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SDRconnect Preview is available to download

SDRplay is pleased to announce that a preview build of SDRconnect, our new multi-platform SDR and server software is available to download from https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/

The first few video guides are also available here 

The current preview build of SDRconnect is just at the beginning of the development process. It contains a number of features, including:

  • Multiple VRXs with basic radio controls
  • Built in support for all model RSPs except the original RSP1
  • Remote server with two streaming modes across both LAN and WAN (internet): a) Full IQ and b) Audio – a streaming mode which provides a very efficient way of displaying a large spectral bandwidth across a network with a limited data throughput.
  • Calibrated Power meter and S-Meter
  • Band framing
  • HDR mode support for the RSPdx
  • Support for RSPduo Single and Dual Tuner mode (two tuners) within a single instance of SDRconnect
  • Manual Diversity Control for the RSPduo
  • Headless server command line options
  • SNR Measurement
  • Support for un-docking and re-docking of panels
  • Saving and reloading of settings
  • Ability to allocate the Aux SP to different tuners in Dual Tuner mode for the RSPduo and for additional VRXs

SDRconnect runs on the following architectures:

x64, ARM64 (including Apple Silicon)

Please NOTE. SDRconnect will be a 64-bit solution and will NOT run on 32-bit operating systems.

Supported Operating systems:

Windows – 10, 11 and later – 64-bit only. Note SDRconnect will NOT run on anything earlier than Windows 10, so please don’t ask for Windows 8/7/XP etc. It is not possible to compile for these older operating systems with the tools used for the development of SDRconnect.

Linux x64 – Canonical Ubuntu 20.04LTS and later.

Linux ARM64 (aarch64) – Raspberry Pi OS (64bit) – Bullseye derived (we recommend the Raspberry Pi 4B or better)

MacOS x64 – 10.15 (Catalina) and onwards

MacOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon) – 13.0 (Ventura) and onwards

SDRuno plugins will not work with SDRconnect, but we will be porting the SDRplay developed SDRuno plugins so that they will be made available for use with SDRconnect as modules. The module interface will be published so that third party developers can also port their SDRuno plugins to SDRconnect modules, but we have no control over whether they will choose to do so, so please contact the plugin developers about this.

Regarding touch functionality, the first release will not support gesture recognition. This will come in a later release.

SDRconnect and SDRuno are able to co-exist on the same OS – Please note: This requires the latest version of SDRuno to be installed.

This is the latest version of SDRconnect – released August 10th 2023

Release notes for all versions of SDRconnect can be found here (https://www.sdrplay.com/docs/SDRconnect_Release_Notes.pdf)

Whilst this is the first preview version of the software, we believe that it is stable on all platforms. However, this is just the first step in the long term development of a brand new platform and future releases and modules will further enhance functionality.

You can report any bugs that you find to software@sdrplay.com – ONLY if you are using one of the supported platforms listed above. Please note that we will read any feedback sent to us but we will only respond to you if we require further information.

The first few video guides are also available here 

Yet another Panadapter video!

Yours truly has to confess that I have never set up an RSP as a panadapter. Mike, KD2KOG and  Steve, KI5ENW are our resident experts but my practical knowledge is pretty limited.  So yesterday I finally decided it was time to dust off my ICOM-718 and Drake L7 linear amp and get them operational and working safely and in sync with an RSPdx as the main station receiver.  This video describes the process and may be helpful to others starting out using an RSP as a panadapter and much much more:

More SDRconnect preview demos

We know many people are waiting for SDRconnect, our new, truly multiplatform SDR software.  Previous posts have talked about our need to go back and re-write major chunks of the software, and this has taken a long time. However, we are getting much closer to release.   Meanwhile, Ham Radio Outlet have published a detailed video of what Steve, KI5ENW was showing in Dayton a couple of months ago – you can see the different platforms being used both for server software and for the SDRconnect receiver software:

For more about SDRconnect, visit: https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/

Ham Radio Outlet is our partner in the USA. Our thanks to Julian Frost (N3JF) for making this video.

SDRplay partners at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen 2023

Ham Radio Friedrichshafen takes place Friday June 23- Sunday June 25 and several of SDRplay’s partners will be demonstrating and answering questions about our SDR hardware and software.

