List of software-defined radios

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This article provides a list of commercially available software-defined radio receivers.

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Name Unit cost (2024) Type Production status Frequency range Max bandwidth RX
ADC
bits
TX
DAC
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TX capable Sampling rate Frequency accuracy

ppm

Panadapters / Receivers Host Interface Windows Linux Mac FPGA
Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 ECO[1] €2,498 EUR Pre-built Active 9 kHz – 8 GHz Up to 120 MHz (2 Rx with 60 MHz each) 16 14 Yes 2 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 2/1 Embedded or True IQ data via 1 x USB 3.1 GEN 1. Internet remote via HTTP / JSON Yes Yes No 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs)
Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 PLUS[2] €9,998 EUR Pre-built Active 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned modules for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 490 MHz (2 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 Yes 2 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 2/1/3 Embedded or True IQ data via 1 x or 2 x USB 3.0. Optional 1 x USB 3.1 GEN2 (power only). Internet remote via HTTP / JSON Yes Yes No 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs)
Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 Command Center[3] €24,980 EUR Pre-built Active 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned extensions for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 980 MHz (4 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 Yes 8 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 8/4/12 Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Fixed Workstation/PC integration. Yes Yes No 4 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each)
Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 ENTERPRISE[4] €59,980 EUR Pre-built Active 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned extensions for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 3000 MHz (12 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 Yes 24 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 24/12/36 Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Remote via 2 x 100 GbE. Yes Yes No 12 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each)
ADAT ADT-200A[5] Pre-built Discontinued 10 kHz – 30 MHz (planned modules for 50 – 54 MHz, 70.0 – 70.5 MHz, and 144 – 148 MHz) 0.5 – 100 kHz  ?  ? 1/3 Embedded system (no computer needed), USB, Internet remote Yes, with option R-1 & ADAT Commander  ?  ?
AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ[6][7][8] Pre-built Active 2.4 – 2.5 GHz 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 2/2 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. Yes Yes Yes
AD-FMCOMMS3-EBZ[9][10][8] Pre-built Active 70 MHz – 6 GHz 54 MHz due to filter 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 2/2 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. Yes Yes Yes
AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ[11][12][8] Pre-built Active 70 MHz – 6 GHz 54 MHz due to filter 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 1/1 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. Yes Yes Yes
AD-FMCOMMS5-EBZ[13][14][8] Pre-built Active 70 MHz – 6 GHz 54 MHz due to filter 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 4/4 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. Yes Yes Yes
ADALM-PLUTO[15] Pre-built Active 325 MHz – 3.8 GHz (70 MHz – 6 GHz with software modification[16]) 20 MHz (streaming may be less due to USB 2.0) 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 1/1 USB 2.0, Ethernet & WLAN with USB-OTG adapter Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Zynq Z-7010
AFEDRI SDR[17] Pre-built Active 30 kHz – 35 MHz, 35 MHz – 1700 MHz 2.3 MHz 12 No 80 MSPS 0/2 USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
AirSpy R2[18] Pre-built Active 24 – 1700 MHz 10 MHz 12 N/A No 10 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS for custom applications 0.5 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes using ports none
AirspyHF+[19] Pre-built Active 9 kHz - 31 MHz

60 MHz - 260 MHz

660 kHz 18 N/A No 36 MSPS 0.5 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
Antsdr[20] Pre-built Active 325MHz – 3.8GHz(ad9363) 70MHz – 6GHz (ad9631) 200kHz-20MHz(ad9363) 200kHz-56MHz (ad9361) 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS -+2 1/1 USB 2.0 serial/console/power, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD No (ubuntu, maybe debian) No Xilinx Zynq Z-7020
Apache Labs ANAN-10E[21] Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 14  ? Yes 10 W 122.88 Msps 0/2 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Apache Labs ANAN-10/100 Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 16  ? Yes 10/100 W 122.88 Msps 0/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Apache Labs ANAN-100D/200D Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 16  ? Yes 100 W 122.88 Msps 0/7 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Apache Labs ANAN-7000DLE[22] Pre-built 9 kHz – 60 MHz 16 16 Yes 100 W  ? 0/7 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Apache Labs ANAN-8000DLE

