This video shows the yaesu ft2000 with an rfspace if2000 sdriq kit. It solves a problem that befalls many project and home recordists. In this post, i will show you how to use an sdr as a panadapter for a commercial communications receiver. View images and also instructions on rf space support if2000 3. Softwaredefined radios are great tools for the amateur radio operator, allowing visualization of. Describe your experience with the rfspace sdriq software defined receiver and spectrum analyzer and tell us why you give it the rating you did required.
Tapping into a ham radios potential with sdrplay hackaday. May 05, 2014 with some simple configuration and adjustments to the rf levels in sdr console, the unit was ready to go we used the software supplied with the sdriq to bring its firmware up to the latest version before setting up sdrradio console. The qs1r sdrmax v software is excellent and updated. A panadapter is device that allows you to visually see the rf spectrum and waterfall being received by the ham radio. Any of the sdr software programs that support rsp can be used to provide a basic spectrum display. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users. Ive successfully used it with both steel and nylon string guitars. Smallest sdr with rf dsp that samples the whole hf band at once and performs the initial. Panadapter if interface boards available from kd2c sdrplay. Lppan hardware installation basic interconnect diagram. Alex is a great guy and is very helpful spectravue sdr software that i use. This graphic shows one of the most common lppan configurations. Sdrplay connection with yaesu ft5000 sdrplay community. If2000 from rf space to be mounted in place of the dmu interface board in the radio.
At this point i am still using the software as a panadapter tuned the converted if output frequency of the if2000. Does anyone know of a way to provide an external to the radio bandscope display or for that matter, control software with bandscope for the ic756pro series. It offers a broad range of spectrum analyzer and demodulation capabilities. Installation, setup and operation of lppan and supporting software. I have been playing with a softrock sdr ensemble ii hf receiver for a while and then i read about a european ham, who modded his ft450 to work with his sdr a mercury sdr, not a softrock, so i thought i might follow in his footsteps and do some experimenting. The netsdr software called spectravue support directly the k3. The rfspace sdriq software defined receiver is a small unit which connects to our ftdx5000 via the if output connection on the transceiver.
Sdrplay connection with yaesu ft5000 sdrplay community forum. Our p3 panadapter display adds a visual dimension to signal hunting with fast real time spectrum and waterfall displays of band activity. Many of the icoms i am familiar with use a first if in the 60mhz range, so a down converter board would also be necessary for use with either of the above. The space has made it possible for me to get highquality acoustic guitar sounds in my home. When working hf, this is very useful as it allows you to quickly home in on cq calls and other activity. Using a software defined radio such as the softrock rx ensemble ii receiver kit for the second receiver adds a number of features to the ts590s. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on. Yesterday we have configured the rsp to work as a panadapter with my friends ft5000 in order to obtain this, without using the if out, we placed a bnctee on the rx ant out on the rear panel of the rig the 2 exit of this tee are connected like this.
External bandscope display for ic756pro series qrz forums. Dab, or for use as a low cost panadapter with a traditional ham radio. The rf tap will emit transmit rf at the dial frequency, and antenna receive filtered by the radios bandpass filters. Panadapter resources category is a curation of 10 web resources on, ft817 panadapter mod, panadapter for ts590sg, yaesu ft2000 panadapter. Airspy, a high quality approach to softwaredefined radio. Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques.
Feb 06, 2009 yaesu ft2000 with rfspace sdriq spectrum scope rfspace1. It has a high performance analog devices 14 bit analog to digital converter and sends 16 bits of iq data to the pc via usb no messy soundcard cables required. Sharing the antenna can be a little tricky depending on the main radio used. When working hf, this is very useful as it allows you to.
The rf space sdriq a lot of fun to work, especially with a fast pc and a large monitor. Our products enable spectrum analysis, monitoring, shortwave reception, iq spectral recording and many other scientific applications. Using nap3 with lppan installation, setup and operation guide nap3 is a panadapter display program from pete, f5vnb. Panadapter suddenly your eyes can do x what only your ears could do. Im using an icom r72 and a sdrplay rsp, but you can do it with nearly all receivers and sdrs the icom r72 is a double conversion hf. Jul 06, 20 for people already with expensive ham radios, the rtlsdr can be used as a cheap panadapter. Discussion in general technical questions and answers started by. The reason why i brought this up is that rf space claims on their website that the if2000 adds. This device creates a digitized iq interface using the ftdx5000s wideband if signals. Control rfspace sdr14, sdriq, sdrip, netsdr hardware. Yaesu ftmp mark v and nap3 this paper describes in detail the hardware and software required to implement a fullfunction panadaptor for the mark v using nap3. Software in the basic form involves using powersdr program and hrd for rig control. The connection point shown has capacitors on each end, so no blocking capacitor is required for the tap. Back in 2016, we wrote one of our most popular posts covering 12 popular software defined radios or sdrs.
