30 meters for a week or so. You can also run winrad, sdrradio, and power sdr, and possibly others as well. The brief of my project is to build a software defined radio sdr based around a purpose built pc with a high end soundcard and a softrock ensemble rxtx. My sound card samples at 96khz, so my receiver covers a 96khzwide chunk of the 40m band. Because of the wide variety of soundcards, computers, operating systems and the way they are setup there can be no simple do it like this instructions. Rocky for rx and tx of cw and psk31 hdsdr for rx and tx of am, fm, cw, ssb update feb 08, 2012. With an upconverter, good antenna, and decoding software the rtlsdr software defined radio can receive and decode drm signals. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. Rocky talks directly to the wdm driver of the sound card.
This tutorial is also applicable to other software defined radios that can receive hf with or without an upconverter, such as the hackrf, airspy, softrock and funcube dongle. The main category is software defined radios that is about sdr, software defined radios products. This is most likely the simplest software to get running and most of us started with it. Software for the soft rock powersdr flexs code adapated to the soft rock by kd5tfd now part of flexs distribution rocky by alex shovkoplyas, ve3nea kgksdr by duncan munro, m0kgk sdradio and winrad by alberto di bene, i2phd linrad by leif asbrink, sm5bsz gnuradio anything that can handle iq should work. Thanks to all that have answered my plea for assistance. T1 toroid ft307 34 turns with 17 turns bifilar on top, all with red wire. The softrock lite ii, the sequel to the sr lite v6. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. If softrock is not available, rocky can be used to play back iq data recordings. It is a very effective demonstration of the capabilities of the software defined radio approach.
The powersdr for pi sdr unified installer is installing powersdr v2. Rocky sdr software seems best for my operation as it works fine on cw and psk31. Rockysoft is the premier provider of inventory management software. Clients can now provide strong levels of service to their customers while maintaining a minimum. Pretty hip low noise original kit sdr now as an rxtx combo. Uses a soundcard for adc and dac, and has been around for some time. Silabs did create a new version of the si570 chip that can be ordered with a 7ppm temperature stability. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and design of electronic equipment. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major building blocks.
Building the softrock sdr this is the first of two posts which take a look at the relatively simple and easy to construct softrock softwaredefined. While the concept of sdr is not new, the rapidly evolving capabilities of digital electronics. Listed under the manufacturerssoftware defined radio category that. Most constructors use these pages and get their softrocks working. This site has information concerning the softrock software defined radios created and kitted by tony parks kb9yig.
Thanks to ve3rerve3sb, learned about softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver affordable sdr software defined radio kits yesterday. 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. 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. The circuit is based on the well known soft rock qsd circuit and a few others. All of these give a different feel than rocky, and more along the lines of the software found with the ddc sdrs. Als software kann rocky freeware neben anderen software eingesetzt werden. Cw transmit, rocky is good and the easiest, psdr and quisk alternatives.