[23]

Pre-built 0 - 61.44 MHz 16 16 Yes 200 W ? 0/7 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone IV
AOR AR-2300[24] Pre-built 40 kHz – 3.15 GHz  ? N/A No 65 MSPS 1/1 Embedded system (no computer needed), USB Yes  ?  ?
ARSP / Wideband MIMO[25][26] early kit / pre-built 400 MHz – 4.4 GHz  ?  ? 8 MHz streaming / 50 MHz  ? USB 2.0 Yes Yes No
ASR-2300[27] Pre-Built / Open Source Design 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz, two general wideband RX and selectable GPS, ISM, PCS, UHF RX bands  ?  ? <40 MHz (Programmable) 0/2 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Yes Yes Yes
Bitshark Express RX[28] Kit 300 MHz – 4 GHz  ? 105 MSPS (RX only) 0/1 ? PCIe Yes Yes  ?
bladeRF[29] Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz 28 MHz 12 12 Yes 80 kSPS – 40 MSPS 1  ? USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone 4 E
bladeRF 2.0 micro[30] Pre-built 47 MHz – 6 GHz 56 MHz 12 12 Yes 61.44 MSPS 2/2 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone V
CaribouLite[31] Pre-built 30 MHz – 6 GHz 2.5 MHz 13 13 Yes 4 MSPS 1/1 Raspberry Pi 40-pin header No Yes No
ColibriDDC[32] Pre-built 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz,

up to 800 MHz (oversampling)

38 – 312 kHz 14 N/A No 125 MSPS 3/4 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes  ?
COM-3011[33] Pre-built 20 MHz – 3 GHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? USB Yes  ?  ?
Crimson TNG[34] Pre-built DC – 6 GHz > 1200 MHz

(4 independent RX chains and 4 independent TX chains, each capable of up to 322 MHz of RF bandwidth)

16 16 Yes
  • Four dual channel, 16 bit, 370 MSPS ADCs
  • Two quad channel, 16 bit, 2500 MSPS DACs
4/4 2x 10Gbit/s SFP+, Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Cross Country Wireless SDR receiver v. 3[35] Pre-built 472 – 479 kHz,

7.0–7.3 MHz/10.10–10.15 MHz,
and 14.00–14.35 MHz

ext No External ADC required (I/Q output) 1/1 Crystal controlled two channels Yes Yes Yes
Cyan[34] Pre-built 100 kHz – 18 GHz 1 – 3 GHz

(8 fully independent Rx chains and 8 fully independent Tx chains, each capable of up to 1 GHz of RF bandwidth)  

16 16 Yes
  • 1–3 GSPS ADCs
  • 2.5 GSPS DACs
1 – 16 receive and 1 – 16 transmit

(total of 16 radio chains)

4x 40Gbit/s QSFP, Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Intel Stratix 10 SoC
DRB 30[36] Pre-built 30 kHz – 30 MHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? LPT parallel port Up to XP  ?  ?
DX Patrol[37] Pre-built 100 kHz – 2 GHz (RTL2832U, R820T, 40 MHz upconverter) 8 No 2.4 (up to 3.2) Msps  ? USB Yes  ?  ?
easySDR USB Dongle[38] Pre-built 64 – 1700 MHz  ? N/A No 48, 96 kHz 0/1 USB Yes No No
Elektor SDR[39] Bare PCB and pre-built 150 kHz – 30 MHz  ? No Soundcard ADC: 48, 96, and 192 kHz 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
Elektor AVR SDR[40] Kit and pre-built up to 1 MHz in undersampling  ? up to 15  kS/s 0/1 UART via RS2-232 converter or USB bridge Yes Yes Yes
ELAD FDM-S1[41] Pre-built 20 kHz – 30 MHz,