Add a software defined radio sdr to your transceiver to. There is already some software out there than can decode the space packets and also parse the aos frames via a tcp stream vaguely similar to goestools. Documentation is in the wiki source code and hardware design files are available in the latest release or in the git repository. You cvould probably modify the if2000 down converter from rf space. This is by far the best way to get panadapter capability for the ft950. If the main radio has an rx out connection, then all you do is connect the main radio rx out connection to the sdr panadapter radios antenna input. Dec 11, 2011 for a panadapter i would recommend the rf space sdr14 when combined with the 5k its a formidable package ive tried panadpters from avcom and rei and the sdr wins hands down aors ctcss board and antenna switch are nice add ons as well. Added support for automatic udp frequency selection for the b26 rfkit amplifier. You could then use an sdriq, or the elecraft p3 if the if is low enough. This is a bit of overkill in ft991a, but i want to be able to control the if tap by software and be able to unplug it completely when not in use, without having to open the radio.
The ft9502000 is similar except that it requires a 3 rd party interface board if2000 from rf space to be mounted in place of the dmu interface board in. For people already with expensive ham radios, the rtlsdr can be used as a cheap panadapter. Rfspace sdriq software defined receiver, rf space sdriq. Install and familiarize yourself with funcube dongle as described in the document funcube dongle an introduction 2. Fixed external radio uart issues and smeter problems. Softrocks and lppan are direct conversion iq sampling receivers that rely on software to perform if filtering, audio decoding, and other typical receiver functions. If given a choice of the panadapter as implemented here or the dmu2000, i would certainly opt for the panadapter. Issues in using nap3 with the mark v ive tried most of the available sdr software that offers a panadaptor capability and none come close to nap3 in terms of function and usability. I tried to like sdrradio, which is a software partner of rf space, but it has too many unresolved bugs. If2000 from rf space allows the ft950 to become a whole different beast softrock lite a simple means of sdr with the ft950 and if2000 afedri sdrnet my personal choice for sdr.
Yaesu ft2000 with rfspace sdriq spectrum scope rfspace1. The sdriq is the smallest sdr with rf dsp that samples the whole hf band at once and performs the initial filtering at a 67 mhz sample rate with 23 bit accuracy. When used with the sdrradio software, changing frequencies is a simple point and click affair. With low cost sdr hardware and its open source software support, we can set up a high performance radio station at home even using a. This kit adds the fastest and highest resolution panoramic adapter available. I use hdsdr with the sdriq, which is not written by anyone associated with rf space. Rfspace sdr14 software defined receiver, rf space sdr14. It is an open source program running under the gnu general public license v2 and is based on a combination of powersdrif from wu2x and powersdr v2. The qs1r is a great piece of hardware and software, but panadapter service is not as good as a sdr14 or the netsdr in my opinion. I have had experience with or currently own the following sdr receivers. How to use the sdrplay rsp as a panadapter the swling post. The sdr14 software works with windows 2000, xp and vista. The connection points for the coax are on the bottom board that normally covers that space, so its a simple.
Comparing the sdriq as receiver with my k3 which for. You must solder a 14 gauge wire between the transmit and antenna so239. A windows based spectral analysisreceiver program primarily used with the. The dmu is still valuable for easy access to the ft950 menus, viewing waveforms and graphically evaluating swr by band. He shows instructions on how to perform the required modification to get the if output of the icom, and. People are asking us for advice on where they should turn for help tapping into their if in order to use an sdr as a panadapter. On tx, it is the lowlevel signal that drives the pa board. Our readers should note that only a few radios have an if output builtin fortunately for us, the ftdx5000 does have such an output. Sdruno, hdsdr, sdr console and cubicsdrhave builtin. Aug 01, 2017 panadapter if interface boards available from kd2c jon august 1, 2017 people are asking us for advice on where they should turn for help tapping into their if in order to use an sdr as a panadapter. Icom r8500, aor r5000 and other radios as panadapter using standard pc serial port. Software defined radio sdr technology has started to revolutionize the way we use radio. Something between 20 and 50 hz per pixel would be a good place to start. Hands down, i prefer to use the qs1r over the others.
