{"id":499,"date":"2025-09-15T22:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/?p=499"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:27:34","slug":"a-journey-into-sdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/a-journey-into-sdr\/","title":{"rendered":"A journey into SDR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year I&#8217;ve decided to delve into radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> However, like any other hobby , it branches into several areas :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The classic , analogue HAM radio. With its several HF, VHF, UHF bands, PR443<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital HAM, including ft4 , ft8 and DMR.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SDR technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antenna designs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSTV (Slow Scan TV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RFID<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baofengradio.com\/products\/dm-32uv\">Baofeng DM32<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtl-sdr.com\/V4\/\">RTL-SDR<\/a> , I&#8217;ve decided to assemble a rack in order to test and experiment different radio technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a starting point, it will be centered around a raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However , as for the SDR with Tx capabilities , i&#8217;m still undecided :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Model<\/td><td>Price<\/td><td>Frequency range<\/td><td>Interface<\/td><td>Notes<\/td><td>Link<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CaribouLite SDR ISM<\/td><td>151\u20ac<\/td><td>389.5-510 MHz \/ 779-1020 MHz<\/td><td>Rpi HAT<\/td><td>Not compatible with Rpi 5<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cariboulabs\/cariboulite\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CaribouLite SDR<\/td><td>271\u20ac<\/td><td>30 MHz up to 6 GHz<\/td><td>Rpi HAT<\/td><td>Not compatible with Rpi 5<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RadioBerry V2.0<\/td><td>114\u20ac<\/td><td>0-30 MHz<\/td><td>Rpi HAT<\/td><td><strong>Not compatible with Rpi zero 2w<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pa3gsb\/Radioberry-2.x\/wiki\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SDRPlay RSPdx&nbsp;R2<\/td><td>271\u20ac<\/td><td>&nbsp;1kHz to 2GHz<\/td><td>USB<\/td><td>Unknown if it works on Rpi<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passion-radio.com\/sdr-receivers\/rsp-dx-935.html\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HamGeek&nbsp;(Zynq7020)<\/td><td>145\u20ac<\/td><td>70MHz-6GHz<\/td><td>USB + Ethernet<\/td><td>Unknown if it works on Rpi , x2 Tx , x2 Rx<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/pt.aliexpress.com\/item\/1005008309501642.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.10.468fzx0Bzx0BVb&amp;gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&amp;scm=1007.40196.439370.0&amp;scm_id=1007.40196.439370.0&amp;scm-url=1007.40196.439370.0&amp;pvid=ba0e05fb-d51d-47d7-b2eb-fc9dac8e496a&amp;_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40196.439370.0,pvid:ba0e05fb-d51d-47d7-b2eb-fc9dac8e496a,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238112%231997&amp;pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2267%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22sceneId%22%3A%2230050%22%7D&amp;pdp_npi=6%40dis%21EUR%21308.48%21144.99%21%21%212516.16%211182.60%21%402103890917579694810877779e5432%2112000044579759043%21rec%21PT%212426484004%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3A19dcb3ce%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&amp;utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005008309501642%7C_p_origin_prod%3A\">Aliexpress<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;Zynq7010 AD9363<\/td><td>120\u20ac<\/td><td>70MHz-6GHz<\/td><td>USB + Ethernet<\/td><td>Unknown if it works on Rpi , x2 Tx , x2 Rx<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/pt.aliexpress.com\/item\/1005007208861271.html?spm=a2g0o.tesla.0.0.e232uv06uv069w&amp;pdp_npi=6%40dis%21EUR%21257%2C26%E2%82%AC%21120%2C91%E2%82%AC%21%21%21%21%21%402103892f17579693674078407e27d0%2112000045918016512%21btf%21%21%21%211%210%21&amp;afTraceInfo=1005007208861271__pc__c_ppc_item_bridge_pc_jfy_wf__pn5nqyV__1757969367741&amp;gatewayAdapt=glo2bra\">Aliexpress<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, I still have to decide on the rack : if I buy a pre assembled one, or 3d print one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I&#8217;ve decided to delve into radio. However, like any other hobby , it branches into several areas : Although I got a Baofeng DM32 and a RTL-SDR , I&#8217;ve decided to assemble a rack in order to test and experiment different radio technologies. As a starting point, it will be centered around a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/a-journey-into-sdr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A journey into SDR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio","category-sdr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaerder.videmogroup.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}