up to 200 MHz in undersampling

192 – 3072 kHz 14 N/A No 61.44 MHz 1/4 USB Yes No No Xilinx
ELAD FDM-S2[42] Pre-built HF:9 kHz – 52 MHz / FM:74 MHz - 108 MHz / VHF:135 MHz - 160 MHz 192 kHz – 6 MHz 16 N/A No 122.88 MHz 1/8 USB 2.0 Yes No No Xilinx Spartan-6
ELAD FDM-S3[43] Pre-built 9 kHz – 500 MHz 192 kHz – 24.576 MHz 16 N/A No 122.88 MHz/98.304 MHz USB 3.0 Yes No No  ?
ELAD FDM-DUO[44] Pre-built 10 kHz – 54 MHz
(experimental up to 165 MHz)
192 kHz – 6 MHz 16  ? Yes 122.88 MHz 1/8+1 Embedded system + 3x USB 2.0 Yes No No Xilinx Spartan-6
Elecraft KX3[45] Pre-built or kit 0.5 – 54 MHz

(144–148 MHz optional)

14  ? Yes 30 kHz? 0/1 USB or embedded system (no computer needed) Yes Yes Yes
FiFi-SDR[46] Pre-built 200 kHz – 30 MHz  ? No 96 kHz (integrated soundcard) 0/1 USB Yes Yes  ?
FLEX-6700[47] Pre-built 0.01 – 73, 135 – 165 MHz 24–192 kHz RX (x8), 14 MHz Display (x8) 16 16 Yes 100 W 245.76 MSPS 8/8 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX130T
CDRX-3200[48] Pre-built 0.01 – 100 MHz 48 – 250 kHz RX (x32) 24 No 48-250 kSPS 0/32, coherent or independent Gigabit Ethernet Yes through API Yes through API Yes through API Xilinx XC5VLX30T
LBRX-24[49] Pre-built 950 – 2150 MHz 150 kHz – 80 MHz (x24) 16 No 150 kSPS – 80 MSPS 0/24 10 Gigabit Ethernet (x4) Yes through API Yes through API Yes through API Xilinx XC6VHX380T (x2)
ML-9600 with MIL-STD-188-110D data to 24kHz[50] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 3072 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 Yes 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC7A200T-2
ML-9600W with MIL-STD-188-110D data to 48kHz[50] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 3072 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 Yes 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC7A200T-2
FLEX-6700R[47] Pre-built 0.01 – 73, 135 – 165 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x8), 14 MHz Display (x8) 16 No 245.76 MSPS (receiver) 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 8/8 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX130T
FLEX-6600M[51] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 Yes 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX130T or XC7A200T
FLEX-6600[51] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 Yes 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX130T or XC7A200T
FLEX-6500[52] Pre-built 0.01 – 73 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 Yes 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX75T
FLEX-6400M[53] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 7 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 Yes 100 W 122.88 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX75T or XC7A200T
FLEX-6400[53] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 7 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 Yes 100 W 122.88 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx XC6VLX75T or XC7A200T
FLEX-6300[54] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 14 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 Yes 100 W 122.88 MSPS 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
FLEX-5000A Pre-built 0.01 – 65 MHz 48 – 192 kHz (x2) 24 24 Yes 100 W 48, 96, 192 kHz 2/2 1394a Firewire Yes No No
FLEX-3000 Pre-built 0.01 – 65 MHz 48 – 96 kHz 24 24 Yes 100 W 48, 96 kHz 1/1 1394a Firewire Yes No No