Funk24 will be demonstrating the long awaited multi-platform SDRconnect (getting closer to release), and Bonito will be showing the benefits of using an RSP with their magnetic loop antennas. Funktechnic-Dathe and will also be selling RSPs and available to answer questions

 

 

Solar eclipse SDR-based observing campaign – join the fun

The folks who run the Radio JOVE project and usually monitor Jupiter, are teaming up with NASA’s citizen science project and Heliophysics Big Year. They want your help in making coordinated observations of the Sun for the October 14, 2023 and the April 8, 2024 solar eclipses.  They are organising a number of practice sessions to help people get prepared.  So get your RSPs ready! To find out more, go to: https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/citizen_science/rj_eclipse2023.php

For more information about how they use an RSP in general, this video gives an  overview of Radio JOVE 2.0. It includes a short demonstration of the radio spectrograph using an RSP with a dipole antenna and the associated Radio-Sky Spectrograph (RSS) software.

JOVE is a US-based public outreach, education, and citizen science project using radio astronomy and a hands-on radio telescope for science inquiry and education. Radio JOVE 2.0 is a new direction using radio spectrographs to provide a path for radio enthusiasts to grow into citizen scientists capable of operating their own radio observatory and providing science-quality data to an archive. Radio JOVE 2.0 uses more capable software defined radios (SDRs) and spectrograph recording software as a low-cost ($350) radio spectrograph that can address more science questions related to heliophysics, planetary and space weather science, and radio wave propagation. Our goals are: (1) Increase participant access and expand an existing radio spectrograph network, (2) Test and develop radio spectrograph hardware and software, (3) Upgrade the science capability of the data archive, and (4) Develop training modules to help people become citizen scientists.

For more information about the  project, visit: radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov

For more about SARA, visit: https://www.radio-astronomy.org/

SDRplay will be at Hamvention, Dayton Ohio this weekend

Sunday 21st update: For those at Hamvention day 3 – just one day left to see the demos and take advantage of the HRO special Hamvention offer prices – slashed even lower than their website special offers.

Their USA website special Hamvention prices today are:

https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015965

https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-017027

At the show they are even lower (while stock last):

So if you have friends at Dayton, get them to buy one for you!

SDRplay will be at  Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio – May 19-May 21.  We will be on the Ham Radio Outlet Booth  in Building 3,  where Steve, KI5ENW will be running demos and answering questions.

The latest news on SDRconnect can be found here – we’re getting closer: https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/

 

Details of Dayton Hamvention can be found here

SDRplay at Funk.Tag, Kassel, Germany – April 15th 2023

Come and see SDRplay demos, and talk with some of our favourite German resellers this Saturday April 15th – they will be at Funk.Tag in Kassel .

DARC Verlag GmbH, together with DARC e.V., is organizing the FUNK.TAG for the fifth time from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Halls 1 and 2 at the Kassel exhibition center. The event combines technology, amateur radio and community projects. As well as all the radio related exhibits and activities they also have a funfair for families and school classes.  

Location: Messe Kassel, Damaschkestrasse, 34121 Kassel

Bonito will be on stand B4 and Funk 24 will be on stand D1 – come and talk to Dennis from Bonito or Christian and Matthäus from Funk24.  Bonito can talk about antennas for SDRs in great detail,  and Funk24 can advise on many aspects of the RSP family operation – they are also experts on Raspberry Pi.

So you can recognise our partners in Germany:

Dennis from Bonito is the guy on the right, above.

Christian and Matthäus from Funk24 are pictured below:

 

In German:

Am 15. April veranstaltet die DARC Verlag GmbH zusammen mit dem ideellen Träger DARC e.V. den FUNK.TAG zum fünften Mal von 9 bis 16 Uhr in den Hallen 1 und 2 auf dem Messegelände Kassel. Die Erlebnismesse vereint Technik, Amateurfunk und Gemeinschaft und lockte vor der Pandemie über 2.000 funkbegeisterte Technikfans nach Kassel.
Der FUNK.TAG KASSEL richtet sich an Funkamateure, Maker und Elektronikbegeisterte. Spannende Exponate und Aktionen machen die Messe aber auch zu einem idealen Ausflugsziel für Familien und Schulklassen.

Veranstalter: DARC Verlag GmbH
Ort: Messe Kassel, Damaschkestraße, 34121 Kassel

Hier geht es zum Mobil-Anreisewettbewerb des Distriktes Hamburg (E)

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