You can easily receive HF coastal radar signals on your SDR, and sometimes even read the radar return signal under the right conditions. Read more
Tag: hamradio
Zynq Development Board Software Radio
Modern tools like the Zynq development board provide the opportunity to build complex radio gear with programmable hardware. GUI, control and demodulation can be coded into embedded operating systems. Read more
Red Pitaya Ham Radio Homebrew
Take the leap into Red Pitaya ham radio homebrew. Most of what you need for a DIY receiver or transceiver is on this amazing little device. Read more
Red Pitaya Programmable Hardware Community
Looking for a Christmas present in 2018? Check out the Red Pitaya programmable hardware solution for your electronics lab or software defined radio. It’s amazing. Read more
Xilinx Zynq SDR System-on-Chip
Let’s explore Xilinx Zynq SDR with a gentle introduction. Programmable hardware software defined radio is now within reach at a reasonable cost and modest effort. Read more
Configurable SDR Devices – Broadband Transceivers
You can easily combine configurable SDR devices with open source software to build and operate virtually any wireless protocol and modulation scheme. Let’s take a look. Read more
SDR FPGA – Moving Beyond the Blank Stare
Talking about SDR FPGA typically earns you a blank stare. Let’s move beyond that and consider the power unleashed by Field Programmable Gate Arrays. Read more
Modern SDR Architecture with Programmable Hardware
Put down your soldering iron. Build your next receiver using your keyboard. Modern SDR architecture makes this (almost) possible. Read more
SDR Programmable Hardware Paradigm
Ironically, SDR programmable hardware has really brought software defined radio to the next level. In this series, we’ll explore how this is done. And how you can do it yourself. Read more
Shack Noise Floor – Spring Cleaning
At least once a year, you should do a complete cleanup to make sure you have not introduced new sources of RFI in the radio shack. Here’s how to sweep the shack noise floor. Read more