FLEX-1500[55] Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 48 kHz 16 16 Yes 5 W 48 kHz 1/1 USB Yes No No
FreeSRP Pre-built (OSHW) 70 – 6000 MHz 61.44 MHz 12  ? Yes 61.44 Msps 1/1 USB 3.0  ?  ?  ?
FUNcube Dongle[56] Pre-built 64 – 1700 MHz 16 No 96 kHz[57] 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
FUNcube Dongle Pro+[56] Pre-built 0.15 – 240 MHz, 420 – 1900 MHz 16 No 192 kHz 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
HackRF One[58] Pre-built 1 MHz – 6 GHz 20 MHz 8 8 Yes 8 – 20 Msps 20 0/1 USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes
Hermes-Lite2 (build9)[59] experimental kit 0 to 38.4 MHz 1.536 MHz 12 bits @ 76.8 MHz 12 bits @ 153.6 MHz Yes 76.8 MSPS 0.5 ppm 4 / 4 + 1 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone IV 
HiQSDR[60] prebuilt modules & kits, pcbs 30 kHz – 62 MHz  ? 48  960 kHz  ? 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
HobbyPCB RS-HFIQ[61] Pre-built 3 MHz – 30 MHz Up to 250 kHz depending on Sound Card  ?  ? Yes 5 W Depends on Sound Card 2/1 Using HDSDR software Relies on a computing asset with sound device to process I and Q input and output Yes, HDSDR, PowerSDR Yes, Quisk, Linrad, GNU Radio Yes, various software
Hunter SDR[62] Kit 2.5 – 30 MHz (1 – 30 MHz typ.) ext External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? USB Yes No No
Icom IC-7610[63] Pre-built RX: 0.030 - 60 MHz. TX: differs between regional models. 16 14 Yes 130 MHz[64] 2/2 USB 2.0
Ethernet
Iris-030[65] Pre-built 50 MHz – 3.8 GHz 122.88 MHz 12 12 Yes 122.88 Msps (SISO) 61.44 Msps (MIMO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet or 24.6 Gbit/s High-Speed Bus Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Zynq 7030
ISDB-T 2035/2037[66] Pre-built 50 – 960 MHz 8 MHz  ? No 0.5-12 MS/s 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
Kanga Finningley[67] Kit 3.750 MHz ± 48 kHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? None Yes Yes Yes
KerberosSDR (4x coherent RTL-SDR's)[68] Pre-built 24 MHz - 1.7 GHz 4 times the sample rate 8 No 2.4 Msps (can go up to 3.2 Msps but drops samples) <1ppm 4/4 USB Yes Yes Yes
LimeSDR[69] Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz 61.44 MHz (120 MHz internally) 12  ? Yes 61.44 Msps 2.5 2/2 USB 3.0, PCIe Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone IV
LimeSDR Mini[70] Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz 30.72 MHz 12  ? Yes 30.72 Msps 2.5 1/1 USB 3.0, PCIe Yes Yes Yes Altera MAX 10
LimeSDR Mini 2.0[71] Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz 30.72 MHz 12  ? Yes 30.72 Msps 2.5 1/1 USB 3.0, PCIe Yes Yes Yes Lattice ECP5
LD-1B[72] Pre-built 100 kHz – 30 MHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? USB Yes  ?  ?
Lunaris-SDR[73] Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz  ? Yes 122.88 Msps 0/4 Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Matchstiq[74] Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz  ?  ? 40 MSPS (RX/TX)  ? Embedded System or USB Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Spartan 6
MB1[75] Pre-built 10 kHz – 160 MHz 38 – 312 kHz 16 14 Yes 160 MSPS (RX), 640 MSPS (TX) 3/4 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (optional) Yes Yes  ?
Mercury[76] Pre-built 0.1 – 55 MHz 16 122.88 MSPS 0/7 USB (via Ozy) or Ethernet (via Metis) Yes Yes Yes
Myriad-RF 1[77] Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz  ? Programmable (16 selections);

