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Is there a similarly priced and sized SDR that can both receive and transmit? Having received my ticket recently, I'd love to try some digital ham radio modes
by codazoda 9y ago
Is there a similarly priced and sized SDR that can both receive and transmit?
Having received my ticket recently, I'd love to try some digital ham radio modes without spending a fortune.
- rwmj 9y agoNot that I've seen. There exists SDR hardware for transmitting, but all seemed to start at multiple $100's. In any case note that you will almost certainly need a license to transmit on most interesting frequencies and power levels. Edit: "ticket" = license?
- billh 9y agoYou are correct, ticket is ham nomenclature for license.
- billh 9y agoThere is the LimeSDR Mini that is currently being croudfunded[1]. For $140 USD you would be hard pressed to find anything like it that would give you full duplex across that frequency range. I own the full size LimeSDR device and it has been a great piece of hardware for playing around with. 1. https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr-mini https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr-mini
- platz 9y agoLime has the best hardware/specs at their price points, but their software toolchain is atrocious; just trying to do simple tasks in GNURadio is so flaky/error prone
- senatorobama 9y agoWhy are SDRs for TX when you can get a SoTA radio in a smartphone for < $10?