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SDRplay will be at HamCation, Orlando, Florida on Friday February 9th to Sunday February 11th.

Come and see Steve, KI5ENW demonstrating what’s new from SDRplay, including the latest features in our multiplatform SDRconnect and server software,  and the new RSP1B. Maybe you have friends visiting the show who can pick up a new RSP for you at special show rates?  Otherwise it’s a great place to come and learn more about SDRs.  Steve will also be giving a presentation on Saturday 10th in Room CS2 at 9.15am – covering the basics of SDRs and how they have evolved from simple dongles. More details can be found  here

On Thursday 8th February, for anyone in town early, HRO will be having a special open day at their store in Orlando.  They promise to offer some good deals. Steve from SDRplay will be there as well, answering questions and running SDRplay demonstrations. The address is 521 E State Rd 434 #1009, Winter Springs, FL 32708, USA.

For those interested in receiving Trunked Radio, we have some good news.   Sdrtrunk is now working well with the latest SDRplay API 3.14 and the RSP1B. Author Denny has  included it in his nightly build (you can get a copy from here), with a full release coming by mid February.     Here’s a screenshot showing it running on an M1 Mac:

Sdrtrunk is a java application for decoding and trunk tracking multiple analog and digital radio channels across multiple SDRs or baseband recordings. The application provides local monitoring of decoded audio, recording, and streaming of audio to local and remote streaming services. Find out more about Sdrtrunk here: https://github.com/DSheirer/sdrtrunk/wiki

A trunked radio system is a two-way radio system that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios. You can find out more about Trunked Radio here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunked_radio_system

Click here for the Introductory video

SDRplay is pleased to announce the arrival of  a new product – the RSP1B, an enhanced version of the RSP1A .

The key additional benefits of the RSP1B vs the RSP1A are:

1. It is housed in a strong black painted steel case.
2. It has significantly improved noise performance below 1MHz (i.e for MF, LF and below), and in the 50-60 MHz region. There are also noticeable noise improvements in the 3.5-5.5MHz and 250-320MHz spectrum.
3. It has improved signal handling at HF frequencies.

This video demonstrates the enhanced noise performance at LF frequencies: https://youtu.be/8OLHFAwBnDA

The suggested retail price is £105.80 GBP (excluding VAT) or €126.96 EUR (excluding tax).  UK prices will be around £127 including VAT.

Wishing all our customers a very Happy Christmas and all the very best for 2024.    For anyone purchasing direct from us, We will resume shipments on December 28th.  Technical support may be limited for a few days but we will do our best to respond as soon as possible, given the holidays.  Meanwhile, I’m sure the army of SDRplay experts will continue to provide help and suggestions on the various forums: https://www.sdrplay.com/communitylinks

Thanks to everyone who has fed back information on SDRconnect Preview 2  – work continues apace.  We’re hearing a lot of feedback saying how intuitive SDRconnect is.  Also, for MacOS and Linux/Raspberry Pi folks, finally there’s a viable SDR receiver they can use which doesn’t require a lot of software knowledge to operate.

Here’s a fun video which is good for showing newcomers how easy it is to enjoy the thrill of hobby radio with the combination of an RSP and SDRconnect:

The 51st Dortmund Amateur Radio Market will take place on Saturday December 9, 2023in the Westfalenhalle 8 in Dortmund, Germany and this year there will be five authorised SDRplay resellers attending!

Funk24, Funtechnik-Dathe, Bonito, DARC and Bielefeld

It’s a great opportunity to get a gift for anyone you want to get interested in Ham Radio or the radio listening hobby. Now that we have SDRplay SDRconnect software available – its perfect for newcomers to the radio hobby AND it runs on MacOS and Linux/Raspberry Pi as well as Windows.

Funk24 will be running SDRconnect demonstrations on their Stand W160-165

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Der 51. Dortmunder Amateurfunkmarkt findet am Samstag, den 9. Dezember 2023 in der Westfalenhalle 8 in Dortmund statt und dieses Jahr sind fünf unserer autorisierten Verkäufer dabei!

Es ist eine großartige Gelegenheit, ein Geschenk für jeden zu bekommen, der sich für Amateurfunk oder das Radiohören-Hobby interessieren möchte. Jetzt, da wir die SDRplay SDRconnect-Software zur Verfügung haben, ist sie perfekt für Neueinsteiger in das Radiohobby UND läuft auf MacOS und Linux/Raspberry Pi sowie Windows.

Besuchen Sie unseren Händler Funk24.net auf dem Dortmunder Amateurfunkmarkt auf Stand W160-165.

Last week, we pushed out an updated SDRconnect release, to address a small number of defects identified by our customers with the initial Preview 2 version. Thanks to everyone who tested and reported. You will find this updated preview release available to download from the SDRconnect page. Please make sure to read the information on this page carefully before downloading. There are step-by step video guides for installing and running both the SDR and the server software in these video guides: https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnectvidguides/

For newcomers to SDRconnect, here’s a new video which summarises the current capabilities resulting from all the releases so far:

Please note that there’s a .pdf covering the install instructions for all platforms which be found here: https://www.sdrplay.com/docs/ConnectInstallGuide1.pdf

2026 update: Please note that SDRconnect is now the official supported multi-platform software for SDRplay RSP products. It moved to production in 2024. See https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/

The second preview build of SDRconnect is now available for download here. It contains a number of new features, including:

• Direct frequency input
• Additional bands with IARU region support
• IQ recording (64-bit support in a single file)
• IQ playback as a device
• Asymmetrical filter editing in the Aux spectrum
• Notch filters in the Aux spectrum
• Plus other changes and bug fixes, for a full list you can find the release notes here: https://www.sdrplay.com/docs/SDRconnect_Release_Notes.pdf

This SDRplay video guide introduces these new features:

In this video, Mike KD2KOG demonstrates the notch filter in more detail:

and here’s a guide on how to do direct keyboard or keypad frequency entry:

Mike will be adding additional “how-to” videos demonstrating some of the other new features.  As always, add your comments to the videos and this will guide Mike for future video topics

Wishing all our customers in the USA a very Happy Thanksgiving Day.

Check out the Ham Radio Outlet Black Friday offers:

RSP1A:

RSPdx:

RSPduo:

If you’re searching for gifts this holiday season, the Ham Radio Outlet Black Friday offers make it very affordable to encourage lapsed radio hams and shortwave listeners back into the hobby.  Especially now that all those folks who don’t like Windows can run SDRconnect on MacOS or Linux machines.  It’s also a great gift for the younger folks who already have a Raspberry Pi and might enjoy exploring the radio spectrum.