0.75 – 14 MHz, Bypass mode

1/1 standard connector FX10A-80P Yes Yes Yes none
NooElec NESDR SMArt[78] Pre-built 25 – 1750 MHz 2.4 MHz nominal, and 3.2 MHz max. 8 NA No 480 MSPS without dropping any samples 0.5 ppm USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes None
NetSDR[79] PnP 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz  ? No 80.0 MHz 0/1 ? Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Noctar[80] Pre-built PCIe card 100 kHz – 4 GHz 200 MHz  ?  ?  ? PCI Express ×4 No Yes No
Odyssey TRX[81] Pre-built 0.5 – 55 MHz  ? Yes 122.880 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-960k output samplrate 2/2 LAN, WiFi, USB Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone IV
Perseus[82] Pre-built 10 kHz – 40 MHz (87.5–108 MHz using FM down-converter) 1.6 MHz 16 No 80 MS/s
(16 bit ADC)
 ? USB 2.0 Yes Yes [83]  ?
Pappradio[84] Pre-built 150 kHz – 30 MHz

(210 MHz using harmonics)

ext External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? USB Yes Yes  ?
PCIe SDR MIMO 2x2[85] Pre-built 70 MHz – 6 GHz  ? 61.44 Msps 2/2 PCIe (1x) No Yes No
PM-SDR[86] Pre-built 100 kHz – 50 MHz
(up to 165 MHz using harmonics)
192 kHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output)  ? USB Yes Yes  ?
PrecisionWave Embedded SDR[87] Pre-built / Customizable Frontends 1 MHz – 9.7 GHz
(depending on frontend)
2x RX: 155 MHz

2x TX: 650 MHz 2x2 MIMO Audio: up to 320 kbit/s

 ? Yes 310 MSPS 2 Embedded System

Gigabit Ethernet / USB / JTAG / Audio

Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Zynq Z-7030
QS1R[88] Pre-built 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz (up to 500 MHz using images/alias) 16 No 125 MHz 1/2-4 USB Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone III
Quadrus (DRU-244A and SRM-3000)[89] Pre-built 0.1 – 440 MHz  ? No 80 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-1.536M output samplrate 0/16 PCI Yes Yes Yes
Radioberry experimental kit 0 to 38.4 MHz 4x RX 48K 12 bits @ 76.8 MHz Yes 76.8 MSPS Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Altera Cyclone 10LP
Realtek RTL2832U DVB-T tuner[90][91][92] Pre-built with custom driver 24 – 1766 MHz (R820T tuner)

(sensitivity drops off considerably outside this range, but can go 0–2,200 MHz (E4000 tuner with direct sampling mod) )

Matches sampling rate, but with filter roll-off 8 No 2.8 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples)  ? USB Yes Yes Yes
Red Pitaya

SDRlab122-16[93]

Pre-built 2 RX + 2TX

300 kHz - 60 MHz (500 MHz bw with undersampling)

500 MHz 16 bit @

122MSPS

14 bit @

122MSPS

Yes 122.88 MSPS up to 12 Gbit Ethernet and optional WiFi Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Zynq

Z-7020

RDP-100[94] Pre-built RX, 0 – 125 MHz;

TX, 0–200 MHz

 ? Yes RX: 250 MSPS

TX - 800 MSPS

 ? Embedded System No No No
RTL-SDR V3 Receiver Dongle

(hardware modded R820T2/RTL2838U DVB-T Tuner Dongles)[95]

Pre-built and pre-modded with custom driver 0.5 – 1766 MHz

(mod: RTL2832U Q-branch pins soldered to antenna port)[96]

Matches sampling rate, but with filter roll-off 8 No 2.4 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples) 1  ? USB Yes Yes Yes
SDRplay: RSP1A[97] Pre-built 1 kHz – 2 GHz 10 MHz 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

No 20 MSPS with 11 built-in preselection filters 0.5 1/1 USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes none
SDRplay: RSP1B[98] Pre-built 1 kHz – 2 GHz 10 MHz 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

