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Ham Radio Outlet at Pacificon October 20-22

Pacificon 2023 starts this coming weekend, October 20-22, 2023, in San Ramon, CA. The Ham Radio Outlet booth will be there, so check out their special deals on SDRplay products.

SDRconnect Preview is available to download

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/

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 

More SDRconnect preview demos

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/

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

 

 

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)

SDRplay will be at Hamcation this weekend

Coming up this weekend is Hamcation in Florida which starts this Friday 10th February.  SDRplay will be there, supporting Ham Radio Outlet and answering your questions. If you are going, be sure to visit the HRO stand. (Feb 11th update – you can download the presentation slides here )

If you’re not going but have friends who will be there, encourage them to visit us on the Ham Radio Outlet Booth – they also might like to come to our talk on Friday morning at 10.30 in Pavillion “Room” CS1:

Steve, KI5ENW will present an update on SDRplay hardware and software. More about the forum programme can be found here: https://www.hamcation.com/forums-speakers

You can download Steve’s presentation here: https://www.sdrplay.com/blogs/Hamcation2023shrink.pdf

 

 

SDRconnect update

We have been rather ‘inundated’ with demands for updates on our software development efforts and in particularly the release date for SDRconnect.

A little over a year ago, we decided that to re-develop SDRuno as a true cross-platform SDR solution was practically unfeasible and instead commenced the development of a completely new, ‘ground up’ solution which we chose to call SDRconnect to distinguish it from SDRuno, which itself will continue to be supported on Windows.

Estimating schedules for software development is notoriously difficult because software is highly abstracted with additional variables and uncertainties when compared to hardware development. In addition SDRconnect utilises a wholly different approach when compared to SDRuno with a completely new development environment.

SDRconnect is a highly modular piece of software with a UI that will be much better suited to the wide range of modern computing platforms than SDRuno, many of which feature touch-screens.

The first release of SDRconnect will NOT encompass all of the functionality that we intend for this software. Instead, there will be a range of more frequent updates than people will have experienced with SDRuno.

The first release of SDRconnect will incorporate the following:

Hardware architectures:

x64, ARM64 (including Mac M1)

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

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 Ubuntu x64 18.04LTS and later. Please note that we will ONLY be testing on Ubuntu. We make no guarantees for any other flavour of Linux

MacOS x64 and M1 version 11 (Big Sur) and onwards.

Raspberry Pi OS (64bit) – Bullseye derived.

Android and iOS will NOT be supported in the first release. These will come later .

Please note that SDRconnect is for the Raspberry Pi 4B or better and not earlier models such as the Raspberry Pi 3 etc

Features:

The first release of SDRconnect will support the following features

Support for all RSP hardware platforms EXCEPT the RSP1

Diversity support for the RSPduo

Both Master and Slave mode for the RSPduo supported within a single instance of SDRconnect

Module interface for third party software modules (formerly known as ‘Plugins’)

Completely new UI will configurable and dockable panels

Remote network server and client

A basic I/Q recorder

Multiple VRXs

Band framing

The following will NOT be in the first release, but will come in subsequent Module releases:

Scanning

Rig Control

RDS decoding

Scheduler

Because these features will be incorporated as modules, it means that there will be fewer changes required to the core SDRconnect platform which will help preserve its stability and minimise the risk of bugs being introduced.

The current range of SDRplay developed plugins for SDRuno, will not work with SDRconnect, but we will be upgrading these so that they will be made available for use with SDRconnect. The module interface will be published so that third party developers can port their SDRuno plugins to SDRconnect, 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.

Finally, SDRconnect will have its own embedded API. It will not be necessary to install the API used with SDRuno. However SDRconnect, SDRuno and the API used for SDRuno will all happily coexist on the same machine.

Now, whilst progress has been good, we have also experienced some setbacks that has lead to some delays from our original estimate. Our current best estimate is that the first release will be around the middle of February. Please note that this is NOT a guarantee. We fully understand the frustrations that many people may feel about delays but I would respectfully request that you avoid opening support tickets requesting updates or offering to act as a ‘beta tester’. There will be no beta test program. As soon as we have something for people to try, we will make it available and people are welcome to try it. We are doing it as fast we possibly can and external pressure simply won’t make it go any faster.

If there any significant changes to the above in terms of features or schedule, we will let you all know.

Many thanks for reading.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone from the SDRplay Team

We are aware that people are eagerly awaiting more news on SDRconnect and whilst there have been a few delays as a result of illness, we will give a more detailed update in the next week or so outlining what can be expected in the first release of the software.

The SDRconnect information page is here: https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/

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