You can see the parts of the band that do escape the 10hkz roofing filter on the ft450 if in the sdr software here, you end up with a little signal on each side of the center point. Heres 10 best software defined radios to take your rf designs further. Including an external pan adapter requires access to the receivers if prior to. This board allows the interfacing of the transceiver to an rfspace software defined receiver or panoramic adapter. Adding panadapter capability to the yaesu ft2000ft950 jeff blaine acoc v2 dec 2009 a great deal is made over the flex series clicktune and bandscope capabilities. But the mfj switch will also remove the transceiver from the transmit connection while in receive. Instead, the sdr panadapter radio is run in parallel with the main radio, normally sharing the same antenna. Directly from an antenna can be shared with the external radio, or. The sdriq is a 14bit software defined radio receiver.
N4py offers rig control software for a wide variety of receivers from the elecraft k3 to the ten tec rx 320 receiver. Panadapter support any flex radio, the rfspace sdriq, hdsdr. Im using an icom r72 and a sdrplay rsp, but you can do it with nearly all receivers and sdrs. Dec 17, 2015 in this post, i will show you how to use an sdr as a panadapter for a commercial communications receiver. A simple crystalcontrolled sdr like the softrock lite may be connected to the if of a conventional receiver or transceiver to give a panoramic sdr display and all the other features of sdr. N4py software is your source for high quality, effective rig control software for your transceiver. The icom r72 is a double conversion hf 030 mhz communications receiver. The same features can be added to the ft2000 as well providing possibly the best of both worlds all the convenience. Basically, there is no excellent software package to pair with the sdriq at this point. Products, technical datatechnology, and services of rfspace inc. Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver sdr powered by the gnu radio and the qt graphical toolkit gqrx supports many of the sdr hardware available, including airspy, funcube dongles, rtlsdr, hackrf and usrp devices. Hdsdr if panoramic display with conventional receiver or. There are multiple expensive commercial panadapters available, but combined with a pc or laptop, the rtlsdr will work just as well. Im assuming its better because the signal is passing through the ft950s bandpass filters before the signal is sampled.
You can also record up to 190 khz of rf bandwidth to hardrive and also monitor your tx signal. Documentation is in the wiki source code and hardware design files are available in the latest release or. Adding panadapter capability to the yaesu ft2000ft950. Gqrx sdr open source software defined radio by alexandru. Panadaptersuddenly your eyes can do x what only your ears could do previously, one signal at a time.
There are multiple expensive commercial panadapters available, but combined with a pc or laptop, the rtlsdr will work. Yaesu ft2000 with rfspace sdriq spectrum scope youtube. The same features can be added to the ft2000 as well providing possibly. Introducing the latest development in rf spectrum monitoring clear waves is the next generation of pcbased, rf spectrum analyzer for the wireless pro audio and video industries that offers automatic charting of open white space, frequency coordination and channel assignment. Add a software defined radio sdr to your transceiver to make a realtime panadapter a panadapter allows you to see all of the radio stations currently transmitting across an entire band. Softwaredefined radios are great tools for the amateur radio operator, allowing visualization of large swaths of spectrum and letting hams. With low cost sdr hardware and its open source software support, we can set up a high performance radio station at home even using a personal computer. When the ts590s tuning knob is turned, the sdr can track right with it. This lets you control receiver tuning from either the ts590s or the. Anyone with a home or project studio should have one.
Using a software defined radio as a panadapter by dave core, k8wda presented to the northern kentucky amateur radio club by dave core, k8wda, on oct. Added provision for two external inputs for latching control actuating on a rf switch, isolating the sdr receiver when the two inputs are not in high state. Elecraft k3 and rfspace netsdr as panadapter youtube. Other popular rigs are interfaced similarly, such as ftdx30005000, although they use an rca connector for the if output. Precise, wideband rf spectrum scanning, visualization and channel coordination. While the previous post still holds some extremely valuable information, a lot has changed in 3 years. How to connect the kenwood ts590s to the sdriq receiver. Dec 10, 2017 tapping into a ham radios potential with sdrplay.