No 20 MSPS with 11 built-in preselection filters 0.5 1/1 USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes none
SDRplay: RSPdx[99] Pre-built 1 kHz – 2 GHz 10 MHz 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

No 20 MSPS with 12 built-in preselection filters and 3 antenna ports 0.5 1/1 USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes none
SDRplay: RSPduo[100] Pre-built 1 kHz – 2 GHz 10 MHz 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

No Two independent tuners, each with 11 built-in preselection filters. 3 antenna ports 0.5 2/2 USB 2.0 Yes Yes Yes none
Soft66AD / Soft66ADD / Soft66LC4 / Soft66RTL[101] Pre-built 0.5 – 70 MHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output) 0/1 USB Yes Unofficially  ?
SDR-IQ[102] PnP 0.1 kHz – 30 MHz  ? 66.666 MHz 1/1 ? USB Yes Yes Yes
SDR-IP[103] PnP 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz  ? 80.0 MHz 1/1 ? Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
SDR-LAB SDR04[104] Pre-built 0.4 – 4 GHz  ? 40 MHz  ? USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Yes Yes Yes
SDRX01B[105] Pre-built and kit option 50 kHz – 200 MHz ext No < 2 MHz External ADC required (I/Q output) 0/1 - Scalable (multiple receiver can be connected to the same LO) Ethernet or USB usually, but other interfaces are available in MLAB modular system Yes Yes Yes
SDR Minor[106] Pre-built 0.1 – 55 MHz  ? No 122.880 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-960k output samplrate 1/1 LAN 10/100 Yes Yes No
SDR-1[107] Kit and pre-built 530 kHz – 30 MHz  ? up to 192 kHz depending on soundcard 0/1 USB Yes No No
SDRstick UDPSDR-HF2[108] Pre-built 0.1 – 55 MHz  ? 122.88 Msps 0/1 1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9 Yes Yes Yes Altera (as an add-on)
SDRstick UDPSDR-HF1[108]Please Note: A functional receiver requires both the UDPSDR-HF1 and a BeMicro SDK FPGA development board Pre-built 0.1 – 30 MHz  ? No 80 Msps 0/1 1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9 Yes Yes Yes Altera (as an add-on)
SDR MK1.5 'Andrus'[109] Pre-built, Open Source Design 5 kHz – 31 MHz

(1.7 GHz downconverter opt.)

 ? No 64 MSPS  ? USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
SDR-4+[110] Pre-built 0.85 – 70.5 MHz  ? No 48 kHz (integrated soundcard) 1/1 USB × 2 Yes Yes Yes
SDR(X) HF, VHF & UHF[111] Pre-built 0.1 – 1850 MHz (R820T tuner)  ? No Optimized for HF amateur bands with 4 user selectable pre-select HF filters  ? USB Yes Yes Yes
SignalShark[112] Pre-built 8 kHz - 8 GHz 40 MHz 16 N/A No ? < 1 ? Gigabit Ethernet Yes ? ? ?
SoftRock-40[113] Kit 7.5 MHz ext No 48 kHz 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
SoftRock Lite II[114] Kit 1.891 – 1.795 MHz,

3.57 – 3.474 MHz, 7.104 – 7.008 MHz, 10.173 – 10.077 MHz, 14.095 – 13.999 MHz (also purchasable in other tunings)

ext No 96 kHz 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
SoftRock RX Ensemble II LF[115] Kit or Pre-built 180 kHz – 3.0 MHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output) 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
SoftRock RX Ensemble II HF[116] Kit or Pre-built 1.8 – 30 MHz ext No External ADC required (I/Q output) 0/1 USB Yes Yes Yes
SoftRock RX Ensemble RXTX[117] Kit or Pre-built Choose either 160m, 80m/40m, 40m/30m/20m, 30m/20m/17m, or 15m/12m/10m ("complete [rx/tx] frequency agility within the [chosen] 'superband'")[118]  ? Yes External ADC required (I/Q output) USB Yes Yes Yes
Spectre[119] Pre-built 0.4 – 4 GHz 200 MHz 16 Yes 310 MSPS USB, Serial, jtag, 10 Gbit/s SFP+ Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
SunSDR2 Pro[120] Pre-built 10 kHz – 160 MHz 38 – 312 kHz 16 14 Yes 160 MSPS (RX), 640 MSPS (TX) 3/4 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (embedded) Yes Yes Yes
ThinkRF WSA5000[121] Pre-built 50 MHz – 8 GHz, 18 GHz or 27 GHz Up to 100 MHz No 125 MSPS  ? 10/100/1000 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
UHFSDR[122] Kit 1.75 – 700 MHz Tx/Rx ext Yes External soundcard required (I/Q input/output)  ? LPT parallel port or USB/W QRP2000/UBW/UBW32 N\A N\A N\A
USRP B200[123] Pre-built 70 MHz – 6 GHz 56 MHz 12 12 Yes 56 Msps USB 3.0 Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX75
USRP B210[124] Pre-built 70 MHz – 6 GHz 56 MHz 12 12 Yes 56 Msps USB 3.0 Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX150
USRP N200[125] Pre-built DC – 6 GHz Up to 25 MHz (40 MHz b/w cards limited by GigE interface) [126] 14 16 Yes 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples 0.5 ppm TCXO.

0.01 ppm w/ GPSDO Option

Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP 1800
USRP N210[127] Pre-built DC – 6 GHz Up to 25 MHz (40 MHz b/w cards limited by GigE interface) [126] 14 16 Yes 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples 0.5 ppm TCXO.

0.01 ppm w/ GPSDO Option

Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP 3400
USRP X300[128] Pre-built DC – 6 GHz Up to 320 MHz (2x TX/RX at 160 MHz each) [126] 14 16 Yes 200 Msps 2.5 ppm

GPSDO Option 20 ppb (GPS unlocked)

Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K325T
USRP X310[129] Pre-built DC – 6 GHz Up to 320 MHz (2x TX/RX at 160 MHz each) [126] 14 16 Yes 200 Msps 2.5 ppm

GPSDO Option 20 ppb (GPS unlocked)

Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K410T
UmTRX[130] Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz Up to 28 MHz 12 12 Yes 13 MSPS x2 0.1;

0.01 with GPS lock

 ? Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes  ? Spartan 6 LX75
WARPv3[131] Pre-built 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz 40 MHz 12 12 Yes 40 Msps 1/2 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Virtex-6 LX240T
WinRadio WR-G31DCC[132] Pre-built 9 kHz – 50 MHz  ? N/A No 100 MSPS 3/3 USB Yes No No
X-RAD[133] Pre-built RX: 950–1450 MHz

TX: 875–1525 MHz

 ? Yes RX: 1.6 GSPS

TX: 3.2 GSPS

 ? PCIe Yes No No
Xiegu G90 Pre-built RX: 0.5 - 30 MHz

TX: all amateur bands 1.8 - 30 MHz

48 kHz 24 Yes 20 W
  • ±24k bandwidth spectrum display with waterfall
10 1/1 Embedded system (no computer needed), I/Q output for interfacing with a PC or XDT1 panadapter Yes Yes Yes
XTRX Pro[134] Pre-built 30 – 3700 MHz 120 MHz 12 12 Yes 120 MSRP SISO,

90 MSRP MIMO

0.1;

0.01 with GPS lock

mini PCIe Un­known Yes Un­known Xilinx Artix7 50T
Zeus ZS-1[135][136][137] Pre-built 300 kHz – 30 MHz  ? Yes 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 40 kHz, 100 kHz 1/3 USB 2.0 Yes No No
USRP N310[138] Pre-built 10 MHz – 6 GHz 100 MHz 16 14 Yes 122.88, 125, and 153.6 MS/s 0.1 ppm SFP+/ Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Xilinx Zynq 7100
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